[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12148]
[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. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       S. 1020. A bill to optimize the delivery of critical care 
     medicine and expand the critical care workforce; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN:
       S. 1021. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an enhanced credit for research and development by 
     companies that manufacture products in the United States; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Inouye, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Burris, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1022. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses 
     who become nursing school faculty members; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Martinez, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Begich, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Reid):
       S. 1023. A bill to establish a non-profit corporation to 
     communicate United States entry policies and otherwise 
     promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United 
     States; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1024. A bill to authorize appropriations for the design, 
     acquisition, and construction of a combined buoy tender-
     icebreaker to replace icebreaking capacity on the Great 
     Lakes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1025. A bill to prohibit termination of employment of 
     volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel 
     responding to emergencies or major disasters, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 1026. A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
     Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the 
     collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent 
     overseas uniformed service voters, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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