[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 993]
[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. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2974. A bill to establish the Return of Talent Program 
     to allow aliens who are legally present in the United States 
     to return temporarily to the country of citizenship of the 
     alien if that country is engaged in post-conflict or natural 
     disaster reconstruction, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Brown, 
             and Mr. Franken):
       S. 2975. A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or 
     distribution in commerce of children's jewelry containing 
     cadmium, barium, or antimony, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2976. A bill to designate as wilderness certain land and 
     inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
     Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Webb, 
             Mr. McCain, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sessions, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Corker, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2977. A bill to prohibit the use of Department of 
     Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of 
     the United States of individuals involved in the September 
     11, 2001 terrorist attacks; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 2978. A bill to extend the Caribbean Basin Economic 
     Recovery Act, to extend the trade preferences made available 
     to Haiti under that Act, to encourage foreign investment in 
     Haiti, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Kaufman):
       S. 2979. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide accountability for the criminal acts of Federal 
     contractors and employees outside the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNETT (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Vitter, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Roberts, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2980. A bill to protect the democratic process and the 
     right of the people of the District of Columbia to define 
     marriage; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2981. A bill to reevaluate and redirect the stimulus; to 
     the Committee on Appropriations.

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