[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6646-S6647]
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. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1526. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to 
     prohibit the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from 
     requiring public companies to use specific auditors or 
     require the use of different auditors on a rotating basis; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Blunt, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 1527. A bill to enhance pre- and post-adoptive support 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1528. A bill to establish a national mercury monitoring 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1529. A bill to provide benefits to domestic partners of 
     Federal employees; to the

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     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Wicker, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1530. A bill to realign structures and reallocate 
     resources in the Federal Government, in keeping with the core 
     American belief that families are the best protection for 
     children and the bedrock of any society, to bolster United 
     States diplomacy and assistance targeted at ensuring that 
     every child can grow up in a permanent, safe, nurturing, and 
     loving family, and to strengthen intercountry adoption to the 
     United States and around the world and ensure that it becomes 
     a viable and fully developed option for providing families 
     for children in need, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1531. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the types of wines taxed as hard cider; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1532. A bill to provide grants to promote financial 
     literacy; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Begich, 
             and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1533. A bill to end offshore tax abuses, to preserve our 
     national defense and protect American families and businesses 
     from devastating cuts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1534. A bill to provide a framework establishing the 
     rights, liabilities, and responsibilities of participants in 
     closing procedures for certain types of consumer deposit 
     accounts, to protect individual consumer rights, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coons, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hatch, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1535. A bill to deter terrorism, provide justice for 
     victims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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