[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2081-2082]
[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. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Johanns, Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 399. A bill to protect American job creation by striking 
     the Federal mandate on employers to offer health insurance; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 400. A bill to amend the Federal Lands Recreation 
     Enhancement Act to include the Corps of Engineers as a 
     Federal land management agency, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Lautenberg, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             King, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cowan, Mr. 
             Cardin, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 401. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an investment tax credit related to the 
     production of electricity from offshore wind; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 402. A bill to provide for the addition of certain real 
     property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State 
     of Oregon; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 403. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent 
     bullying and harassment of students; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 404. A bill to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in 
     the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie 
     National Forest; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 405. A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal 
     court proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 406. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide for new program review requirements; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 407. A bill to provide funding for construction and 
     major rehabilitation for projects located on inland and 
     intracoastal waterways of the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 408. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription 
     drug prices under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 409. A bill to add Vietnam Veterans Day as a patriotic 
     and national observance; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 410. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a tax on certain trading transactions; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wyden, 
             and Mr. Moran):
       S. 411. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Udall of New 
             Mexico, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Blumenthal, and 
             Mr. Cowan):
       S. 412. A bill to authorize certain major medical facility 
     leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Portman, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 413. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to include human trafficking as a part 1 
     violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial 
     Justice Assistance Grant Program; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON:
       S. 414. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act 
     of 2000 to provide for expedited project implementation 
     relating to the comprehensive Everglades restoration plan; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Cochran, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 415. A bill to clarify the collateral requirement for 
     certain loans under section 7(d) of the Small Business Act, 
     to address assistance to out-of-State small business 
     concerns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 416. A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to 
     make technical corrections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 417. A bill to reduce the number of nonessential 
     vehicles purchased and leased by the Federal Government, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 418. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to 
     prescribe regulations regarding the collection and use of 
     personal information obtained by tracking the online activity 
     of an individual, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Franken, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 419. A bill to limit the use of cluster munitions; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 420. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the logical flow of return information between 
     partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals 
     to better enable each party to submit timely, accurate 
     returns and reduce the need for extended and amended returns, 
     to provide for modified due dates by regulation, and to 
     conform the automatic corporate extension period to 
     longstanding regulatory rule; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Corker, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 421. A bill to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from 
     taking any action to establish a restricted area prohibiting 
     public access to waters downstream of a dam, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 422. A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, 
     United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic 
     care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans 
     Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 423. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act 
     to extend funding for family-to-family health information 
     centers to help families of children with disabilities or 
     special health care needs make informed choices about health 
     care for their children; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Blunt, Ms. Collins, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):

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       S. 424. A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health 
     Service Act to provide for a National Pediatric Research 
     Network, including with respect to pediatric rare diseases or 
     conditions; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. 
             Cantwell, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 425. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act 
     to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of 
     maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by 
     developing maternity care quality measures and supporting 
     maternity care quality collaboratives; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Baucus):
       S. 426. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the participation of particular specialists 
     determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     be directly related to the health needs stemming from 
     environmental health hazards that have led to its declaration 
     as a Public Health Emergency to be eligible under the 
     National Health Service Corps in the National Health Service 
     Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 427. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to provide flexibility to school food 
     authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for 
     the school lunch and breakfast programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 428. A bill to expedite the development of Arctic 
     deepwater ports and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Manchin, and 
             Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 429. A bill to enable concrete masonry products 
     manufacturers to establish, finance, and carry out a 
     coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to 
     improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry 
     products; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 430. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for 
     purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals 
     and preferences, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 431. A bill to authorize preferential treatment for 
     certain imports from Nepal, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 432. A bill to extend certain trade preferences to 
     certain least-developed countries in Asia and the South 
     Pacific, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 433. A bill to establish and operate a National Center 
     for Campus Public Safety; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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