[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11287]
[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. SHELBY:
       S. 932. A bill to repeal the current Internal Revenue Code 
     and replace it with a flat tax, thereby guaranteeing economic 
     growth and greater fairness for all Americans; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 933. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act and the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 to reauthorize 
     programs to address remediation of contaminated sediment; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Conrad, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 934. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren and 
     protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch 
     and breakfast programs by updating the national school 
     nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of 
     school meals to conform to current nutrition science; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Kerry, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Specter, and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 935. A bill to extend subsections (c) and (d) of section 
     114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 
     2007 (Public Law 110-173) to provide for regulatory stability 
     during the development of facility and patient criteria for 
     long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 936. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control 
     grants; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 937. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and 
     report discharges of raw sewage, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
             Levin, Mr. Begich, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Casey, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 938. A bill to require the President to call a White 
     House Conference on Children and Youth in 2010; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 939. A bill to establish national and State putative 
     father registries, to make grants to States to promote 
     permanent families for children and responsible fatherhood, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign):
       S. 940. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain 
     Federal land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 941. A bill to reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
     Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearm laws and 
     regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 942. A bill to prevent the abuse of Government charge 
     cards; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 943. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive 
     the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements 
     for renewable fuel production, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 944. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretaries of the military departments to give 
     wounded members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
     the option of remaining on active duty during the transition 
     process in order to continue to receive military pay and 
     allowances, to authorize members to reside at their permanent 
     places of residence during the process, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, 
             and Mr. Reid):
       S. 945. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in 
     recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive 
     movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 946. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide 
     additional legal authorities to adequately protect the 
     critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 947. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician 
     pathology services under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 948. A bill to provide for the Office of Management and 
     Budget to direct all executive departments and agencies to 
     submit a separate category for administrative expenses when 
     submitting appropriations requests and for a reduction in 
     such administrative expenses for fiscal years 2010 through 
     2013; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Dorgan, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lugar, and 
             Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 949. A bill to improve the loan guarantee program of the 
     Department of Energy under title XVII of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005, to provide additional options for deploying 
     energy technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Specter):
       S. 950. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat 
     Medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician 
     referral, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Baucus, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Tester):
       S.J. Res. 14. A joint resolution to acknowledge a long 
     history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies 
     by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes and offer 
     an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United 
     States; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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