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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S6667-S6668 on Nov. 14.
The Department was built out of more than 20 agencies in 2002. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lower taxes and boosting federal efficiency, argued the Department is burdened with "unneeded bureaucracy" which could be handled by other departments or standalone operations.
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 Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Moran):
S. 5076. A bill to require training for employees of Federal agencies that award less than 3 percent of prime contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. SULLIVAN:
S. 5077. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Incorporated, is recognized as a Village Corporation under that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Smith):
S. 5078. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street in Vergas, Minnesota, as the ``Jon Glawe Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Smith):
S. 5079. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 2nd Avenue in Oklee, Minnesota, as the ``Coya Knutson Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
S. 5080. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle safety standard to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring during low-speed incidents involving motor vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker,
Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Warren, and Mr. Merkley):
S. 5081. A bill to establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. HAWLEY:
S. 5082. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to General Secretary Xi Jinping and other senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party complicit in the perpetration of genocide and other crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr.
Kaine):
S. 5083. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 5084. A bill to reprioritize Federal law enforcement funds from prosecuting nonviolent pro-life demonstrators to prosecuting violent offenders and drug traffickers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CRUZ:
S. 5085. A bill to prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Braun):
S.J. Res. 64. A joint resolution disapproving of the rule submitted by the Department of Homeland Security relating to
``Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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