[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11520]
[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. KERRY:
       S. 969. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     ensure fairness in the coverage of women in the individual 
     health insurance market; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 970. A bill to promote and enhance the operation of 
     local building code enforcement administration across the 
     country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant 
     program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 971. A bill to implement a pilot program to establish 
     truck parking facilities; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. Hagan):
       S. 972. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants 
     following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims 
     related to racial discrimination by the Department of 
     Agriculture; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Reid, and 
             Mr. Schumer):
       S. 973. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency 
     positions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ:
       S. 974. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     make certain de-identified information collected under the 
     Medicaid Statistical Information System publicly available on 
     the Internet; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. DeMint, and Mr. Corker):
       S. 975. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to reduce fraud under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 976. A bill to provide that certain provisions of 
     subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
     relating to Federal information policy shall not apply to the 
     collection of information during any investigation, audit, 
     inspection, evaluation, or other review conducted by any 
     Federal office of Inspector General, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 977. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide improved benefits for veterans who are former 
     prisoners of war, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 978. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the limitation on capital losses applicable to 
     individuals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mrs. 
             Lincoln):
       S. 979. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for 
     small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a 
     choice of private health plans and make health coverage more 
     affordable, predictable, and accessible; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Akaka, 
             and Mr. Begich):
       S. 980. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a demonstration program to adapt the lessons of 
     providing foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the 
     provision of Federal economic development assistance to 
     certain similarly situated individuals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 981. A bill to support research and public awareness 
     activities with respect to inflammatory bowel disease, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Dodd, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Lugar, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reid, 
             Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Levin, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Burris, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Feingold, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mrs. Lincoln)):
       S. 982. A bill to protect the public health by providing 
     the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to 
     regulate tobacco products; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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