Volume 163, No. 34 covering the 1st Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S1447-S1448 on Feb. 27, 2017.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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. Grassley, Mr. Leahy, and
Ms. Collins):
S. 443. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mr. Heller):
S. 444. A bill to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor limitation for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from the definition of an investment company; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
S. 445. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer,
Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr.
Hoeven, Mr. Isakson, Mr. McCain, Mr. Moran, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Portman, Mr. Roberts, Mr.
Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Thune, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Young,
Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Flake):
S. 446. A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Casey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Hatch, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Markey, Mr. McCain, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Thune, Ms. Warren, and Mr.
Booker):
S. 447. A bill to require reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era assets and related issues; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
S. 448. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 449. A bill to promote worldwide access to the Internet, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MANCHIN:
S. 450. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Armed Forces who fought in defense of Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941 and May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942 until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to the United States; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
S. 451. A bill to amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Wicker, Mrs.
Capito, and Mr. Cotton):
S. 452. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to delay the enforcement and implementation of the 2015 national ambient air quality standards for ozone; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Cotton):
S. 453. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include in any proposed rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions and imposes increased costs on other Federal agencies an offset from funds available to the Administrator for all projected increased costs that the proposed rule would impose on other Federal agencies; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Cotton):
S. 454. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to exceptional event demonstrations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. TESTER:
S. 455. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count resident time spent in a critical access hospital as resident time spent in a nonprovider setting for purposes of making Medicare direct and indirect graduate medical education payments; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Gardner):
S. 456. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a program to increase the development of new drugs to treat pediatric cancers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Franken, and Mr.
Kaine):
S. 457. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a scholarship program for educators of rural students and provide for loan forgiveness for rural educators, to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide professional development grants for rural elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Franken, and Mr.
Udall):
S. 458. A bill to support the education of Indian children; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 459. A bill to designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as
``Boris Nemtsov Plaza'' , and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 460. A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Heller):
S. 461. A bill to allow Homeland Security Grant Program funds to be used to safeguard faith-based community centers across the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cornyn,
Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mrs.
Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Corker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi,
Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Heller, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. McCain, Mr. Moran, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Portman, Mr.
Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sasse,
Mr. Scott, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Strange, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, and Mr.
Young):
S.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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