[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 181 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S9051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, from the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, with amendments:
       S. 1376. A bill to improve the Federal Housing 
     Administration and to ensure the solvency of the Mutual 
     Mortgage Insurance Fund, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 
     113-129).
       By Mr. ROCKEFELLER, from the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation, with an amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute and with a preamble:
       S. Res. 157. A resolution expressing the sense of the 
     Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas 
     of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably 
     discriminate against telephone users in those areas (Rept. 
     No. 113-130).
       By Mr. LEAHY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with 
     amendments:
       S. 975. A bill to provide for the inclusion of court-
     appointed guardianship improvement and oversight activities 
     under the Elder Justice Act of 2009.
       From the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute:
       S. 1417. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act.
       By Mr. WYDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, with amendments:
       S. 1491. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 to improve United States-Israel energy 
     cooperation, and for other purposes.
       By Mr. HARKIN, from the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions, without amendment:
       S. 1719. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, 
     national media campaign, and grant program, and for other 
     purposes.
       By Mr. BAUCUS, from the Committee on Finance, without 
     amendment:
       S. 1870. An original bill to reauthorize and restructure 
     adoption incentive payments, to better enable State child 
     welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and 
     serve the needs of children who are victims of sex 
     trafficking, to increase the reliability of child support for 
     children, and for other purposes.
       S. 1871. An original bill to amend title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth 
     rate formula and to improve beneficiary access under the 
     Medicare program, and for other purposes.

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