[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6769-6770]
[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 Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 888. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, 
     Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
     Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 889. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the 
     establishment of Mother's Day; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 890. A bill to establish the supplemental fraud fighting 
     account, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 891. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the recognition of attending physician 
     assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. McCain, Mr. Coats, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Johnson of 
             Wisconsin, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 892. A bill to establish the Department of Energy and 
     the Environment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 893. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to provide financial assistance to the State of Louisiana for 
     a pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control 
     feral swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by 
     feral swine; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mr. Akaka, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Webb, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Begich, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Johanns,

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             Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
             Boozman):
       S. 894. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2011, in the 
     rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
     disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity 
     compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 895. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to invest in innovation for education; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 
             and Mr. Begich):
       S. 896. A bill to amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 
     to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of 
     Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service 
     opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's 
     natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and 
     scenic resources; train a new generation of public land 
     managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public 
     service; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 897. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States 
     and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments 
     for certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine 
     remediation programs; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 898. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary to establish a comprehensive design 
     standard program to prevent, control, and treat pollulted 
     stormwater runoff from federally funded highways and roads, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. Hagan):
       S. 899. A bill to provide fo the eradication and control of 
     nutria; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 900. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants to educational organizations to carry out 
     educational programs about the Holocaust; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 901. A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation 
     Fund Act of 1965 to ensure that amounts are made available 
     for projects to provide recreational public access, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 902. A bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the 
     repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and 
     secondary schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 903. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a 
     Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund to support 
     research on diseases impacting the citrus industry, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 904. A bill to improve jobs, opportunity, benefits, and 
     services for unemployed Americans, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 905. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for the purchase of 
     hearing aids; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             DeMint, Mr. Coats, Mr. Burr, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Coburn, 
             Mr. Vitter, Mr. Risch, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Moran, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hatch, 
             Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 906. A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to 
     provide for conscience protections, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INOUYE:
       S. 907. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses 
     for business meals and entertainment; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 908. A bill to provide for the addition of certain real 
     property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State 
     of Oregon; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 909. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     permit certain revenues of private providers of public 
     transportation by vanpool received from providing public 
     transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring 
     rolling stock, and to permit certain expenditures of private 
     vanpool contractors to be credited toward the local matching 
     share of the costs of public transportation projects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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