[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1065-1066]
[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. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 229. A bill to designate the medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland 
     Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Corporal 
     Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
     Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 230. A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative 
     Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District 
     of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico):
       S. 231. A bill to reauthorize the Multinational Species 
     Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Burr, Mr. Franken, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Blunt, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Johanns, Mr. Moran, Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 232. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on medical devices; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 233. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in 
     Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist Christopher Scott Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 234. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who 
     have a service-connected disability to receive both 
     disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason 
     of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special 
     Compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 235. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States 
     to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Paul, 
             and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 236. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and 
     physicians or practitioners to freely contract, without 
     penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, 
     while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare 
     benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, and Mr. Begich):
       S. 237. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention 
     and services program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 238. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to improve 
     the functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors of 
     the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market 
     Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich):
       S. 239. A bill to extend the frontier extended stay clinic 
     demonstration; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Begich, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Landrieu, and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 240. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain 
     active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age 
     at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
     services may retire for non-regular service; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. 
             Heinrich):
       S. 241. A bill to establish the Rio Grande del Norte 
     National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Roberts, and Mr. Chambliss):
       S. 242. A bill to reauthorize certain programs under the 
     Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-
     hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Udall of Colorado):
       S. 243. A bill to provide assistance for watersheds 
     adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 244. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit 
     Streamlining Pilot Project; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Heller):
       S. 245. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the 
     Federal Communications Commission to hold nonpublic 
     collaborative discussions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 246. A bill to prevent the escapement of genetically 
     altered salmon in the United States, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Mikulski, 
             and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 247. A bill to establish the Harriet Tubman National 
     Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman 
     Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, 
     Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 248. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered 
     fish; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Franken, Mr. Begich, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Levin, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 249. A bill to provide for the expansion of affordable 
     refinancing of mortgages held by the Federal National 
     Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
     Corporation; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 250. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the treatment of foreign corporations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 251. A bill to amend the renewable fuel program under 
     section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act to require the cellulosic 
     biofuel requirement to be based on actual production; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Isakson, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. 
             Landrieu):
       S. 252. A bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the 
     risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to 
     pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by 
     prematurity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Roberts, and 
             Mr. Enzi):
       S. 253. A bill establishing the Committee to Reduce 
     Government Waste; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 254. A bill to amend title III of the Public Health 
     Service Act to authorize and support the creation of 
     cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment 
     materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services through the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention and the dissemination of such materials and 
     resources by State educational agencies to identify more at-
     risk families; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 255. A bill to withdraw certain Federal land and 
     interests in that land from location, entry, and patent under 
     the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and 
     geothermal leasing laws; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) (by 
             request):
       S. 256. A bill to amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to 
     the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, the 
     Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 257. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require courses of education provided by public institutions 
     of higher education that are approved for purposes of the 
     educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at 
     the in-State tuition rate, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 258. A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing 
     leases and permits, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       S. 259. A bill to assure equity in contracting between the 
     Federal Government and small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 260. A bill to require the collection of data by 
     officers enforcing immigration law and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 261. A bill to establish and clarify that Congress does 
     not authorize persons convicted of dangerous crimes in 
     foreign courts to freely possess firearms in the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 262. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled 
     to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational 
     Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs who 
     are pursuing programs of education at institutions of higher 
     learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Thune, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Johnson of 
             Wisconsin, and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 263. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary 
     spending limits to take into account savings resulting from 
     the reduction in the number of Federal employees; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Rubio, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 264. A bill to expand access to community mental health 
     centers and improve the quality of mental health care for all 
     Americans; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 265. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide grants for community-based mental health 
     infrastructure improvement; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 266. A bill to provide for the inclusion of Israel in 
     the visa waiver program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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