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NOP–11–09FR)) received during adjournment 

of the Senate in the Office of the President 

of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7325. A communication from the Administrator of the National Organic Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘National Organic Program (NOP); Sunset 

Review (2012); Correction’’ ((RIN0581–AC96) 

(AMS–NOP–09–0074; NOP–09–01FR)) received 

during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 

31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7326. A communication from the Administrator of Dairy Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 

report of a rule entitled ‘‘Milk in the Mideast Marketing Area; Order Amending the 

Order’’ (AMS–DA–11–0067) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 

President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry. 

EC–7327. A communication from the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program; Establishment of the Reporting Regulation for Wholesale Pork’’ ((RIN0581–AD07) 

(AMS–LS–11–0049)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry. 

EC–7328. A communication from the Administrator of the Livestock and Seed Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Beef Promotion and Research; Amendment 

to the Order’’ (AMS–LS–11–0086) received 

during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 

31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7329. A communication from the Administrator of the Cotton and Tobacco Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Cotton Board Rules and Regulations; Adjusting Supplemental Assessment on Imports’’ (AMS–CN–11–0091) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 

President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry. 

EC–7330. A communication from the Administrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Cranberries Grown in States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the 

State of New York; Changing Reporting Requirements’’ (Docket No. AMS–FV–12–0002; 

FV12–929–1 IR) received during adjournment 

of the Senate in the Office of the President 

of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7331. A communication from the Administrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Increased Assessment Rate’’ (Docket No. AMS–FV–11– 

0080; FV11–966–1 FR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry. 

EC–7332. A communication from the Administrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Specialty Crops; Import Regulations; New 

Pistachio Import Requirements’’ (Docket 

No. AMS–FV–09–0064; FV09–999–1 FR) received during adjournment of the Senate in 

the Office of the President of the Senate on 

August 31, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7333. A communication from the Administrator of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 

‘‘Olives Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate’’ (Docket No. AMS–FV–11– 

0093; FV12–932–1 FR) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 31, 2012; to the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry. 

EC–7334. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerances’’ 

(FRL No. 9360–4) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on August 23, 2012; to the 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry. 

EC–7335. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Pesticides; Microbial Pesticide Definitions and Applicability; Clarification and 

Availability of Test Guideline’’ (FRL No. 

9338–9) received during adjournment of the 

Senate in the Office of the President of the 

Senate on August 28, 2012; to the Committee 

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7336. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Pendimethalin; Pesticide Tolerances’’ (FRL No. 9360–5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 

President of the Senate on August 28, 2012; to 

the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry. 

EC–7337. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Nitric Acid; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. 9338–2) 

received during adjournment of the Senate 

in the Office of the President of the Senate 

on August 28, 2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7338. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Thifensulfuron Methyl; Pesticide 

Tolerances’’ (FRL No. 9360–2) received during 

adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 

the President of the Senate on August 28, 

2012; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

EC–7339. A communication from the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition 

Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Inflation Adjustment of 

Threshold for Acquisition of Right-Hand 

Drive Passenger Sedans’’ ((RIN0750–AH65) 

(DFARS Case 2012–D016)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 

President of the Senate on August 22, 2012; to 

the Committee on Armed Services. 

EC–7340. A communication from the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition 

Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Reporting of GovernmentFurnished Property’’ ((RIN0750–AG83) 

(DFARS Case 2012–D001)) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 

President of the Senate on August 22, 2012; to 

the Committee on Armed Services. 

EC–7341. A communication from the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Defense 

Industrial Base Capabilities Fund; to the 

Committee on Armed Services. 

EC–7342. A communication from the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘The Fiscal 

Year 2011 Inventory of Contracts for Services’’; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

EC–7343. A communication from the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, five (5) Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) for the quarter ending June 

2012; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

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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. WICKER (for himself and Mr. 

INHOFE): 

S. 3526. A bill to amend title 10, United 

States Code, to protect the rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and 

chaplains of members of the Armed Forces, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Armed Services. 

By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mrs. 

MCCASKILL): 

S. 3527. A bill to provide for enhanced 

criminal penalties for individuals who file a 

SEVP certification petition under false pretenses, to prohibit certain schools from accessing SEVIS or participating in the SEVP 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

By Mr. TESTER: 

S. 3528. A bill to repeal the authorization 

to provide office space, a furnishings allowance, congressional franking privileges, and 

staff assistance to former Speakers of the 

House of Representatives; to the Committee 

on Rules and Administration. 

By Mr. ROBERTS: 

S. 3529. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act 

to clarify a certain provision relating to prevention of accidental releases; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 

By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. 

ENZI, Mr. VITTER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. BURR, Mr. COBURN, and 

Mr. KYL): 

S.J. Res. 50. A joint resolution providing 

for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 

of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 

submitted by the Office of Family Assistance 

of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human 

Services relating to waiver and expenditure 

authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the 

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 

program; to the Committee on Finance. 


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SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 

SENATE RESOLUTIONS 

The following concurrent resolutions 

and Senate resolutions were read, and 

referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 

By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. COLLINS): 

S. Res. 548. A resolution designating the 

week beginning September 9, 2012, as ‘‘National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week’’; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and 

Ms. COLLINS): 

S. Res. 549. A resolution designating September 2012 as ‘‘Campus Fire Safety Month’’; 

considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. INHOFE): 

S. Res. 550. A resolution designating September 13, 2012, as ‘‘National Celiac Disease 

Awareness Day’’; considered and agreed to. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 339

At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the 

names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 

HARKIN) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) were added as cosponsors of S. 339, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions. 

S. 434

At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, the 

name of the Senator from Colorado 

(Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 434, a bill to improve and expand 

geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the 

United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher 

education. 

S. 634

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, 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. 

S. 645

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 645, a bill to amend the National 

Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check 

system. 

S. 722

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and 

protect Medicare hospice programs. 

S. 847

At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN) was added as 

a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to amend 

the Toxic Substances Control Act to 

ensure that risks from chemicals are 

adequately understood and managed, 

and for other purposes. 

S. 1069

At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the 

name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1069, a bill to suspend 

temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes. 

S. 1171

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 1171, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage for 

employees’ spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible dependent beneficiaries of employees. 

S. 1391

At the request of Mr. TESTER, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to amend title 

38, United States Code, to improve the 

disability compensation evaluation 

procedure of the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health 

conditions related to military sexual 

trauma, and for other purposes. 

S. 1577

At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 1577, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and 

make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1798

At the request of Mr. UDALL of New 

Mexico, the name of the Senator from 

South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added 

as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to direct 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that members of the Armed 

Forces who may have been exposed to 

toxic chemicals and fumes caused by 

open burn pits while deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information 

regarding such exposure, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1832

At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name 

of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 

LANDRIEU) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 1832, a bill to restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local 

sales and use tax laws, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1880

At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the 

name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 

ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 1880, a bill to repeal the health care 

law’s job-killing health insurance tax. 

S. 1935

At the request of Mrs. HAGAN, the 

names of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. CARPER) and the Senator from 

Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) were 

added as cosponsors of S. 1935, a bill to 

require the Secretary of the Treasury 

to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th anniversary of the 

establishment of the March of Dimes 

Foundation. 

S. 1966

At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the 

names of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from 

Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 1966, a bill to direct 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment 

center more than once. 

S. 1989

At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the 

name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 

AKAKA) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

1989, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent 

the minimum low-income housing tax 

credit rate for unsubsidized buildings 

and to provide a minimum 4 percent 

credit rate for existing buildings. 

S. 2078

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 

BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2078, a bill to enable Federal and State 

chartered banks and thrifts to meet 

the credit needs of the Nation’s home 

builders, and to provide liquidity and 

ensure stable credit for meeting the 

Nation’s need for new homes. 

S. 2347

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 2347, a bill to amend title XVIII of 

the Social Security Act to ensure the 

continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services. 

S. 2620

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

names of the Senator from Louisiana 

(Ms. LANDRIEU) and the Senator from 

Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as cosponsors of S. 2620, a bill to amend title 

XVIII of the Social Security Act to 

provide for an extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments 

under the Medicare low-volume hospital program. 

S. 3083

At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the 

name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 

HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3083, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to require certain 

nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit. 

S. 3199

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

names of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. COCHRAN) and the Senator from 

Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as cosponsors of S. 3199, a bill to amend the 


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