February 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 23 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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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. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 342. A bill to reauthorize title VI of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 in order to improve and encourage 
     innovation in international education, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
             Enzi):
       S. 343. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to terminate the credit for new qualified plug-in electric 
     drive motor vehicles and to provide for a Federal Highway 
     user fee on alternative fuel vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 344. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
     prevent the inter partes review process for challenging 
     patents from diminishing competition in the pharmaceutical 
     industry and with respect to drug innovation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 345. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, 
     and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             and Mr. Markey):
       S. 346. A bill to provide for the study and evaluation of 
     net metering, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 347. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in 
     Middletown, New York, as the ``Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office 
     Building'' ; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 348. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency 
     positions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 349. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to request nominations for, and make determinations 
     regarding, roads to be designated under the national scenic 
     byways program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 350. A bill to restore the application of the Federal 
     antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect 
     competition and consumers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. 
             Ernst, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lee, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 351. A bill to prohibit Federal funding of State firearm 
     ownership databases, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 352. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the national limitation amount for qualified 
     highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 353. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     improve the transportation infrastructure finance and 
     innovation (TIFIA) program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 354. A bill to avoid duplicative annual reporting under 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education , Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Markey, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 355. A bill to establish a grant program to provide 
     assistance to prevent and repair damage to structures due to 
     pyrrhotite; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, 
             and Mr. Markey):
       S. 356. A bill to establish a grant program to provide 
     assistance to States to prevent and repair damage to 
     structures due to pyrrhotite; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 357. A bill to require annual reports on religious 
     intolerance in Saudi Arabian educational materials, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 358. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Commerce to provide advance notice 
     to Congress before changing any questions on the decennial 
     census, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 359. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income certain Federally-subsidized 
     loan repayments for dental school faculty; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Harris, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 360. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
     to require the submission by issuers of data relating to 
     diversity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 361. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to facilitate water leasing and water transfers to promote 
     conservation and efficiency; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Roberts, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Moran, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Baldwin, and 
             Mr. Gardner):
       S. 362. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Casey, 
             Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 363. A bill to establish an Intercountry Adoption 
     Advisory Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 364. A bill to amend the Ohio & Erie National Heritage 
     Canalway Act of 1996 to modify the funding limitation; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Jones, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Sinema, 
             Mr. Young, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 365. A bill to amend section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
     Act of 1962 to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate 
     investigations and to provide for congressional disapproval 
     of certain actions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Harris, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 366. A bill to shorten monopoly periods for prescription 
     drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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