[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 37 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1853]
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              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. LEE:
       S. 560. A bill to provide that the individual mandate under 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be 
     construed as a tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Levin, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 561. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the taxation of income controlled foreign 
     corporations attributable to imported property; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 562. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family 
     therapist services and mental health counselor services under 
     part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Vitter, and 
             Ms. Warren):
       S. 563. A bill to provide certainty that Congress and the 
     Administration will undertake substantive and structural 
     housing finance reform, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 564. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the 
     authority of the Federal Energy Commission to collect land 
     use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise 
     transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a 
     power site reservation; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 565. A bill to provide for the safe and reliable 
     navigation of the Mississippi River, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 566. A bill to establish a pilot program to evaluate the 
     cost-effectiveness of allowing non-Federal interests to carry 
     out certain water infrastructure projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 567. A bill to improve the retirement of American 
     families by strengthening Social Security; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Heller, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 568. A bill to establish within the Smithsonian 
     Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 569. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation 
     services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient 
     hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility 
     services under Medicare; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 570. A bill to establish a competitive grant program in 
     the Department of Energy to provide grants to States and 
     units of local government to carry out clean energy and 
     carbon reduction measures, to close big oil company tax 
     loopholes to pay for the competitive grant program and reduce 
     the deficit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 571. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping 
     into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for 
     improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Moran, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. 
             Inhofe):
       S. 572. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be 
     treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Carper):
       S. 573. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     improve veterans service organizations access to Federal 
     surplus personal property; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU:
       S. 574. A bill to modify the project for navigation, 
     Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton 
     Rouge, Louisiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 575. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 576. 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. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 577. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency 
     positions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. HAGAN:
       S. 578. A bill to improve outcomes for students in 
     persistently low-performing schools, to create a culture of 
     recognizing, rewarding, and replicating educational 
     excellence, to authorize school turnaround grants, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
             Coats):
       S. 579. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop 
     a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the 
     triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 580. A bill for the relief of Maha Dakar; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COATS (for himself and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 581. A bill to amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the 
     President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per 
     taxpayer of the deficit, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Pryor, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Begich, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Tester, Mr. Donnelly, and 
             Mr. Portman):
       S. 582. A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; read 
     the first time.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 583. A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th 
     article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to 
     life of each born and preborn human person; read the first 
     time.

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