[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3893]
[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 (for himself, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado):
       S. 565. A bill to establish an employment-based immigrant 
     visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant 
     capital from investors to establish a business in the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 566. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 567. A bill to amend the small, rural school achievement 
     program and the rural and low-income school program under 
     part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Leahy, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 568. A bill to establish a pilot grant program for first 
     responder agencies that experience an extraordinary financial 
     burden resulting from the deployment of employees; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Graham, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lee, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Kerry):
       S. 569. A bill to provide for fairness for the Federal 
     judiciary; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Baucus, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Paul, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 570. A bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from 
     tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and 
     shotguns; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Franken, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 571. A bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education 
     for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Franken, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Begich):
       S. 572. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect 
     to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of 
     basic pay, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 573. A bill to establish a harbor maintenance block 
     grant program to provide maximum flexibility to each State to 
     carry out harbor maintenance and deepening projects in the 
     State, to require transparency for water resources 
     development projects carried out by the Corps of Engineers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.

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