[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11185-11186]
[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. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1271. A bill to direct the President to establish 
     guidelines for the United States foreign assistance programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Coats, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1272. A bill to provide that certain requirements of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act do not apply if 
     the American Health Benefit Exchanges are not operating on 
     October 1, 2013; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
             Begich, and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 1273. A bill to establish a partnership between States 
     that produce energy onshore and offshore for our country with 
     the Federal Government; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1274. A bill to extend assistance to certain private 
     nonprofit facilities following a disaster, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
             Begich):

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       S. 1275. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the 
     existing loan funding the Pacific Coast groundfish fishing 
     capacity reduction program; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 1276. A bill to increase oversight of the Revolving Fund 
     of the Office of Personnel Management, strengthen the 
     authority to terminate or debar employees and contractors 
     involved in misconduct affecting the integrity of security 
     clearance background investigations, enhance transparency 
     regarding the criteria utilized by Federal departments and 
     agencies to determine when a security clearance is required, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 1277. A bill to establish a commission for the purpose 
     of coordinating efforts to reduce prescription drug abuse, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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