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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S3731-S3732 on June 22, 2017.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
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. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Blunt, and
Ms. Cantwell):
S. 1405. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 1406. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 1407. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance tax incentives for manufacturing in the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. ERNST (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 1408. A bill to enhance effective prosecution and defense in courts-martial, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Heller):
S. 1409. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for residential energy efficient property, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Cortez
Masto, and Mr. Heller):
S. 1410. A bill to further the development of unmanned aircraft system technology through investing in additional research, building a trained workforce, and establishing working groups to address near-term and long-term challenges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. NELSON:
S. 1411. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension of the payment of the special survivor indemnity allowance under the Survivor Benefit Plan; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey,
Mr. Franken, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Udall, Ms. Hirono, Ms.
Hassan, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 1412. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Reed):
S. 1413. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to establish teacher leader development programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kaine,
Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cochran,
Mr. Strange, Ms. Collins, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Perdue, Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Roberts, and Mr. Rubio):
S. 1414. A bill to state the policy of the United States on the minimum number of available battle force ships; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 1415. A bill to terminate the prohibitions on the exportation and importation of natural gas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
S. 1416. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 1417. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Markey):
S. 1418. A bill to establish protections for passengers in air transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Duckworth,
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms.
Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Markey, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley,
Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr.
Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs.
Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and
Mr. Wyden):
S. 1419. A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Booker, Mr. Kaine,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Wyden,
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Menendez, and Mr. Udall):
S. 1420. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department of State who were fired by reason of the sexual orientation of the official, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Merkley, and Mr.
Schatz):
S. 1421. A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Roberts, and Mr.
Tester):
S. 1422. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Franken, and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 1423. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify the final rule relating to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, and
Mr. Daines):
S. 1424. A bill to apply the provisions of title 5, United States Code, related to veterans' preference to the Federal Aviation Administration personnel management system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Graham, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Peters):
S. 1425. A bill to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
S. 1426. A bill to amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the corporation, to designate the United States Center for Safe Sport, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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