Volume 166, No. 115 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 S3156 on June 23, 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 Mr. DAINES (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 4035. A bill establish and provide for the use of amounts in a Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. BRAUN:
S. 4036. A bill to amend the Revised Statutes to reform the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. LOEFFLER:
S. 4037. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to protect the credit of patients with substantial medical bills; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 4038. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program for tree planting to reduce residential energy consumption; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. LOEFFLER:
S. 4039. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the permissible first-dollar coverage of telehealth services for purposes of health savings accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. LOEFFLER:
S. 4040. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer,
Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Wicker, and
Mr. Kennedy):
S. 4041. A bill to assist the American energy sector in retaining jobs during challenging economic times; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Leahy):
S. 4042. A bill to protect agricultural workers from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 4043. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive database and repository on military aviators and conduct a study on such aviators to determine the incidence of cancer diagnosis and mortality among such aviators, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. MURRAY:
S. 4044. A bill to improve the provision of financial literacy training and information relating to the Blended Retirement System to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for Mr.MARKEY (for himself and Mrs.
Feinstein)):
S. 4045. A bill to reduce and eliminate threats posed by nuclear weapons to the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Heinrich, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 4046. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to purchase, and as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment and technology, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden,
Mr. Markey, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Reed):
S. 4047. A bill to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to provide direct funding to certain entities; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 4048. A bill to modify the deadlines for completing the 2020 decennial census of population and related tabulations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. INHOFE:
S. 4049. An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; from the Committee on Armed Services; placed on the calendar.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr.
King):
S. 4050. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prioritize contracts necessary to promote pandemic preparedness and response, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs.
Blackburn):
S. 4051. A bill to improve the ability of law enforcement agencies to access encrypted data, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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