[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6518-S6519]
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. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1505. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
     to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to 
     exempt those articles from definition under that Act; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1506. A bill to provide tax relief for persons affected 
     by the discharge of oil in connection with the explosion on, 
     and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater 
     Horizon; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 1507. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the treatment of general welfare benefits provided 
     by Indian tribes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Reid):
       S. 1508. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of 
     awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to 
     increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any 
     ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of 
     a region of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1509. A bill to establish a Maritime Goods Movement User 
     Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo 
     improvements and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Paul, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Heller, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1510. A bill to provide for auditable financial 
     statements for the Department of Defense, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1511. A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to remove barriers to the adoption of children 
     in foster care through reauthorization and improvement of the 
     adoption incentives program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1512. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1335 Jefferson Road in 
     Rochester, New York, as the ``Specialist Theodore Matthew 
     Glende Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1513. A bill to amend the Helium Act to complete the 
     privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a competitive 
     market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets 
     while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, and for 
     other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 1514. A bill to save coal jobs, and for other purposes; 
     read the first time.

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