[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7663-7665]
[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. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Casey, 
             and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 1028. A bill to reauthorize and improve the Older 
     Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Nelson, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             King, and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 1029. A bill to reform the process by which Federal 
     agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance 
     documents; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Merkley, 
             and Mr. King):
       S. 1030. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an energy investment credit for energy storage 
     property connected to the grid, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Barrasso, and 
             Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1031. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve access to health care through expanded health 
     savings accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Blunt, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1032. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military 
     Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members 
     of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1033. A bill to authorize a grant program to promote 
     physical education, activity, and fitness and nutrition, and 
     to ensure healthy students, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) (by request):
       S. 1034. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 
     for military construction, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1035. A bill to require an independent alternative 
     analysis of the consideration of the use of targeted lethal 
     force against a particular, known United States person 
     knowingly engaged in acts of international terrorism against 
     the United States and for other purposes; to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. REID (for Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1036. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in 
     foreign languages; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 1037. A bill to ensure adequate protection of the rights 
     under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Coons, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Levin, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Lautenberg, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1038. A bill to eliminate racial profiling by law 
     enforcement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Heller):
       S. 1039. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship 
     to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces who die in 
     the line of duty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coburn, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1040. A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on 
     behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his 
     service to the Nation in promoting excellence, good 
     sportsmanship, and philanthropy; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 1041. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     afford crime victims' rights to victims of offenses under the 
     Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S. 1042. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to provide support to university law school programs 
     that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 1043. A bill to promote innovative practices for the 
     education of English learners and to help States and local 
     educational agencies with English learner populations build 
     capacity to ensure that English learners receive high-quality 
     instruction that enables them to become proficient in 
     English, access the academic content knowledge needed to meet 
     State challenging academic content standards, and be prepared 
     for postsecondary education and careers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       S. 1044. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the 
     District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with 
     the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with 
     the United States on D-Day, June 6, 1944; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1045. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts 
     shall be ineligible for Federal employment; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Tester, 
             and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1046. A bill to clarify certain provisions of the Native 
     American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 1047. A bill to provide for the issuance and sale of a 
     semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support 
     effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes 
     for youth in foster care; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 1048. A bill to revoke the charters for the Federal 
     National Mortgage Corporation and the Federal Home Loan 
     Mortgage Corporation upon resolution of their obligations, to 
     create a new Mortgage Finance Agency for the securitization 
     of single family and multifamily mortgages, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 1049. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain 
     Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each 
     Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Blunt, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Johanns, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1050. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure the issuance of regulations applicable to the Coast 
     Guard regarding consideration of a request for a permanent 
     change of station or unit transfer submitted by a member of 
     the Coast Guard who is the victim of a sexual assault; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. King):
       S. 1051. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for 
     enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry 
     into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source 
     requirements; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Ms. 
             Mikulski, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 1052. A bill to create and expand innovative teacher and 
     principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal 
     preparation academies; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 1053. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 1054. A bill to establish Gold Butte National 
     Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada in order to 
     conserve, protect, and enhance the cultural, archaeological, 
     natural, wilderness, scientific, geological, historical, 
     biological, wildlife, educational, and scenic resources of 
     the area, to designate wilderness areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1055. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     establish the National Program for Arts and Technology; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
             Blunt):
       S. 1056. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a refundable adoption tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado:
       S. 1057. A bill to prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft 
     systems by private persons to conduct surveillance of other 
     private persons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1058. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service 
     programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents 
     of homeless veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 1059. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to deem any person who has received an award from the 
     Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active 
     combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied 
     certain requirements for naturalization; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1060. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and 
     certification curriculums for military veterans; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1061. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     designate certain medical facilities of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs as health professional shortage areas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1062. A bill to improve quality and accountability for 
     educator preparation programs; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1063. A bill to improve teacher quality, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1064. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as 
     physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist 
     services under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1065. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve the quality of infant and 
     toddler care; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1066. A bill to allow certain student loan borrowers to 
     refinance Federal student loans; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Begich, Mr. Coons, and 
             Mr. Franken):
       S. 1067. A bill to establish within the Department of 
     Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Schatz):
       S. 1068. A bill to reauthorize and amend the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer 
     Corps Act of 2002, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Warren, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Franken, and Mr. 
             Lautenberg):
       S. 1069. A bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or 
     foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, 
     gender identity, or marital status of any prospective 
     adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or 
     gender identity of the child involved; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Udall of 
             Colorado, and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1070. A bill to make it unlawful to alter or remove the 
     unique equipment identification number of a mobile device; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1071. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to make improvements to support facilities for National 
     Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1072. A bill to ensure that the Federal Aviation 
     Administration advances the safety of small airplanes and the 
     continued development of the general aviation industry, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Franken, and Mr. 
             Hoeven):
       S. 1073. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 to improve the coordination of refinery 
     outages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1074. A bill to extend Federal recognition to the 
     Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-
     Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
     Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
     Indian Tribe; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg):
       S. 1075. A bill to extend the phase-in of actuarial rates 
     for flood insurance for certain properties under the Biggert-
     Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1076. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of monthly annuities under the 
     Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs 
     trust established for the sole benefit of a disabled 
     dependent child of a participant in the Survivor Benefit 
     Plan; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1077. A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
     of 1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake 
     Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1078. A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
     provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with the opportunity to 
     retain access to TRICARE Prime; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1079. A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of 
     Safety and Environmental Enforcement to promote the 
     artificial reefs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1080. A bill to amend and reauthorize certain provisions 
     relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1081. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     expand and enhance authorities on protected communications of 
     members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. FRANKEN:
       S. 1082. A bill to promote Advanced Placement and 
     International Baccalaureate programs; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 1083. A bill to provide high-quality public charter 
     school options for students by enabling such public charter 
     schools to expand and replicate; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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