Volume 159, No. 58 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S3028-S3029 on April 25, 2013.
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. DONNELLY:
S. 810. A bill to require a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
S. 811. A bill to amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food and to modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 812. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to implement the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. REID (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray,
Ms. Warren, and Mr. Murphy)):
S. 813. A bill to require that Peace Corps volunteers be subject to the same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as employees of the Peace Corps with respect to coverage of such services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. REID (for Mr. Lautenberg):
S. 814. A bill to provide stronger penalties for violations of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Kirk, Ms.
Collins, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 815. A bill to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
S. 816. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end result contracting projects; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller):
S. 817. A bill to exempt the Federal Aviation Administration from sequestration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr.
Risch, Mr. Toomey, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Isakson, and Mr.
Roberts):
S. 818. A bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent furloughs by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BURR:
S. 819. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require a program of mental health care and rehabilitation for veterans for service-related post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, or a related substance use disorder, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, and Ms.
Collins):
S. 820. A bill to provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cowan,
Mr. Casey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Harkin, and
Mr. Franken):
S. 821. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture a Healthy Food Financing Initiative; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 822. A bill to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
S. 823. A bill to authorize the appropriation of
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 to provide grants to States for surface transportation projects of national and regional significance; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Begich,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy,
Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico):
S. 824. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
S. 825. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of services for homeless veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. REID (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Durbin)):
S. 826. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 827. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 828. A bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mrs. HAGAN:
S. 829. A bill to improve the financial literacy of students; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Rockefeller, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Vitter):
S. 830. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify and confirm the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. COATS (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Enzi, Mr.
Hoeven, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Risch, Mr. Vitter, Mr.
Wicker, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Hatch):
S. 831. A bill to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2017, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. DONNELLY:
S. 832. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs on furnishing case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam veterans and certain Korea service veterans born with spina bifida and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Franken):
S. 833. A bill to amend subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Franken):
S. 834. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to ensure access to high-quality child care for homeless children and families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Whitehouse, and Mr. Durbin):
S. 835. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Baucus, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Lautenberg, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Cowan, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Reed, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Harkin, Mr.
Levin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Begich, Mr.
Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mr. Bennet, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Merkley, and
Mr. Murphy):
S. 836. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Tester, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Udall of New
Mexico, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Johnson of
South Dakota):
S. 837. A bill to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
S. 838. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr.
Schatz, and Ms. Hirono):
S. 839. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
S. 840. A bill to recruit, support, and prepare principals to improve student academic achievement at eligible schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
S. 841. A bill to designate certain Federal land in the San Juan National Forest in the State of Colorado as wilderness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
S. 842. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. INHOFE:
S. 843. A bill to limit the amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies for a 6-month period; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr.
Brown):
S. 844. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to support the community schools model; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
S. 845. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. DURBIN:
S. 846. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
S. 847. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
S. 848. A bill to promote transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
S. 849. A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Enzi,
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr.
Scott, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coburn, and Mr.
Risch):
S. 850. A bill to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SANDERS:
S. 851. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. SANDERS:
S. 852. A bill to improve health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Hagan,
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Toomey, Mrs. McCaskill,
Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Nelson,
Mr. Begich, and Mr. Heller):
S. 853. A bill to provide the Secretary of Transportation with the flexibility to transfer certain funds to prevent reduced operations and staffing of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Franken, and Mr.
Begich):
S. 854. A bill to improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. NELSON:
S. 855. A bill to increase the portion of community development block grants that may be used to provide public services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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On Page S3029, April 25, 2013, in the third column, the following appears: ``S. 854. A bill to improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. Johanns (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, and Mrs. FISCHER): S. J. Res. 14. A joint resolution . . .''
The Record has been corrected to add: ``S. 854. A bill to improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. NELSON: S. 855. A bill to increase the portion of community development block grants that may be used to provide public services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Mr. Johanns (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, and Mrs. FISCHER): S. J. Res. 14. A joint resolution . . .''
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By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mrs.
Fischer):
S.J. Res. 14. A joint resolution amending title 36, United States Code, to designate the last Friday in April as Arbor Day; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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