[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7144-7145]
[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. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Brown of 
             Ohio, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown of 
             Massachusetts, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 958. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals 
     that operate graduate medical education programs; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Mr. Lieberman):
       S. 959. A bill to improve outcomes for students in 
     persistently low-performing schools, to create a culture of 
     recognizing, rewarding, and replicating educational 
     excellence, to authorize school turnaround grants, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 960. A bill to provide for a study on issues relating to 
     access to intravenous immune globulin (IVG) for Medicare 
     beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration 
     project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and 
     payment for items and services necessary to administer IVG in 
     the home; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 961. A bill to create the income security conditions and 
     family supports needed to ensure permanency for the Nation's 
     unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 962. A bill to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine 
     Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of the 
     resources of the Northwest Straits, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 963. A bill to reduce energy costs, improve energy 
     efficiency, and expand the use of renewable energy by Federal 
     agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. DeMint, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Risch, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Lee, Mr. Kyl, 
             Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson 
             of Wisconsin, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Chambliss, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Heller, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Corker):
       S. 964. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to 
     clarify the applicability of such Act with respect to States 
     that have right to work laws in effect; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 965. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an income tax credit for the costs of certain 
     infertility treatments, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 966. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, 
     research, and surveillance, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Inouye, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 967. A bill to establish clear regulatory standards for 
     mortgage servicers, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Kohl, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Franken):
       S. 968. A bill to prevent online threats to economic 
     creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Brown 
             of Ohio, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 969. A bill to award planning grants and implementation 
     grants to State educational agencies to enable the State 
     educational agencies to complete comprehensive planning to 
     carry out activities designed to integrate engineering 
     education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to provide 
     evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering 
     education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 970. A bill to designate additional segments and 
     tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware 
     and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
     Scenic Rivers System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 971. A bill to promote neutrality, simplicity, and 
     fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 972. A bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States 
     Code, to establish procedures to advance the use of cleaner 
     construction equipment on Federal-aid highway and public 
     transportation construction projects, to make the acquisition 
     and installation of emission control technology an eligible 
     expense in carrying out such projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Ms. Landrieu, and 
             Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 973. A bill to create the National Endowment for the 
     Oceans to promote the protection and conservation of the 
     United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 974. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists 
     and to promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Akaka):
       S. 975. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the participation of physical therapists in the 
     National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 976. A bill to extend the designation of Monroe County, 
     Pennsylvania, as a HUBZone, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 977. A bill to fight criminal gangs; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
             Coons):
       S. 978. A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for 
     criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 979. A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal 
     portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and 
     the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit 
     of present and future generations of people in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 980. A bill to promote secure ferry transportation and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. McCain) (by request):
       S. 981. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 
     for military construction, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lieberman, 
             Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Rubio, 
             and Mr. Webb):
       S. 982. 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. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 983. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a 
     responsible party relating to a discharge of oil; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Levin, 
             Mr. Kerry, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Brown of Ohio, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 984. A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so 
     that they can address their own health needs and the health 
     needs of their families; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI:
       S. 985. A bill to amend the definition of a law enforcement 
     officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of 
     title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the 
     inclusion of certain positions; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 986. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to regulate the subsidies paid to rum producers in Puerto 
     Rico and the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Harkin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 987. A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code 
     with respect to arbitration; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 988. A bill to ensure that local educational agencies 
     and units of local governments are compensated for tax 
     revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into 
     trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe 
     or an individual Indian; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 989. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require the 
     exclusion of data of an exceedance or violation of a national 
     ambient air quality standard caused by a prescribed fire in 
     the Flint Hills Region, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 990. A bill to provide for an additional temporary 
     extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the 
     Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI:
       S. 991. A bill to ensure efficient performance of agency 
     functions; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 992. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing 
     ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 993. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent the extension of the tax collection period merely 
     because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who is 
     hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Lautenberg, 
             and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 994. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     protect States that have in effect laws or orders with 
     respect to pay-to-play reform, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 995. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit public officials from engaging in undisclosed self-
     dealing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
             Bingaman, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. 
             Brown of Massachusetts):
       S. 996. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 997. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to extend a water contract between the United States and the 
     East Bench Irrigation District; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 998. A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are 
     required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the 
     actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life 
     annuity commencing at age 60; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Risch, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S.J. Res. 12. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to give States the 
     right to repeal Federal laws and regulations when ratified by 
     the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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