[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8924-8925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 712. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve the Medicare program for beneficiaries 
     residing in rural areas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 713. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the 
     abundance of surplus manufactured housing units stored by the 
     Federal Government around the country at taxpayer expense; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Graham, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Warner, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Burris, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 714. A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice 
     Commission; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 715. A bill to establish a pilot program to provide for 
     the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Levin):
       S. 716. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to preserve care for ventilator-dependent patients; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 717. A bill to modernize cancer research, increase 
     access to preventative cancer services, provide cancer 
     treatment and survivorship initiatives, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education , Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Cardin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 718. A bill to amend the Legal Services Corporation Act 
     to meet special needs of eligible clients, provide for 
     technology grants, improve corporate practices of the Legal 
     Services Corporation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 719. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     notify surface estate owners in cases in which the leasing of 
     Federal minerals underlying the land are to be used for oil 
     and gas development; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 720. A bill to provide a source of funds to carry out 
     restoration activities on Federal land under the jurisdiction 
     of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 721. A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the 
     State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie 
     River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 722. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for permanent alternative minimum tax relief, 
     middle class tax relief, and estate tax relief, and to 
     permanently extend certain expiring provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Dodd, and 
             Mr. Carper):
       S. 723. A bill to prohibit the introduction or delivery for 
     introduction into interstate commerce of novelty lighters, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 724. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to temporarily prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from 
     considering global climate change as a natural or manmade 
     factor in determining whether a species is a threatened or 
     endangered species, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 725. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance 
     costs in computing self-employment taxes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Vitter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Martinez, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 726. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the licensing of biosimilar and biogeneric 
     biological products, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Graham, Ms. Collins, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 727. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for 
     human consumption; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 728. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance veterans' insurance benefits, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Martinez, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kennedy, and 
             Mr. Feingold):
       S. 729. A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to 
     determine State residency for higher education purposes and 
     to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
     status of certain alien students who are long-term United 
     States residents and who entered the United States as 
     children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Collins, Mr. DeMint, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 730. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Graham, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Mr.

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             Byrd, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 731. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard coverage for 
     certain members of the Retired Reserve; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 732. A bill to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act 
     to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States 
     for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 733. A bill to ensure the continued and future 
     availability of life saving trauma health care in the United 
     States and to prevent further trauma center closures and 
     downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated 
     care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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