INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 109
(Senate - June 27, 2019)

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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. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1999. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide transitional coverage and retroactive Medicare 
     part D coverage for certain low-income beneficiaries; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Stabenow, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2000. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to remove an institutional bias by making permanent the 
     protection for recipients of home and community-based 
     services against spousal impoverishment; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 2001. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary 
     contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and 
     recreational opportunity; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Isakson, 
             Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 2002. A bill to require that any debt limit increase or 
     suspension be balanced by equal spending cuts over the next 
     decade; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 2003. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to designate a 3-digit dialing code for veterans 
     in crisis; to

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     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 2004. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish insulin assistance programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 2005. A bill to establish the IMPACT for Energy 
     Foundation; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2006. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for 
     human consumption; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Ms. 
             Warren, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2007. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development from implementing a proposed rule regarding 
     requirements under Community Planning and Development housing 
     programs; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 2008. A bill to prohibit, as an unfair or deceptive act 
     or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion 
     therapy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Gardner, and 
             Ms. Smith):
       S. 2009. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     require the establishment of a small business voucher 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2010. A bill to increase research, education, and 
     treatment for cerebral cavernous malformations; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Manchin, Ms. 
             Sinema, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 2011. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     reduce the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse 
     Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 2012. A bill to provide that certain regulatory actions 
     by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force 
     or effect; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 2013. A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear 
     arms at water resources development projects; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2014. A bill to provide grants to States to encourage 
     the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing 
     requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S. 2015. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to direct the Secretary of Education to develop a plain 
     language disclosure form for borrowers of Federal student 
     loans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2016. A bill to help individuals receiving disability 
     insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act 
     obtain rehabilitative services and return to the workforce, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Ms. McSally, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2017. A bill to amend section 116 of title 18, United 
     States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 2018. A bill to provide Federal matching funding for 
     State-level broadband programs; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 2019. A bill to ensure Members of Congress have access 
     to Federal facilities in order to exercise their 
     Constitutional oversight responsibilities; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 2020. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand the use of telehealth services for remote 
     imaging for chronic eye disease; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 2021. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act by striking marijuana use, possession, and distribution 
     as grounds of inadmissibility and removal; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2022. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for improvements to the specially adapted housing 
     program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
             Capito, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2023. A bill to modify the Federal and State Technology 
     Partnership Program of the Small Business Administration, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 2024. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to improve the American History for Freedom grant program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PERDUE (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Rubio, 
             and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 2025. A bill to amend the Motor Carrier Safety 
     Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the definition of 
     agricultural commodities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Brown, and 
             Ms. Collins):
       S. 2026. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to school program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Markey, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2027. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority 
     Veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2028. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for new markets tax credit investments in the 
     Rural Jobs Zone; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       S. 2029. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the Indian coal production tax credit, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2030. A bill to prevent Federal agencies from 
     interfering with the marijuana policy of States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 2031. A bill to amend the FAST Act to allow States to 
     include information on small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by veterans in reporting under the disadvantaged 
     business enterprises program of the Department of 
     Transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Kaine, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 2032. A bill to expand research on the cannabidiol and 
     marihuana; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 2033. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to promulgate standards and regulations requiring all new 
     commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with technology to 
     limit maximum operating speed, to require existing speed-
     limiting technologies already installed in certain commercial 
     motor vehicles to be used while in operation, and to require 
     that maximum safe operating speed of commercial motor 
     vehicles shall not exceed 65 miles per hour; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2034. A bill to authorize small business development 
     centers to provide cybersecurity assistance to small business 
     concerns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 2035. A bill to require the Transportation Security 
     Administration to develop a strategic plan to expand 
     eligibility for the PreCheck Program to individuals with 
     Transportation Worker Identification Credentials or Hazardous 
     Materials Endorsements; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen):

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       S. 2036. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act to provide grants to States for summer 
     employment programs for youth; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 2037. A bill to amend the STEM education program for 
     American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 2038. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling 
     property, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 2039. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for 
     zero-emission vehicle infrastructure; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, and 
             Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2040. A bill to establish a working group on electric 
     vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, and 
             Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2041. A bill to establish the Green Spaces, Green 
     Vehicles Initiative to facilitate the installation of zero-
     emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System 
     land, National Park System land, and certain related land, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2042. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the National Purple Heart Hall 
     of Honor; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Kaine, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 2043. A bill to provide incentives for hate crime 
     reporting, provide grants for State-run hate crime hotlines, 
     and establish alternative sentencing for individuals 
     convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate 
     Crimes Prevention Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2044. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to establish an Aging Infrastructure Account, to 
     amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide 
     additional funds under that Act, to establish a review of 
     flood control rule curves pilot project within the Bureau of 
     Reclamation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 2045. A bill to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 2046. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to protect the health care benefits of retired public safety 
     officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2047. A bill to provide for a 2-week extension of the 
     Medicaid community mental health services demonstration 
     program, and for other purposes; considered and passed.

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