[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7518-7519]
[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. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico):
       S. 1024. A bill to designate the Organ Mountains and other 
     public land as components of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System and the National Landscape Conservation 
     System in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1025. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     enhance the national defense through empowerment of the 
     National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National 
     Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
     coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 
             Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1026. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to prohibit the use of certain anti-competitive forward 
     contracts; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lee, and 
             Mr. Hatch):
       S. 1027. A bill to provide for the rescission of certain 
     instruction memoranda of the Bureau of Land Management, to 
     amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide for the 
     determination of the impact of proposed policy modifications, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1028. A bill to increase transparency regarding debt 
     instruments of the United States held by foreign governments, 
     to assess the risks to the United States of such holdings, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Brown of 
             Massachusetts):
       S. 1029. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to provide electric consumers the right 
     to access certain electric energy information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Enzi, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Moran, Mr. Thune, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Coats, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1030. A bill to reform the regulatory process to ensure 
     that small businesses are free to compete and to create jobs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Burr, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 1031. A bill to empower States with programmatic 
     flexibility and financial predictability to improve their 
     Medicaid programs and State Children's Health Insurance 
     Programs by ensuring better health care for low-income 
     pregnant women, children, and families, and for elderly 
     individuals and disabled individuals in need of long-term 
     care services and supports, whose income and resources are 
     insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico):
       S. 1032. A bill to provide for additional Federal district 
     judgeships; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1033. A bill to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
     Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of 
     Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Lieberman, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1034. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and 
     transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common 
     cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 1035. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include automated fire sprinkler systems as section 179 
     property and classify certain automated fire sprinkler 
     systems as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1036. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     ensure that job opportunities for people who are blind and 
     people with significant disabilities are met by requiring the 
     application of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act to certain lease 
     agreements entered into by the Federal Government for private 
     buildings or improvements; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1037. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the 
     identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion 
     of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. McConnell):
       S. 1038. A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the 
     USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and 
     the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention

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     Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes; read 
     twice.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. McCain, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             Begich, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 1039. A bill to impose sanctions on persons responsible 
     for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for 
     the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on 
     corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and 
     lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other gross violations of 
     human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1040. A bill to enhance public safety by making more 
     spectrum available to public safety entities, to facilitate 
     the development of a public safety broadband network, to 
     provide standards for the spectrum needs of public safety 
     entities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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