[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1785-S1786]
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 Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 542. A bill to provide limitations on maritime liens on 
     fishing licenses and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 543. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to reorganize the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the 
     Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 544. A bill to require the President to develop a 
     comprehensive national manufacturing strategy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 545. A bill to improve hydropower, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Franken, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S. 546. A bill to amend entrance counseling and exit 
     counseling for borrowers under the Higher Education Act of 
     1965, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 547. A bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting 
     legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions 
     of discretionary and mandatory spending; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 548. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve and enhance the capabilities of the Armed Forces to 
     prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment 
     in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 549. A bill to establish an advisory committee to issue 
     nonbinding governmentwide guidelines on making public 
     information available on the Internet, to require publicly 
     available Government information held by the executive branch 
     to be made available on the Internet, to express the sense of 
     Congress that publicly available information held by the 
     legislative and judicial branches should be available on the 
     Internet, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RISCH:
       S. 550. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to provide for increased limitations on leverage for 
     multiple licenses under common control, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Begich, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 551. A bill to provide an election to terminate certain 
     capital construction funds without penalties; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Begich, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coons, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 552. A bill to amend the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act to replace the current requirement for 
     biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Crapo, 
             Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Isakson, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Moran, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 553. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to 
     participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or 
     forgiveness programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mr. Manchin, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. King):
       S. 554. A bill to provide for a biennial budget process and 
     a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight 
     and the performance of the Federal Government; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 555. A bill to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act 
     of 1990 to require captioning and video description at 
     certain movie theaters; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 556. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     improve the accessibility of entertainment programming 
     provided by air carriers on passenger flights, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Franken, 
             Ms. Klobuchar,

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             Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 557. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to medication therapy management under 
     part D of the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 558. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency from awarding any grant, 
     contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial 
     assistance under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for any 
     program, project, or activity outside the United States; read 
     the first time.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 559. A bill to establish a fund to make payments to the 
     Americans held hostage in Iran, and to members of their 
     families, who are identified as members of the proposed class 
     in case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the United States 
     District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S.J. Res. 11. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights 
     of the American people that were taken away by the Supreme 
     Court's decision in the Citizens United case and related 
     decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to 
     limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic 
     process; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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