[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6545-S6546]
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. HARKIN:
       S. 3578. An original bill to amend the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965; from the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 3579. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully 
     present alien an aggravated felony and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 3580. A bill to require the Corps of Engineers to 
     preserve the historical integrity of Zoar, Ohio, while 
     carrying out any study relating to or construction of flood 
     damage reduction measures, including levees, in Zoar, Ohio; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. 
             Rockefeller):
       S. 3581. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 3582. A bill to improve quality and accountability for 
     educator preparation programs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself, Mr. Kerry, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 3583. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to establish and carry out a community 
     revitalization program to provide Federal grants to 
     communities for the rehabilitation of critically needed 
     parks, recreational areas, and facilities, the development of 
     improved recreational programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 3584. A bill to reauthorize the National Integrated 
     Drought Information System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 3585. A bill to provide authorities for the appropriate 
     conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and 
     other temporary seasonal employees in Federal land management 
     agencies who perform regularly recurring seasonal work to 
     permanent seasonal positions; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 3586. A bill to provide reimbursement under the Medicaid 
     program to individuals and entities that provide voluntary 
     non-emergency medical transportation to Medicaid 
     beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 3587. A bill to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public 
     Lands in the California Coastal National Monument as a part 
     of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
             and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3588. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 3589. A bill to require the Comptroller of the Currency 
     to establish a pilot program to facilitate communication 
     between borrowers and servicers; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3590. A bill to amend the Denali Commission Act of 1998 
     to reauthorize and modify the membership of the Denali 
     Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3591. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve and extend the deduction for new and existing 
     energy-efficient commercial buildings, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 3592. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     encourage the use of locally grown food in meal programs; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 3593. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     strengthen programming, services, and outreach for diverse 
     elders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 3594. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the alternative tax liability limitation for 
     small property and casualty insurance companies; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 3595. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an exception from the passive loss rules for 
     investments in high technology research small business pass-
     thru entities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 3596. A bill to make the National Parks and Federal 
     Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3597. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase 
     and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that 
     may be imported duty-free by one person on one day, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 3598. A bill to protect elder adults from exploitation 
     and financial crime, to prevent elder adult abuse and 
     financial exploitation, and to promote safety for elder 
     adults; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 3599. A bill to streamline and address overlap in the 
     Federal workforce investment system, steer Federal training 
     dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish 
     incentives for accountability through a Pay for Performance 
     pilot program, and provide new access to the National 
     Directory of New Hires, to measure performance and better 
     connect the unemployed to jobs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 3600. A bill to expand the Federal Funding 
     Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase 
     accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 3601. A bill to provide tax relief with respect to the 
     Hurricane Isaac disaster area; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 3602. A bill to repeal the nutrition entitlement 
     programs and establish a food stamp block grant program; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. NELSON of Florida:
       S. 3603. A bill to designate the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs clinic in Sunrise, Florida, as the ``William `Bill' 
     Kling Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 3604. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the implementation of prescriber education 
     programs and to establish requirements relating to the 
     administration of antipsychotics to residents of skilled 
     nursing facilities and nursing facilities under the Medicare 
     and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. Carper, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
             Landrieu, Mr. Pryor, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 3605. A bill to clarify Congressional intent regarding 
     the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable 
     waters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 3606. A bill to establish an improved regulatory process 
     for injurious wildlife to prevent the introduction and 
     establishment in the United States of nonnative wildlife and 
     wild animal pathogens and parasites that are likely to cause 
     harm; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Vitter, and 
             Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3607. A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; read 
     the first time.

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