Volume 166, No. 85 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) 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 S2289-S2290 on May 6, 2020.
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 Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr.
Sullivan):
S. 3615. A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, and Mrs.
Loeffler):
S. 3616. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain emblems on headstones and markers furnished for veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 3617. A bill to require payment of hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces performing duty in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 3618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt distilled spirits plants from denaturing requirements with respect to hand sanitizer produced to help combat COVID-19; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. REED:
S. 3619. A bill to amend title II of division A of the CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to unemployment compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tester, Mr.
Schatz, Mr. Jones, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, Ms. Sinema,
Mr. Warner, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Udall, Mr. Booker, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 3620. A bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
S. 3621. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to remove limitations on the required use of American iron and steel products in projects carried out using State revolving loan funds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Udall, Ms. Murkowski,
Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 3622. A bill to waive the cost share requirement for Indian Tribes receiving disaster assistance relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Murray,
Mrs. Feinstein,
Mr. Udall, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal,
Ms. Warren, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Bennet,
Mr. Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Harris, Mr. Peters, and
Ms. Rosen):
S. 3623. A bill to provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund for units of government with a population of 500,000 or less, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Reed, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms.
Duckworth, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mr. Udall, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Hirono, and Ms. Harris):
S. 3624. A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Casey):
S. 3625. A bill to amend subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that mental health screenings and assessments are provided to children and youth upon entry into foster care; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Perdue, Mr.
Rubio, and Mr. Romney):
S. 3626. A bill to establish a review of United States multilateral aid; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Bennet,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris,
Ms. Hassan, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Manchin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reed, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Udall, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. King, Mr. Tester, Mr. Wyden, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Warner, Mr. Jones, and Ms. Cantwell):
S. 3627. A bill to provide for the expedited and transparent procurement and distribution of equipment and supplies needed to combat COVID-19; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 3628. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for purchasing dogs and cats from wet markets in China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Brown):
S. 3629. A bill to establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SASSE:
S. 3630. A bill to provide certain limitations on liability for actions taken by health care providers to combat COVID-19; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SASSE:
S. 3631. A bill to provide relief for rural providers during the national emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Jones, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, and Mr.
Peters):
S. 3632. A bill to provide funding for cities, counties, and other units of general local government to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus; to the Committee on Appropriations.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Peters, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Markey, Ms. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 3633. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Blumenthal, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Jones, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Sanders, Ms. Harris, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 3634. A bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cruz,
Mr. Daines, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 3635. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a list of the country of origin of all drugs marketed in the United States, to ban the use of Federal funds for the purchase of, or reimbursement for, drugs manufactured in China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 3636. A bill to transfer the United States Secret Service to the Department of the Treasury; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cassidy,
Mr. Cramer, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Manchin, and Mrs. Loeffler):
S. 3637. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend lease protections for servicemembers under stop movement orders in response to a local, national, or global emergency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Murkowski, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. King):
S. 3638. A bill to allow Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID-19; to the Committee on Appropriations.
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