Volume 165, No. 98 covering the 1st 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 S3362-S3363 on June 12, 2019.
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. Brown, Mr. Blumenthal,
Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
Manchin, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Harris, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Peters):
S. 1792. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center or contract call center work overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. King):
S. 1793. A bill to establish a grant program for the purpose of public health data system modernization; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 1794. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the metal composition of certain coins, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Harris,
Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cardin, and
Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 1795. A bill to ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1796. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan deferment for victims of terrorist attacks; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Daines, Ms.
McSally, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 1797. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into two judicial circuits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 1798. A bill to improve cyber governance structures in the Department of Defense and to require designation of principal advisors on military cyber force matters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 1799. A bill to require the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense to conduct a study to determine the optimal strategy for structuring and manning elements of the Joint Force Headquarters- Cyber organizations, Joint Mission Operations Centers, and Cyber Operations-Integrated Planning Elements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. ROUNDS:
S. 1800. A bill to provide for pilot programs to streamline decision-making process for weapon systems; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Udall, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, and Mrs.
Gillibrand):
S. 1801. A bill to ensure medications are affordable; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Tester, Mr.
Tillis, and Ms. Sinema):
S. 1802. A bill to provide a work opportunity tax credit for military spouses and to provide for flexible spending arrangements for childcare services for military families; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Tester):
S. 1803. A bill to modify the Federal TRIO programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Young):
S. 1804. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidelines relating to the appropriate inclusion of residential manufactured homes in Consolidated Plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr.
Jones):
S. 1805. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a guide on evidence-based strategies for building and maintaining effective obesity prevention and control programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. ROMNEY:
S. 1806. A bill to make the E-Verify program permanent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PERDUE:
S. 1807. A bill to improve the funding process; to the Committee on the Budget.
By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Markey):
S. 1808. A bill to require the Secretary of State to design and establish a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve the Department of State cybersecurity and a bug bounty program to identify and report vulnerabilities of Internet-facing information technology of the Department of State, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1809. A bill to require congressional approval of national emergency declarations and to repeal the emergency powers and authorities most susceptible to abuse, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
S. 1810. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Carper):
S. 1811. A bill to make technical corrections to the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1812. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1813. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide wildfire smoke mitigation assistance to States and units of local government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1814. A bill to authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1815. A bill to establish an occupational safety and health standard to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Cardin):
S. 1816. A bill to prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States of any crib bumper, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
S. 1817. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve nutritional and other program requirements relating to purchases of locally produced food; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 1818. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning seat belts on school buses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
S. 1819. A bill to make permanent certain Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs general provisions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. McSally):
S. 1820. A bill to improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program to be developed and enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. King, Mr.
Schatz, and Mr. Reed):
S. 1821. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to provide for research on, and the development and deployment of, marine energy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Thune, and
Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 1822. A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules relating to the collection of data with respect to the availability of broadband services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Brown):
S. 1823. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Markey):
S. 1824. A bill to amend the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to require a report on how the People's Republic of China exploits Hong Kong to circumvent the laws of the United States; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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