[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 43 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S2328]
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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. BENNET:
       S. 651. A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection 
     of certain Federal land in the State of Colorado, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 652. A bill to protect investors by fostering 
     transparency and accountability of attorneys in private 
     securities litigation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 653. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious 
     Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Carper, and 
             Mr. Roberts):
       S. 654. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 655. A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 
     1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide grants 
     for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 656. A bill to promote the domestic development and 
     deployment of natural gas and clean energy technologies; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 657. A bill to eliminate conditions in foreign prisons 
     and other detention facilities that do not meet primary 
     indicators of health, sanitation, and safety, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Coons, 
             Mr. Blunt, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Warner, and 
             Mrs. Murray):
       S. 658. A bill to amend titles 10 and 32, United States 
     Code, to enhance capabilities to prepare for and respond to 
     cyber emergencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 659. A bill to reauthorize the Reclamation States 
     Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 660. A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish 
     the position of Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property 
     Negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade 
     Representative to ensure the protection of United States 
     innovation and intellectual property interests, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 661. A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act 
     of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and 
     restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic 
     events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made 
     available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment 
     and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 662. A bill to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade 
     enforcement functions and activities, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 663. A bill to provide for the inclusion of the State of 
     California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon 
     the petition and approval of California dairy producers of 
     such inclusion; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 664. A bill to require reports by Federal Government 
     entities regarding responses to Inspector General 
     recommendations on potential cost-saving measures or on 
     reimbursement for poor contractor performance, cost overruns, 
     or other reasons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Franken, 
             Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Casey, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Cardin):
       S. 665. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase 
     protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for 
     high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, 
     to provide rights for victims or their family members, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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