[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 123 (Thursday, September 13, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6339-S6340]
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 Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 3537. A bill to require all recreational vessels to have 
     and post passenger capacity limits and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 3538. A bill to reform laws relating to small public 
     housing agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY:
       S. 3539. A bill to encourage the adoption and use of 
     certified electronic health record

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     technology by safety net providers and clinics; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 3540. A bill to reduce Federal advertising budgets; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. 
             Johanns):
       S. 3541. A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 
     1949 to revise the census data and population requirements 
     for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of 
     such Act; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 3542. A bill to authorize the Assistant Secretary of 
     Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to 
     modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving 
     from preclearance airports, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 3543. A bill to exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 
     1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal 
     Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 3544. A bill to make available funds from the Emergency 
     Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding pension 
     benefits with respect to former employees of Delphi 
     Corporation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 3545. A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code 
     to clarify the rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim 
     of governmental claims arising from the disposition of farm 
     assets under chapter 12 bankruptcies; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Akaka, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. 
             Franken):
       S. 3546. A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act 
     of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and 
     continuing vitality of Native American languages; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 3547. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
     to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety 
     Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 3548. A bill to clarify certain provisions of the Native 
     American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 3549. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide 
     grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Harkin):
       S. 3550. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to protect students from deceptive practices and high-
     pressure sales by institutions of higher education, to 
     provide a waiting period for students to make enrollment 
     decisions, to guard against misrepresentation, to standardize 
     and elevate institutional disclosures, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mr. Corker):
       S. 3551. A bill to require investigations into and a report 
     on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States 
     missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 3552. A bill to reauthorize the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; considered and passed.

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