[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3422-S3423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 3212. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the 
     authorship, content, format, and dissemination of Patient 
     Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent 
     and high-quality information about their prescription 
     medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits 
     of prescription medications; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 3213. A bill to amend the Small Business Act with 
     respect to goals for procurement contracts awarded to small 
     business concerns, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kerry, 
             and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 3214. A bill to strengthen entrepreneurial education, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota:
       S. 3215. An original bill making appropriations for 
     military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2013, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3216. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Rubio, and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 3217. A bill to jump-start the economic recovery through 
     the formation and growth of new businesses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 3218. A bill to improve the coordination of export 
     promotion programs and to facilitate export opportunities for 
     small businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 3219. A bill to restrict conflicts of interest on the 
     boards of directors of Federal reserve banks, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Levin, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Udall 
             of New Mexico, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 3220. 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; read the first time.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Thune,

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             Mr. Lee, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. 
             Coburn):
       S. 3221. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees; 
     read the first time.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 3222. A bill to establish a pilot program to accelerate 
     entrepreneurship and innovation by partnering world-class 
     entrepreneurs with Federal agencies; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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