[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 13491-13492]
[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. Cruz):
       S. 2675. A bill to amend the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998 to support religious freedom in foreign 
     countries; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Levin, Mr. Durbin, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2676. A bill to establish a grant program to encourage 
     States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to 
     the transfer and possession of firearms; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 2677. A bill to reverse the listing by the Secretary of 
     the Interior of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened 
     species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, to prevent 
     further consideration of listing of the species as a 
     threatened species or endangered species under that Act 
     pending implementation of the Western Association of Fish and 
     Wildlife Agencies' Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide 
     Conservation Plan and other conservation measures, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coburn):
       S. 2678. A bill to remove the American burying beetle from 
     the list of endangered species under the Endangered Species 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 2679. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reinstate the financing for the Hazardous Substance 
     Superfund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Walsh):
       S. 2680. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a voluntary program under which manufacturers may 
     have products certified as meeting the standards of labels 
     that indicate to consumers the extent to which the products 
     are manufactured in the United States, to amend the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
     equity investments in small business concerns, to establish 
     small business savings accounts, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Walsh):
       S. 2681. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives for businesses to keep jobs in the 
     United States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Walsh):
       S. 2682. A bill to require certain Federal agencies to use 
     iron, steel, wood products, cement and manufactured goods 
     produced in the United States in public construction 
     projects, to permanently extend the Build America Bonds 
     program, to ensure that transportation and infrastructure 
     projects carried out using Federal financial assistance are 
     constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods that are 
     produced in the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2683. A bill to reform classification and security 
     clearance processes throughout the

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     Federal Government and, within the Department of Homeland 
     Security, to establish an effective and transparent process 
     for the designation, investigation, adjudication, denial, 
     suspension, and revocation of security clearances, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2684. A bill to direct the Administrator of General 
     Services, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, to 
     convey certain Federal property located in the National 
     Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corporation, an 
     Alaska Native Corporation established under the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Franken, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Coons, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2685. A bill to reform the authorities of the Federal 
     Government to require the production of certain business 
     records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers 
     and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of 
     information gathering for foreign intelligence, 
     counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.

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