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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 S397-S398 on Feb. 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 Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn,
Mr. Thune, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cassidy,
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs.
Blackburn, and Mr. Johnson):
S. 398. A bill to prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly
$80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Warner,
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr.
Carper):
S. 399. A bill to place limitations on excepting positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mrs. Fischer):
S. 400. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to annually report on aviation consumer complaints related to passengers with a disability; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Lankford,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Vance, Mr. Budd, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Moran):
S. 401. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BRAUN:
S. 402. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to approve commencing, intervening in, or participating in certain litigation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr.
Cardin):
S. 403. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a public education campaign across all relevant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase oral health literacy and awareness; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 404. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Padilla):
S. 405. A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the availability of heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
S. 406. A bill to establish the Public Health Information and Communications Advisory Committee for purposes of providing recommendations and reports, and to support educational initiatives on communication and dissemination of information during public health emergencies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 407. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a methodology for determining State allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments that is based on State poverty levels, to require States to prioritize disproportionate share hospital payments on the basis of Medicaid inpatient utilization and low-income utilization rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Kaine, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 408. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected back to individual taxpayers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 409. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide student loan deferment for victims of terrorist attacks; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. HAWLEY:
S. 410. A bill to authorize a Federal report and longitudinal study regarding the effects of social media on users under age 18; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Manchin, Ms.
Collins, and Mr. King):
S. 411. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 412. A bill to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lujan, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 413. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rate of the excise tax on the repurchase of corporate stock, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
S. 414. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun, Mr.
Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Mullin, Mr.
Risch, and Mr. Rounds):
S. 415. A bill to provide reliable and evidence-based food and energy security; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Graham, Mr.
Whitehouse, and Mr. Rubio):
S. 416. A bill to designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
S. 417. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. HAWLEY:
S. 418. A bill to provide financial assistance to schools impacted by radioactive contaminants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. HAWLEY:
S. 419. A bill to require social media platforms to verify that all individuals who create an account on the platform are age 16 or older, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Vance, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Cramer):
S. 420. A bill to prohibit Federal funds from being made available to facilities that refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 421. A bill to prohibit Federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to require a GAO study regarding Federal funds previously provided to such institute or to entities affiliated with the Chinese Government; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Risch, Mr.
Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Rounds, and Mrs.
Blackburn):
S. 422. A bill to remove legal impediments preventing construction of a border barrier along the international border between the United States and Mexico, improve the construction requirements for such barrier, make previously appropriated funds available for constructing such barrier until expanded, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
S. 423. A bill to streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and minimum essential coverage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 424. A bill to protect the seniors of the United States, and for other purposes; read the first time.
By Mr. GRAHAM:
S. 425. A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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