[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8935-8936]
[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. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota):
       S. 1161. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules 
     for commodity payments and benefits; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 1162. A bill to authorize the International Trade 
     Commission to develop and recommend legislation for 
     temporarily suspending duties, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 1163. A bill to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to 
     receive and expend non-Federal amounts to carry out certain 
     studies in the same manner that non-Federal amounts may be 
     used to carry out construction activities; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DeMINT:
       S. 1164. A bill to empower States with authority for most 
     taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1165. A bill to protect children and other consumers 
     against hazards associated with the accidental ingestion of 
     button cell batteries by requiring the Consumer Product 
     Safety Commission to promulgate consumer product safety 
     standards to require child-resistant closures on remote 
     controls and other consumer products that use such batteries, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Franken, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1166. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase 
     protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for 
     high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, 
     to provide rights for victims of family members, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. 
             Bingaman):
       S. 1167. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic 
     telangiectasia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1168. A bill to authorize a national grant program for 
     on-the-job training; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska:
       S. 1169. A bill to provide for benchmarks to evaluate 
     progress being made toward the goal of transitioning security 
     responsibilities in Afghanistan to the Government of 
     Afghanistan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1170. A bill to set the United States on track to ensure 
     children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1171. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-
     provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent 
     children to coverage provided to other eligible dependent 
     beneficiaries of employees; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 1172. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the efficiency of the

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     appeals process under the United States Court of Appeals for 
     Veterans Claims by improving staff conferences directed by 
     such Court, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1173. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers 
     under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson 
             of Florida, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 1174. A bill to provide predictability and certainty in 
     the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1175. A bill to provide, develop, and support 21st 
     century readiness initiatives that assist students in 
     acquiring the skills necessary to think critically and solve 
     problems, be an effective communicator, collaborate with 
     others, and learn to create and innovate; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Begich, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Carper, 
             Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Menendez, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1176. A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to 
     prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, 
     receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of 
     horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human 
     consumption, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1177. A bill to provide grants to States to improve high 
     schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous 
     standards, to develop and implement effective school models 
     for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State 
     policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. 
             Murray, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1178. A bill to reauthorize the Enhancing Education 
     Through Technology Act of 2001; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BINGAMAN:
       S. 1179. A bill to promote advanced placement and 
     International Baccalaureate programs; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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