S6546 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 20, 2012 

By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and 

Ms. SNOWE): 

S. 3595. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception 

from the passive loss rules for investments 

in high technology research small business 

pass-thru entities; to the Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. 

BEGICH): 

S. 3596. A bill to make the National Parks 

and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. 

WYDEN): 

S. 3597. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 

1930 to increase and adjust for inflation the 

maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day, 

and for other purposes; to the Committee on 

Finance. 

By Mr. BLUMENTHAL: 

S. 3598. A bill to protect elder adults from 

exploitation and financial crime, to prevent 

elder adult abuse and financial exploitation, 

and to promote safety for elder adults; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. 

BENNET): 

S. 3599. A bill to streamline and address 

overlap in the Federal workforce investment 

system, steer Federal training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish incentives for accountability through a Pay 

for Performance pilot program, and provide 

new access to the National Directory of New 

Hires, to measure performance and better 

connect the unemployed to jobs, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. 

PORTMAN): 

S. 3600. A bill to expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other 

purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

By Mr. VITTER: 

S. 3601. A bill to provide tax relief with respect to the Hurricane Isaac disaster area; to 

the Committee on Finance. 

By Mr. INHOFE: 

S. 3602. A bill to repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp 

block grant program; to the Committee on 

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 

By Mr. NELSON of Florida: 

S. 3603. A bill to designate the Department 

of Veterans Affairs clinic in Sunrise, Florida, 

as the ‘‘William ‘Bill’ Kling Department of 

Veterans Affairs Clinic’’; to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs. 

By Mr. KOHL (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): 

S. 3604. A bill to amend title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act to provide for the implementation of prescriber education programs 

and to establish requirements relating to the 

administration of antipsychotics to residents 

of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid 

programs, and for other purposes; to the 

Committee on Finance. 

By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. RISCH, 

Mr. CARPER, Mr. VITTER, Mr. COONS, 

Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. PRYOR, and Mr. 

CONRAD): 

S. 3605. A bill to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of 

pesticides in or near navigable waters, and 

for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND: 

S. 3606. A bill to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent the introduction and establishment in 

the United States of nonnative wildlife and 

wild animal pathogens and parasites that are 

likely to cause harm; to the Committee on 

Environment and Public Works. 

By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. 

LUGAR, Mr. VITTER, and Ms. MURKOWSKI): 

S. 3607. A bill to approve the Keystone XL 

Pipeline; read the first time. 

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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. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. 

MURKOWSKI): 

S. Res. 571. A resolution congratulating the 

Nunaka Valley Little League Junior girls 

softball team on winning the 2012 Little 

League Junior Softball World Series; to the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MERKLEY, and 

Mr. TESTER): 

S. Res. 572. A resolution designating September 2012 as the ‘‘National Month of Voter 

Registration’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and 

Mr. TOOMEY): 

S. Res. 573. A resolution designating the 

third week of January 2013, as ‘‘Teen Cancer 

Awareness Week’’; to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. 

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

CORNYN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BROWN of 

Ohio, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

BEGICH, and Mr. JOHANNS): 

S. Res. 574. A resolution calling on the 

United Nations to take concerted actions 

against leaders in Iran for their statements 

calling for the destruction of another United 

Nations Member State, Israel; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 166

At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the 

name of the Senator from Michigan 

(Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cosponsor of S. 166, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of 

food inventory. 

S. 306

At the request of Mr. WEBB, the name 

of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 

REED) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

306, a bill to establish the National 

Criminal Justice Commission. 

S. 722

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Colorado 

(Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs. 

S. 738

At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the 

name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 

BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

738, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act to provide for 

Medicare coverage of comprehensive 

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia diagnosis and services in order to 

improve care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease 

and related dementias by improving 

detection, diagnosis, and care planning. 

S. 810

At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the 

name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 

DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

810, a bill to prohibit the conducting of 

invasive research on great apes, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 847

At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) 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. 998

At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the 

names of the Senator from Michigan 

(Ms. STABENOW) and the Senator from 

North Carolina (Mr. BURR) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 998, a bill to amend 

title IV of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 to require 

the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who 

are required by regulation to retire at 

age 60, to compute the actuarial value 

of monthly benefits in the form of a 

life annuity commencing at age 60. 

S. 1301

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the 

names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. CONRAD) and the Senator 

from Illinois (Mr. KIRK) were added as 

cosponsors of S. 1301, a bill to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal years 2012 

through 2015 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance 

measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. 

S. 1381

At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

the name of the Senator from Iowa 

(Mr. GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to provide for the 

expansion of Federal efforts concerning 

the prevention, education, treatment, 

and research activities related to Lyme 

and other tick-borne disease, including 

the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. 

S. 1423

At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 1423, a bill to clarify the orphan 

drug exception to the annual fee on 

branded prescription pharmaceutical 

manufacturers and importers. 

S. 1683

At the request of Mrs. HAGAN, the 

name of the Senator from Rhode Island 

(Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1683, a bill to provide the 

Department of Homeland Security, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

and the Department of the Treasury 

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enforce trade laws relating to textile 

and apparel articles, and for other purposes. 

S. 1718

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Michigan 

(Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to amend title 

XVIII of the Social Security Act with 

respect to the application of Medicare 

secondary payer rules for certain 

claims. 

S. 1796

At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the 

name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1796, a bill to make permanent the Internal Revenue Service 

Free File program. 

S. 1840

At the request of Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 

the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to amend the 

Public Health Service Act to expand 

and intensify programs of the National 

Institutes of Health with respect to 

translational research and related activities concerning Down syndrome, 

and for other purposes. 

S. 1872

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from Louisiana 

(Ms. LANDRIEU) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 

the tax treatment of ABLE accounts 

established under State programs for 

the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. 

S. 1884

At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the 

name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1884, a bill to provide 

States with incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools 

to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine at 

schools. 

S. 2189

At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the 

name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 

KIRK) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2189, a bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and 

other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal antidiscrimination and 

antiretaliation claims, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 2283

At the request of Mr. TESTER, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2283, a bill to amend the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act to include 

procedures for requests from Indian 

tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes. 

S. 2347

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Michigan 

(Ms. STABENOW) 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. 2374

At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the 

name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. HAGAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2374, a bill to amend the 

Helium Act to ensure the expedient 

and responsible draw-down of the Federal Helium Reserve in a manner that 

protects the interests of private industry, the scientific, medical, and industrial communities, commercial users, 

and Federal agencies, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 3079

At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his 

name was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3079, a bill to make participation in the 

American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain 

basic questions, and for other purposes. 

S. 3237

At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. BROWN) was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 3237, a bill to provide 

for the establishment of a Commission 

to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer. 

S. 3250

At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the 

names of the Senator from California 

(Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator from 

New York (Mr. SCHUMER), the Senator 

from Delaware (Mr. COONS), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from Texas 

(Mrs. HUTCHISON) and the Senator from 

North Carolina (Mr. BURR) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 3250, a bill to amend 

the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith 

grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, and for other purposes. 

S. 3257

At the request of Mr. COBURN, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3257, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the 

use of public funds for political party 

conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for 

deficit reduction. 

S. 3289

At the request of Mr. KERRY, the 

name of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3289, a bill to expand the Medicaid 

home and community-based services 

waiver to include young individuals 

who are in need of services that would 

otherwise be required to be provided 

through a psychiatric residential treatment facility, and to change references 

in Federal law to mental retardation to 

references to an intellectual disability. 

S. 3338

At the request of Mr. ENZI, the names 

of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 

BARRASSO), the Senator from North 

Dakota (Mr. CONRAD) and the Senator 

from Massachusetts (Mr. BROWN) were 

added as cosponsors of S. 3338, a bill to 

amend the Public Health Service Act 

and title XVIII of the Social Security 

Act to make the provision of technical 

services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments 

safer, more accurate, and less costly. 

S. 3341

At the request of Mr. KERRY, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3341, a bill to require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and for other purposes. 

S. 3394

At the request of Mr. JOHNSON of 

South Dakota, the names of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. UDALL) and 

the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added as cosponsors of S. 

3394, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund 

Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection, and 

for other purposes. 

At the request of Mr. AKAKA, his 

name was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3394, supra. 

S. 3430

At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the 

names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) and the Senator from 

California (Mrs. BOXER) were added as 

cosponsors of S. 3430, a bill to amend 

the Public Health Service Act to foster 

more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people 

with pre-diabetes and diabetes. 

S. 3444

At the request of Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 

the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 3444, a bill to require 

that textile and apparel articles acquired for use by executive agencies be 

manufactured from articles, materials, 

or supplies entirely grown, produced, 

or manufactured in the United States. 

S. 3463

At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the 

names of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER), the Senator from California (Mrs. BOXER) and the Senator 

from Massachusetts (Mr. BROWN) were 

added as cosponsors of S. 3463, a bill to 

amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries. 

S. 3477

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 

name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 

BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3477, a bill to ensure that the United 

States promotes women’s meaningful 

inclusion and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in order to prevent, mitigate, or 

resolve violent conflict and implements the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. 

S. 3494

At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the 

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(Mr. LEVIN) and the Senator from 

Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 3494, a bill to amend 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 

qualify formerly homeless individuals 

who are full-time students for purposes 

of low income housing tax credit. 

S. 3522

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3522, a bill to provide for 

the expansion of affordable refinancing 

of mortgages held by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. 

S. 3525

At the request of Mr. TESTER, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3525, a bill to protect and 

enhance opportunities for recreational 

hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3546

At the request of Mr. JOHNSON of 

South Dakota, the name of the Senator 

from North Dakota (Mr. CONRAD) was 

added as a cosponsor of S. 3546, a bill to 

amend the Native American Programs 

Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision 

to ensure the survival and continuing 

vitality of Native American languages. 

S. 3551

At the request of Mr. DEMINT, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3551, a bill to require investigations into and a report on the September 11–13, 2012, attacks on the 

United States missions in Libya, 

Egypt, and Yemen, and for other purposes. 

S. 3560

At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator 

from Nebraska (Mr. NELSON), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN) 

and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 

KIRK) were added as cosponsors of S. 

3560, a bill to provide for scientific 

frameworks with respect to recalcitrant cancers. 

S. 3565

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from New York 

(Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3565, a bill to eliminate 

discrimination and promote women’s 

health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited 

by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 

medical condition. 

S. 3567

At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the 

names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE) and the Senator 

from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) were 

added as cosponsors of S. 3567, a bill to 

establish the Commission to Study the 

Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum, and for other 

purposes. 

S.J. RES. 41

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, her 

name was added as a cosponsor of S.J. 

Res. 41, a joint resolution expressing 

the sense of Congress regarding the nuclear program of the Government of 

the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

S. CON. RES. 50

At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the 

name of the Senator from Wyoming 

(Mr. ENZI) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. Con. Res. 50, a concurrent resolution 

expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance 

model under which the Internet has 

thrived. 

S. RES. 453

At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the 

names of the Senator from Washington 

(Mrs. MURRAY), the Senator from 

Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) 

were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 453, 

a resolution expressing the sense of the 

Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United 

States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a 

strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities 

is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in 

the United States to a dignified quality 

of life. 

S. RES. 543

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 

names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. TOOMEY) and the Senator 

from South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) were 

added as cosponsors of S. Res. 543, a 

resolution to express the sense of the 

Senate on international parental child 

abduction. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. REED: 

S. 3582. A bill to improve quality and 

accountability for educator preparation programs; to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 

Mr. REED. Mr. President, we know 

that public education lays the foundation for economic growth and the ongoing vitality of our democracy. 

We also know that there is more 

work to be done to improve our 

schools. To achieve this goal, we need 

to focus on the professionals who have 

the greatest impact on student learning at school—teachers and principals. 

Last year, I introduced the Effective 

Teaching and Leading Act to support 

teachers, librarians, and principals currently on the job through a comprehensive system of induction, professional 

development, and evaluation. 

Today, I am pleased to be introducing the Educator Preparation Reform Act with Representative HONDA

to improve how we prepare teachers, 

principals, and other educators so that 

they can be effective right from the 

start. 

Our legislation builds on the success 

of the Teacher Quality Partnership 

Program, which I helped author. We 

have added a specific focus on principals with the addition of a residency 

program for new principals. 

Improving instruction is a team effort, with principals at the helm. This 

bill better connects teacher preparation with principal preparation. The 

Educator Preparation Reform Act will 

also allow partnerships to develop 

preparation programs for other areas of 

instructional need, such as for school 

librarians, counselors, or other academic support professionals. 

The bill revamps the accountability 

and reporting requirements for teacher 

preparation programs to provide greater transparency on key quality measures such as admissions standards, requirements for clinical practice, placement of graduates, retention in the 

field of teaching, and teacher performance, including student learning outcomes. 

All programs, whether traditional or 

alternative routes to certification, will 

report on the same measures. 

Under this legislation, states will be 

required to identify at-risk and low 

performing programs and provide them 

with technical assistance and a 

timeline for improvement. Programs 

that are at-risk or low performing will 

be restricted in their ability to offer 

TEACH grants. States would be encouraged to close programs that do not 

improve. 

The Educator Preparation Reform 

Act refocuses the state set-aside for 

higher education in Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

on activities to support the development and implementation of performance assessments to measure new 

teachers’ readiness for the classroom 

and for technical assistance for struggling teacher preparation programs. 

We have been fortunate to work with 

many stakeholders in developing the 

key provisions of this legislation. Organizations that have endorsed the Educator Preparation Reform Act include: 

the Alliance for Excellent Education, 

American Association of Colleges for 

Teacher Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 

American Council on Education, American Psychological Association, Association of American Universities, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Association of Public and Landgrant Universities, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, First 

Focus Campaign for Children, Higher 

Education Consortium for Special Education, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, National Association of Secondary School 

Principals, National Association of 

State Directors of Special Education, 


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