Volume 167, No. 49 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 S1569-S1570 on March 16.
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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 752. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an election to expense certain qualified sound recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Casey):
S. 753. A bill to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act, to authorize States to use funds from that Act for administrative purposes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Murkowski, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Wicker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Peters,
Ms. Collins, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Graham, Ms. Smith, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Sinema, Mr.
Moran, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Daines, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Braun, and Mr. Reed):
S. 754. A bill to provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH:
S. 755. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional assistance for public water systems damaged by Winter Storms Uri and Viola, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. KENNEDY:
S. 756. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that preexisting condition exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance coverage and group health plans continue to be prohibited; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WARNER:
S. 757. A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths were due to pneumoconiosis; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 758. A bill to support financing of affordable and reliable energy projects by international financial institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
S. 759. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for production of refined coal; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Paul, and Mr. Braun):
S. 760. A bill to require recipients of Federal funds to disclose information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using the Federal funds; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Capito, and
Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 761. A bill to require the publication of fossil-fuel powered travel by the President, the Vice President, and political appointees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms.
Cortez Masto):
S. 762. A bill to provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin,
Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Markey, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Mrs.
Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, and Mrs.
Gillibrand):
S. 763. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Casey, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Whitehouse, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 764. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage State Medicaid programs to provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Schatz, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Reed):
S. 765. A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Van
Hollen):
S. 766. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with consumer claim awards; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Brown,
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Warren, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 767. A bill to amend the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 768. A bill to amend section 5303 of title 49, United States Code, to consider housing in metropolitan transportation planning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kaine, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 769. A bill to authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr.
Murphy):
S. 770. A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun licensing programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 771. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Lankford, and Mr. Carper):
S. 772. A bill to clarify responsibilities related to unaccompanied alien children, to provide additional protections and tracking mechanisms for such children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Portman,
Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Cardin):
S. 773. A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Inhofe,
Mr. Hawley, Mr. Burr, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Wicker, Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Collins):
S. 774. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
S. 775. A bill to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related misconduct, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 776. A bill for the relief of Rebecca Trimble; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cotton,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Lee, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
S. 777. A bill to prohibit taxpayer-funded gender reassignment medical interventions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mrs.
Blackburn, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
S. 778. A bill to amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gender reassignment medical interventions on minors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cardin,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Peters, Mr.
Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Menendez, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cortez Masto,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Ms. Rosen,
Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Murray,
Mr. Wyden, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Padilla):
S. 779. A bill to provide that certain rules and guidance related to waivers for State innovation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall have no force or effect; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Schatz):
S. 780. A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Puerto Rico into the Union; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Ernst,
Mr. Cruz, Mr. Braun, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms.
Stabenow):
S. 781. A bill to provide for the continuation of paid parental leave for members of the Armed Services in the event of the death of the child; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
S. 782. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to modernize Federal nursing home protections and to enhance care quality and transparency for nursing home residents and their families; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Markey,
Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Blumenthal):
S. 783. A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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