[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8221]
[From the U.S. 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. LEVIN:
       S. 3254. An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Armed Services; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. LEVIN:
       S. 3255. A bill for the relief of Miguel Santillan; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 3256. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to improve nonretaliation provisions relating to equal 
     pay requirements; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, and 
             Mr. Burr):
       S. 3257. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prohibit the use of public funds for political party 
     conventions, and to provide for the return of previously 
     distributed funds for deficit reduction; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 3258. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to clarify the maximum distance between Farm 
     Service Agency county offices for purposes of the closure or 
     relocation of a county office for the Farm Service Agency; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 3259. A bill for the relief of Dr. Shakeel Afridi; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 3260. A bill to provide that no United States assistance 
     may be provided to Pakistan until Dr. Shakil Afridi is freed; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 3261. A bill to allow the Chief of the Forest Service to 
     award certain contracts for large air tankers; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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