[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10292-10293]
[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 Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 848. A bill to recognize and clarify the authority of 
     the States to regulate intrastate helicopter medical 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Boxer, and 
             Mr. Kerry):
       S. 849. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black 
     carbon emissions; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 850. A bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
     Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to improve

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     the conservation of sharks; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 851. A bill to prohibit the issuance of any lease or 
     other authorization by the Federal Government that authorizes 
     exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas 
     in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary 
     or in the fishing grounds known as Georges Bank in the waters 
     of the United States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 852. A bill to apply an alternative payment amount under 
     the Medicare program for certain graduate medical education 
     programs established to train residents displaced by natural 
     disasters; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAUFMAN (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 853. A bill to designate additional segments and 
     tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware 
     and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 854. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to update a program to provide assistance for the 
     planning, design, and construction of treatment works to 
     intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined 
     sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows, and to require 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     update certain guidance used to develop and determine the 
     financial capability of communities to implement clean water 
     infrastructure programs; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 855. A bill to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to 
     guarantee low-interest loans for the purchase and 
     installation of qualifying energy efficient property, idling 
     reduction and advanced insulation for heavy trucks, and 
     alternative refueling stations, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 856. A bill to establish a commercial truck highway 
     safety demonstration program in the State of Maine, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 857. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who are 
     bona fide volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and 
     emergency medical service organizations; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
             Merkley, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 858. A bill to protect the oceans and Great Lakes, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 859. A bill to amend the provisions of law relating to 
     the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Carper, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Kaufman):
       S. 860. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a Federal income tax exclusion for assistance 
     provided to participants in State student loan programs for 
     certain health professionals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. McCain, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Martinez, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Isakson, 
             Mr. Burr, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 861. A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982 to require the President to certify that the Yucca 
     Mountain site remains the designated site for the development 
     of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive 
     waste, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 862. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     use any amounts repaid by a financial institution that is a 
     recipient of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief 
     Program for debt reduction; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR:
       S. 863. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to protect 
     consumers from certain practices in connection with the 
     origination of consumer credit transactions secured by the 
     principal dwelling of the consumer, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Lincoln, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Voinovich, 
             Mr. Burr, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Levin):
       S. 864. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement 
     accounts for charitable purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BENNETT:
       S. 865. A bill to provide for the sale of the Federal 
     Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres 
     of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the 
     Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 
     23, 1909; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Lincoln, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 866. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 867. A bill for the relief of Shirley Constantino Tan; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 868. A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Federal 
     Lands Recreation Enhancement Act; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 869. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     use any amounts repaid by a financial institution that is a 
     recipient of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief 
     Program for debt reduction; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Roberts, and Ms. 
             Snowe):
       S. 870. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to 
     include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and 
     to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing 
     electricity from open-loop biomass; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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