Volume 159, No. 8 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) 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 S212-S214 on Jan. 23, 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. VITTER:
S. 64. A bill to prohibit authorized committees and leadership PAC's from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
S. 65. A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
S. 66. A bill to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and project delivery efficiency of non-Federal sponsors as the lead project delivery team for authorized civil works flood control and navigation construction projects of the Corps of Engineers; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
S. 67. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce or eliminate the risk of releases of hazardous chemicals from public water systems and wastewater treatment works, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
S. 68. A bill to enhance the security of chemical facilities and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 69. A bill for the relief of Anton Dodaj, Gjyljana Dodaj, Franc Dodaj, Kristjan Dodaj, and Kanto Macotaj; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 70. A bill for the relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 71. A bill for the relief of Josephina Valera Lopez; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 72. A bill for the relief of Luay Hadad; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 73. A bill for the relief of Miguel Santillan; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 74. A bill for the relief of Momo Krcic; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 75. A bill for the relief of Ibrahim Parlak; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 76. A bill for the relief of Guy Yang, Genevieve Chong Foung, Caroline Yang, and Melanie Vang; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 77. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 78. A bill for the relief of Hussein Bazzi; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEVIN:
S. 79. A bill for the relief of Al-Housseynou Ba; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Burr, and Mr. Kirk):
S. 80. A bill to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 81. A bill to provide guidance and priorities for Federal Government obligations in the event that the debt limit is reached; read the first time.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 82. A bill to provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes; read the first time.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 83. A bill to provide for continuing operations of Government in a fiscally responsible manner; read the first time.
By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Cardin,
Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hagan,
Mr. Harkin, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr.
Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mrs.
Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr.
Wyden, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Begich):
S. 84. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 85. A bill to provide incentives for States to invest in practices and technology that are designed to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter registration; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 86. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home school education expenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 87. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for expenses relating to home schooling; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 88. A bill to amend the public charter school provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 89. A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to authorize hunting under certain circumstances; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 90. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling
$5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 91. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 92. A bill to require that the Government give priority to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 93. A bill to provide tax relief with respect to the Hurricane Isaac disaster area; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 94. A bill to terminate the $1 presidential coin program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 95. A bill to withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the ``United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict''; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 96. A bill to authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 97. A bill to amend title 44 of the United States Code, to provide for the suspension of fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 98. A bill to ensure efficiency and fairness in the awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 99. A bill to provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 100. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to repeal certain designation authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to repeal the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 101. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to State and local governments for payment of obligations, to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from financially assisting State and local governments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 102. A bill to reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
S. 103. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West Baltimore, Maryland, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 104. A bill to provide for congressional approval of national monuments and restricts on the use of national monuments; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 105. A bill to direct the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 106. A bill to provide for the establishment, on-going validation, and use of an official set of data on the historical temperature record, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 107. A bill to prohibit the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States until China, India, and Russia implement similar reductions; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 108. A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Burr, Mr.
Coburn, Ms. Collins, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Roberts, and
Mr. Wicker):
S. 109. A bill to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 110. A bill to establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds; to the Committee on the Budget.
By Mr. VITTER:
S. 111. A bill to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
S. 112. A bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr.
Franken):
S. 113. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain creditors to obtain certifications from institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Franken, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Reed, and Ms. Warren):
S. 114. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CASEY:
S. 115. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for increasing payroll; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin,
Ms. Collins, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mrs. Murray,
Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Coons, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Begich):
S. 116. A bill to revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Franken,
Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs.
Shaheen):
S. 117. A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
S. 118. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mrs. BOXER:
S. 119. A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Ms. Landrieu):
S. 120. A bill to expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship Program; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. BOXER:
S. 121. A bill to establish the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to review Federal Government policy on human trafficking; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Inhofe,
Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Cruz):
S. 122. A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Coons):
S. 123. A bill to modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Alexander,
Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Burr, Mr. Coburn, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Chambliss, Mr.
Corker, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Vitter):
S. 124. A bill to provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills; read the first time.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Paul, Ms. Ayotte, Mr.
Coburn, Mr. Lee, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Toomey, and
Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin):
S.J. Res. 2. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
S.J. Res. 3. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Paul):
S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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