[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15997-15998]
[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. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1741. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an investment tax credit for community wind 
     projects having generation capacity of not more than 20 
     megawatts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1742. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit fraudulently representing a product to be maple 
     syrup; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts:
       S. 1743. A bill to consolidate certain Federal job training 
     programs into a State-administered, market-delivered block 
     grant program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Nelson of 
             Florida):
       S. 1744. A bill to provide funding for State courts to 
     assess and improve the handling of proceedings relating to 
     adult guardianship and conservatorship, to authorize the 
     Attorney General to carry out a pilot program for the conduct 
     of background checks on individuals to be appointed as 
     guardians or conservators, and to promote the widespread 
     adoption of information technology to better monitor, report, 
     and audit conservatorships of protected persons; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Begich, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1745. A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Alice Paul, in recognition of her role in the 
     women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for 
     women; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 1746. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to stimulate international tourism to the United States; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Enzi, and 
             Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1747. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to modify provisions relating to the exemption for 
     computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software 
     engineers, or other similarly skilled workers; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 1748. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
     disclosures and protections for students and cosigners with 
     respect to student loans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Webb):
       S. 1749. A bill to establish and operate a National Center 
     for Campus Public Safety; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1750. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish a Home Care Consumer Bill of Rights, to establish 
     State Home Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Enzi, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Thune, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 1751. A bill to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste 
     Disposal Act to facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and 
     provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials 
     generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 1752. A bill to nullify certain regulations regarding 
     the removal of essential-use designation for epinephrine used 
     in oral pressurized metered-dose inhalers; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, 
             Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 1753. A bill to require operators of Internet websites 
     that provide access to international travel services and 
     market overseas vacation destinations to provide on such 
     websites information to consumers regarding the potential 
     health and safety risks associated with traveling to such 
     vacation destinations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1754. A bill to promote clean energy infrastructure for 
     rural communities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 1755. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled 
     veterans for travel for certain special disabilities 
     rehabilitation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1756. A bill to extend HUBZone designations by 3 years, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Bennet, and 
             Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1757. A bill to promote clean energy infrastructure for 
     rural communities; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1758. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act prohibit the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from requiring the 
     removal or modification of existing structures or 
     encroachments in licenses of the Commission; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Reed, 
             and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1759. A bill to facilitate the hosting in the United 
     States of the 34th America's Cup by authorizing certain 
     eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the 
     competition; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 1760. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide for increased penalties for operators of pill mills, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1761. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the exception to the treatment of consolidated 
     groups under the personal holding company rules; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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