Volume 167, No. 131 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022) 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 S5103-S5104 on July 27.
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. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Risch, and Mr.
Hickenlooper):
S. 2475. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide investment and production tax credits for emerging energy technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Padilla, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Sanders, and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 2476. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program for hyperlocal air quality monitoring projects in environmental justice communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, and Mr.
Warnock):
S. 2477. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, and other caregivers from incarceration and into comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and training to those individuals and their families; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren,
Ms. Hirono, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 2478. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Young, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Portman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Thune):
S. 2479. A bill to withhold United States contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. KENNEDY:
S. 2480. A bill to allow for use of grants funds in order to promote safety in tourist areas located in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Casey,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Padilla, and Mr. Brown):
S. 2481. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for expenditures to provide access to disabled individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. LEAHY:
S. 2482. A bill to amend the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2006 to reauthorize the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 2483. A bill to require the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish cybersecurity guidance for small organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Rounds, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Cramer):
S. 2484. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow emergency haying under the conservation reserve program during the primary nesting season; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. MENENDEZ:
S. 2485. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for economic activity in possessions of the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. WARREN:
S. 2486. A bill to authorize the use of drugs, vaccines, and medical technologies to expand military and civilian access to such products and to improve transparency in taxpayer-funded biomedical research investments by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Lummis):
S. 2487. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal assistance to transit and rail projects with significant cost overruns and that are projected to lose money, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Ernst, and
Mr. Warner):
S. 2488. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity of the suicide prevention lifeline and mental health crisis centers; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 2489. A bill to require the maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods produced in the West Bank or Gaza, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 2490. A bill to establish the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Sasse):
S. 2491. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Cyber Resilience Assistance Fund, to improve the ability of the Federal Government to assist in enhancing critical infrastructure cyber resilience, to improve security in the national cyber ecosystem, to address Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. RISCH:
S. 2492. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts and certain payments made by counties to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior under good neighbor agreements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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