[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10861]
[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. HUTCHISON (for herself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Cornyn, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 903. A bill to permit a State to elect to receive the 
     State's contributions to the Highway Trust Fund in lieu of 
     its Federal-aid Highway program apportionment for the next 
     fiscal year, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 904. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on 
     account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 905. A bill to provide for the granting of posthumous 
     citizenship to certain aliens lawfully admitted for permanent 
     residence who died as a result of the shootings at the 
     American Civic Association Community Center in Binghamton, 
     New York on April 3, 2009, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 906. A bill to protect older Americans from misleading 
     and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of 
     increasing retirement security; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
             Gregg, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Risch, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Warner, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Begich, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Johanns, and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 907. A bill to establish procedures for the expedited 
     consideration by Congress of certain proposals by the 
     President to rescind amounts of budget authority; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Feingold, Mr. Thune, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Johanns, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Graham, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Bond, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 908. A bill to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to 
     enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran 
     by expanding economic sanctions against Iran; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
             Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Specter, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bayh, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Brown, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mr. Akaka)):
       S. 909. A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, 
     local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate 
     crimes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Martinez, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 910. A bill to amend the Emergency Economic 
     Stabilization Act of 2008, to provide for additional 
     monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief 
     Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 911. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     prohibit prepayment penalties, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 912. A bill to prohibit yield spread premiums, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 913. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax 
     consequences of employee athletic facility use; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SPECTER:
       S. 914. A bill to establish an independent Cures 
     Acceleration Network agency, to sponsor promising 
     translational research to bridge the gap between laboratory 
     discoveries and life-saving therapies, to reauthorize the 
     National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 915. A bill to improve port and intermodal supply chain 
     security; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 916. A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational 
     Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain 
     former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special 
     Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational 
     Illness Compensation Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GREGG:
       S. 917. A bill to provide assistance to Pakistan under 
     certain conditions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 918. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to add New York to the New 
     England Fishery Management Council, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 919. A bill to amend section 1154 of title 38, United 
     States Code, to clarify the additional requirements for 
     consideration to be afforded time, place, and circumstances 
     of service in determinations regarding service-connected 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lieberman, 
             and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 920. A bill to amend section 11317 of title 40, United 
     States Code, to improve the transparency of the status of 
     information technology investments, to require greater 
     accountability for cost overruns on Federal information 
     technology investment projects, to improve the processes 
     agencies implement to manage information technology 
     investments, to reward excellence in information technology 
     acquisition, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 921. A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code, to recognize the interconnected nature of the 
     Internet and agency networks, improve situational awareness 
     of Government cyberspace, enhance information security of the 
     Federal Government, unify policies, procedures, and 
     guidelines for securing information systems and national 
     security systems, establish security standards for Government 
     purchased products and services, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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