[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7007]
[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. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 943. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act 
     to require States to implement policies to prevent assistance 
     under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
     program from being used in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor 
     stores; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Rubio, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 944. A bill to reaffirm the authority of the Department 
     of Defense to maintain United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a location for the detention of 
     unprivileged enemy belligerents held by the Department of 
     Defense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 945. A bill to save at least $5,000,000,000 by 
     consolidating some duplicative and overlapping Government 
     programs; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Begich, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
             Franken, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 946. A bill to establish an Office of Rural Education 
     Policy in the Department of Education; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 947. A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain 
     provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 948. A bill to promote the deployment of plug-in 
     electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Burr, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 949. A bill to amend the National Oilheat Research 
     Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 950. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     repeal a prohibition on allowing States to use toll revenues 
     as State matching funds for Appalachian Development Highway 
     projects; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Begich, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Tester, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Brown of 
             Massachusetts):
       S. 951. A bill to improve the provision of Federal 
     transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment 
     benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Akaka, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Kohl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Udall of Colorado, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 952. A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and 
     adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-
     term United States residents and who entered the United 
     States as children and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 953. A bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease 
     sales in the Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify the requirements for 
     exploration, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. LUGAR:
       S. 954. A bill to promote the strengthening of the Haitian 
     private sector; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 955. A bill to provide grants for the renovation, 
     modernization or construction of law enforcement facilities; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 956. A bill to establish a pilot program for police 
     departments to use anonymous texts from citizens to augment 
     their anonymous tip hotlines; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 957. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the provision of rehabilitative services for veterans 
     with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

                          ____________________