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FILE - In this May 6, 2013 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Daniel Biss, D-Evanston, speaks with a legislative staffer at the state Capitol in Springfield. Illinois lawmakers are advancing legislation that would give most private-sector employees access to retirement plans through a government program. The proposal sponsored by Biss passed a Senate committee earlier this month after lengthy debate. Biss says the program would allow millions to save for retirement with little cost to government and businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - This Dec. 2, 2008, file photo shows a chicken farm just outside the city limits of Pittsburg, Texas. Citing hundreds of thousands of chickens being accidentally dropped alive into scalding tanks every year, two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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In this photo taken June 2, 2010, and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, Jazelle Mondeau, at the time a student at University of Arizona, collects soil in the Texas Panhandle. The federal government sent students and scientists to more than 4,800 places across the nation to collect soil that was analyzed for its composition. The results are now highly sought after by researchers in a wide variety of fields. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)
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In this photo taken Sept. 11, 2008, and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, geologist Helen Folger of the U.S. Geological Survey collects soil in West Virginia. The federal government sent students and scientists to more than 4,800 places across the nation to collect soil that was analyzed for its composition. The results are now highly sought after by researchers in a wide variety of fields. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)
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In this photo taken April 16, 2008, and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, geologist Jim Kilburn, now retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, collects soil from Kansas. The federal government sent students and scientists to more than 4,800 places across the nation to collect soil that was analyzed for its composition. The results are now highly sought after by researchers in a wide variety of fields. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)
