January 6, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S43 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. BINGAMAN: 

S. 136. A bill for the relief of Ziad Mohamed 

Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and 

Juman Ziad Khweis; to the Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

By Mr. BROWN: 

S. 137. A bill to create jobs and reduce the 

dependence of the United States on foreign 

and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Ms. 

SNOWE, and Mrs. LINCOLN): 

S. 138. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity 

bond interest, and for other purposes; to the 

Committee on Finance. 

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN: 

S. 139. A bill to require Federal agencies, 

and persons engaged in interstate commerce, 

in possession of data containing sensitive 

personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN: 

S. 140. A bill to modify the requirements 

applicable to locatable minerals on public 

domain lands, consistent with the principles 

of self-initiation of mining claims, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. 

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. 

GREGG, and Ms. SNOWE): 

S. 141. A bill to amend title 18, United 

States Code, to limit the misuse of Social 

Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. KERRY: 

S. 142. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI 

of the Social Security Act to ensure that 

every uninsured child in America has health 

insurance coverage, and for other purposes; 

to the Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. KERRY: 

S. 143. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a college opportunity tax credit; to the Committee on 

Finance. 

By Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. 

ENSIGN): 

S. 144. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from 

listed property under section 280F; to the 

Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. AKAKA: 

S. 145. A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae 

Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree); to 

the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. VITTER, 

Mr. LEAHY, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. DORGAN, 

and Mr. ROCKEFELLER): 

S. 146. A bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and 

to eliminate exemptions from such laws that 

are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. 

ROCKEFELLER, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE): 

S. 147. A bill to require the closure of the 

detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 

to limit the use of certain interrogation 

techniques, to prohibit interrogation by contractors, to require notification of the International Committee of the Red Cross of detainees, and for other purposes; to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence. 

By Mr. KOHL: 

S. 148. A bill to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, 

distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer’s 

product or service cannot be sold violates 

the Sherman Act; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

By Mr. KOHL: 

S. 149. A bill to change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours; to the Committee on 

Rules and Administration. 

By Mr. LEAHY: 

S. 150. A bill to provide Federal assistance 

to States for rural law enforcement and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. 

KYL): 

S. 151. A bill to protect Indian arts and 

crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

By Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. 

KYL): 

S. 152. A bill to direct the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 

jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. 

KYL): 

S. 153. A bill to amend the National Trails 

System Act to designate the Arizona National Scenic Trail; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, and 

Mr. MARTINEZ): 

S. 154. A bill to require the Congressional 

Budget Office and the Joint Committee on 

Taxation to use dynamic economic modeling 

in addition to static economic modeling in 

the preparation of budgetary estimates of 

proposed changes in Federal revenue law; to 

the Committee on the Budget. 

By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mrs. LINCOLN, and Mr. BUNNING): 

S. 155. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of 

unemployment compensation for 2 years; to 

the Committee on Finance. 

By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. KERRY, 

and Ms. LANDRIEU): 

S. 156. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend enhanced small 

business expensing and to provide for a 5- 

year net operating loss carryback for losses 

incurred in 2008 or 2009; to the Committee on 

Finance. 

By Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mrs. 

LINCOLN): 

S. 157. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the temporary 

waiver of required minimum distribution 

rules for certain retirement plans and accounts; to the Committee on Finance. 

By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. KERRY, 

Mr. BROWN, and Mrs. LINCOLN): 

S. 158. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability 

of industrial development bonds to facilities 

manufacturing intangible property; to the 

Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and 

Mr. MENENDEZ): 

S. 159. A bill to establish the Paterson 

Great Falls National Historical Park, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. 

HATCH, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. KENNEDY, 

Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DODD, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. KERRY, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. 

FEINGOLD): 

S. 160. A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah 

an additional seat in the House of Representatives; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and 

Mrs. BOXER): 

S. 161. A bill to authorize implementation 

of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. 

GRAHAM, and Mr. COBURN): 

S. 162. A bill to provide greater accountability of taxpayers’ dollars by curtailing 

congressional earmarking, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S.J. Res. 1. A joint resolution proposing an 

amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may 

serve; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S.J. Res. 2. A joint resolution proposing an 

amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States authorizing the Congress and 

the States to prohibit the act of desecration 

of the flag of the United States and to set 

criminal penalties for that act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. REID: 

S.J. Res. 3. A joint resolution ensuring 

that the compensation and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of 

the Interior are those which were in effect on 

January 1, 2005; considered and passed. 

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SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 

SENATE RESOLUTIONS 

The following concurrent resolutions 

and Senate resolutions were read, and 

referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Res. 1. A resolution informing the President of the United States that a quorum of 

each House is assembled; considered and 

agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Res. 2. A resolution informing the House 

of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Res. 3. A resolution fixing the hour of 

daily meeting of the Senate; considered and 

agreed to. 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S. Res. 4. A resolution expressing the sense 

of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the 

United States erroneously decided Kennedy 

v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the 

eighth amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States allows the imposition of the 

death penalty for the rape of a child; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S. Res. 5. A resolution expressing the support for prayer at school board meetings; to 

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions . 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S. Res. 6. A resolution expressing solidarity with Israel in Israel’s defense against 

terrorism in the Gaza Strip; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 

By Mr. INOUYE: 

S. Res. 7. A resolution expressing the sense 

of the Senate regarding designation of the 

month of November as ‘‘National Military 

Family Month’’; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. REED, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. 

AKAKA, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 

BARRASSO, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, 


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Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BIDEN, 

Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. 

BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BROWNBACK, 

Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, 

Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. 

CLINTON, Mr. COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, 

Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. DODD, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. 

FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, 

Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. HATCH, 

Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. 

INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHANNS, 

Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

KERRY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KOHL, 

Mr. KYL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. 

LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of 

Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. 

PRYOR, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. 

ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, 

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of 

New Mexico, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

VOINOVICH, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WEBB, 

Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WYDEN): 

S. Res. 8. A resolution relative to the death 

of the Honorable Claiborne de Borda Pell, 

former United States Senator for the State 

of Rhode Island; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Con. Res. 1. A concurrent resolution to 

provide for the counting on January 8, 2009, 

of the electoral votes for President and Vice 

President of the United States; considered 

and agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Con. Res. 2. A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional 

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; considered and agreed to. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mrs. BOXER, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. 

MCCASKILL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER): 

S. 1. A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America’s middle class through measures 

that modernize the nation’s infrastructure, enhance America’s energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve 

afforrdable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, 

and for other purposes; read the first 

time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 1 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. JOB CREATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND 

A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation to create jobs, restore economic 

growth, and strengthen America’s middle 

class through measures that— 

(1) modernize the nation’s infrastructure; 

(2) enhance America’s energy independence; 

(3) expand educational opportunities; 

(4) preserve and improve affordable health 

care; 

(5) provide tax relief; and 

(6) protect those in greatest need. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. 

MCCASKILL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. MIKULSKI): 

S. 2. A bill to improve the lives of 

middle class families and provide them 

with greater opportunity to achieve 

the American dream; read the first 

time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 2 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Middle Class 

Opportunity Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation to improve the lives of middle 

class families and provide them with greater 

opportunity to achieve the American dream 

by— 

(1) providing middle class tax relief while 

making the tax laws simpler and more reliable; 

(2) promoting investments in the new economy and enacting policies that create good, 

well-paying jobs in the United States; 

(3) enhancing the incentives and protections to help middle class families adequately meet their needs in retirement; 

(4) improving programs to help families acquire the education and training to be productive participants in the modern economy; 

(5) promoting families by improving the 

access and affordability of child and elder 

care; 

(6) restoring fairness, prosperity, and economic security for working families by ensuring workers can exercise their rights to 

freely choose to form a union without employer interference; and 

(7) removing barriers to fair pay for all 

workers. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mrs. MCCASKILL, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. MIKULSKI): 

S. 3. A bill to to protect homeowners 

and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring the availability of 

credit for homeowners, businesses, and 

consumers, and reforming the financial 

regulatory system, and for other purposes; read the first time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 3 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeowner 

Protection and Wall Street Accountability 

Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation— 

(1) to stabilize the housing market and assist homeowners by imposing a temporary 

moratorium on foreclosures, removing impediments to the modification of distressed 

mortgages, creating tax and other incentives 

to help prevent foreclosures and encourage 

refinancing into affordable and sustainable 

mortgage solutions, and pursuing other foreclosure-prevention policies through the 

Troubled Asset Relief Program or other programs; 

(2) to ensure the safety and soundness of 

the United States financial system for investors by reforming the financial-regulatory 

system, strengthening systemic-risk regulation, enhancing market transparency, and 

increasing consumer protections in financial 

regulation to prevent predatory lending 

practices; 

(3) to ensure credit-card accountability, responsibility and disclosure; and 

(4) to stabilize credit markets for smallbusiness lenders to enhance their ability to 

make loans to small firms, and stimulate the 

small-business loan markets by temporarily 

streamlining and investing in the loan programs of the Small Business Administration. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. DODD, Mr. KERRY, 

Mr. HARKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

BEGICH, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. 

LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mrs. MCCASKILL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. SCHUMER): 

S. 4 A bill to guarantee affordable, 

quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; read the 

first time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be placed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 


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