[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10142-10143]
[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. LUGAR:
       S. 838. A bill to provide for the appointment of United 
     States Science Envoys; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 839. A bill to assist States in making voluntary high 
     quality universal prekindergarten programs available to 3- to 
     5-year olds for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education , Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bond, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Lugar):
       S. 840. A bill to establish a Development and 
     Commercialization Committee on Clean and Efficient Energy 
     Technologies within the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean 
     Development and Climate Program Office, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Specter):
       S. 841. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
     study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that 
     provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians 
     of motor vehicle operation; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 842. A bill to repeal the sunset of certain enhancements 
     of protections of servicemembers relating to mortgages and 
     mortgage foreclosures, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
     to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay 
     mortgage holders unpaid balances on housing loans guaranteed 
     by Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Levin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 843. A bill to establish background check procedures for 
     gun shows; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 844. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prevent and treat diabetes, to promote and improve the care 
     of individuals with diabetes, and to reduce health 
     disparities relating to diabetes within racial and ethnic 
     minority groups, including African-American, Hispanic 
     American, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific 
     Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities; 
     to the Committee on Health , Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Begich, 
             Mr. Bennett, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 845. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry 
     permits from the State in which they reside to carry 
     concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed 
     carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of 
     the State; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Casey, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Enzi, and 
             Mr. Pryor):
       S. 846. A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. 
     Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the 
     fight against global poverty; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WEBB:
       S. 847. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' 
     educational assistance shall not be subject to the 48-month 
     limitation on the aggregate amount of assistance utilizable 
     under multiple veterans and related educational assistance 
     programs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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