[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11715]
[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 Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 983. A bill to reform the essential air service program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 984. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for arthritis research and public health, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 985. A bill to establish and provide for the treatment 
     of Individual Development Accounts, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Bayh, and Mrs. 
             Lincoln):
       S. 986. A bill to support the establishment or expansion 
     and operation of programs using a network of public and 
     private community entities to provide mentoring for children 
     in foster care; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 987. A bill to protect girls in developing countries 
     through the prevention of child marriage, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 988. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow small businesses to set up simple cafeteria plans to 
     provide nontaxable employee benefits to their employees, to 
     make changes in the requirements for cafeteria plans, 
     flexible spending accounts, and benefits provided under such 
     plans or accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 989. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to promote energy independence, increase 
     competition, democratize energy generation, and provide for 
     the connection of certain small electric energy generation 
     systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 990. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to expand access to healthy afterschool 
     meals for school children in working families; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 991. A bill to declare English as the official language 
     of the United States, to establish a uniform English language 
     rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the 
     English language texts of the laws of the United States, 
     pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
     welfare of the United States and to establish a rule of 
     naturalization under article I, section 8, of the 
     Constitution; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Isakson, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Burr, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Bunning, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Wicker, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Thune, Mr. Corker, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 992. A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
     declare English as the national language of the Government of 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Brownback, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. DeMint, 
             Mr. Burr, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S.J. Res. 15. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing the 
     Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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