[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12652]
[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. COONS (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1385. A bill to provide for the appointment of 
     additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Corker):
       S. 1386. A bill to provide for enhanced embassy security, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Johanns):
       S. 1387. A bill to establish a pilot program to authorize 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants 
     to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes 
     of disabled and low-income veterans; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1388. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy, 
     to conduct a study on the public health and environmental 
     impacts of the production, transportation, storage, and use 
     of petroleum coke, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1389. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     study the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
     Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New 
     York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the National Park 
     System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1390. A bill to establish an independent advisory 
     committee to review certain regulations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
             Leahy):
       S. 1391. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in 
     Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate 
     standards for Federal employment discrimination and 
     retaliation claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1392. A bill to promote energy savings in residential 
     buildings and industry, and for other purposes; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Nelson, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1393. A bill to ensure that the courts of the United 
     States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by 
     United States citizens and others against any railroad 
     organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
     deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi 
     concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such 
     railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 1394. A bill to provide for the settlement of the water 
     rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Casey, and 
             Mr. Moran):
       S. 1395. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for 
     contributions of food inventory; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1396. A bill to authorize the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in 
     certain areas affected by wildfire; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 1397. A bill to improve the efficiency, management, and 
     interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process 
     through reforms overseen by the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
             Begich, Mr. Portman, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 1398. A bill to require the Federal Government to 
     expedite the sale of underutilized Federal real property; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 1399. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered 
     into during military service to debt incurred during military 
     service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred 
     before military service; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1400. A bill to increase access to adult education to 
     provide for economic growth; to the Committee on Finance.

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