[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10070]
[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. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 829. A bill to provide a Federal income tax credit for 
     Patriot employers, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 830. A bill to modify the definition of children's 
     hospital for purposes of making payments to children's 
     hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Pryor, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
             Lieberman, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 831. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     include service after September 11, 2001, as service 
     qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age 
     for receipt of non-regular service retired pay; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Corker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Ensign, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Inouye, and 
             Mr. Johanns):
       S. 832. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association 
     of America, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Durbin, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Bingaman, 
             and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 833. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage 
     for low-income individuals infected with HIV; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       S. 834. A bill to require that funding for Federal 
     departments and agencies and programs that remain available 
     at the end of a fiscal year shall be used to pay down the 
     Federal debt; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Thune, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 835. A bill to require automobile manufacturers to 
     ensure that not less than 80 percent of the automobiles 
     manufactured or sold in the United States by each such 
     manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 
     percent ethanol, 85 percent methanol, or biodiesel; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 836. A bill to provide enhanced authority to the 
     Congressional Oversight Panel established pursuant to the 
     Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Bunning, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 837. A bill to require that North Korea be listed as a 
     state sponsor of terrorism, to ensure that human rights is a 
     prominent issue in negotiations between the United States and 
     North Korea, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

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