[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5645-5646]
[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. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 769. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting 
     the use of service dogs on Department of Veterans Affairs 
     property; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 770. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 771. A bill to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to 
     modify a provision relating to gaming on land acquired after 
     October 17, 1988; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Akaka):
       S. 772. A bill to protect Federal employees and visitors, 
     improve the security of Federal facilities and authorize and 
     modernize the Federal Protective Service; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 773. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide parity under group health plans and group health 
     insurance coverage for the provision of benefits for 
     prosthetics and custom orthotics and benefits for other 
     medical and surgical services; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 774. A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances 
     and support for members of the Armed Forces, their families, 
     and other personnel critical to national security during a 
     funding gap; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 775. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to encourage research and carry out an educational 
     campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Mikulski, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 776. A bill to provide for the compensation of 
     furloughed Federal employees; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON:
       S. 777. A bill to clarify the authority of the Secretary of 
     Defense to provide for the pay of the military of the United 
     States under the Feed and Forage Act of 1861; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       S. 778. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic 
     hospital outpatient services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 779. A bill to authorize the acquisition and protection 
     of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites 
     of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the 
     American Battlefield Protection Program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 780. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     exempt reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, 
     loss, or casualty loss from determinations of annual income 
     with respect to pensions for veterans and surviving spouses 
     and children of veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 781. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the 
     definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the 
     term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
             Baucus):

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       S. 782. A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic 
     Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 783. A bill to provide an extension of time for filing 
     individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal 
     Government shutdown; read the first time.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 784. A bill to prevent the shutdown of the Federal 
     Government; to the Committee on Appropriations.

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