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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S2473-S2474 on Feb. 25, 2009.
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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 Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Specter, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Inouye):
S. 468. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. Kohl):
S. 469. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement System; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 470. A bill to combat organized crime involving the illegal acquisition of retail goods for the purpose of selling those illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy,
Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Bingaman):
S. 471. A bill to amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Shelby, and Mrs.
Hutchison):
S. 472. A bill to provide for congressional approval of national monuments and restrictions on the use of national monuments; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Akaka, Mr.
Baucus, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Cochran, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sanders, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Levin, Mr. Reid, and Ms.
Stabenow):
S. 473. A bill to establish the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
S. 474. A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower protections available to certain executive branch employees to legislative branch employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 475. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Bond):
S. 476. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military health care system for travel for specialty health care; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
S. 477. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products'' to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr,
Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Roberts, Mr.
Wicker, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Corker, Mr.
McConnell, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Thune, Mr. McCain, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. Shelby):
S. 478. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; read the first time.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Webb, Mr. Warner, Ms.
Mikulski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Casey):
S. 479. A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. BROWN:
S. 480. A bill to establish the Office of Regional Economic Adjustment in the Department of Commerce, to assist regions affected by sudden and severe economic dislocation by coordinating Federal, State, and local resources for economic adjustment and by providing technical assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 481. A bill to authorize additional Federal Bureau of Investigation field agents to investigate financial crimes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Schumer,
Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. McCain, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Reid, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Lieberman,
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Levin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Bingaman,
Mr. Brown, and Mr. Cardin):
S. 482. A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form; read the first time.
By Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Boxer,
Mr. Schumer, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Bond):
S. 483. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Boxer,
Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Nelson of Florida, and Mr. Menendez):
S. 484. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Byrd):
S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to a seat in the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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