March 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 40 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 40
(Senate - March 06, 2019)
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[Pages S1704-S1706] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] 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: [[Page S1705]] By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Jones, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. Blackburn): S. 668. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren): S. 669. A bill to protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida): S. 670. A bill to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Portman): S. 671. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Harris, Mr. Booker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Warren): S. 672. A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Baldwin): S. 673. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of option years in the award price for sole source contracts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. By Mr. CARPER: S. 674. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a grant program for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling infrastructure along the National Highway System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich): S. 675. A bill to authorize the Department of Defense to temporarily provide water uncontaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) for agricultural purposes to areas affected by contamination from military installations, and to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property to extend the contiguous geographic footprint of any Air Force base that has shown signs of contamination from PFOA and PFOS due to activities on the base, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Capito): S. 676. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain post graduation scholarship grants from gross income in the same manner as qualified scholarships to promote economic growth; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Ms. Harris, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Durbin): S. 677. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide for the participation of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Rounds): S. 678. A bill to declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tester, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Moran, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cotton, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Rounds): S. 679. A bill to exempt from the calculation of monthly income certain benefit paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Isakson): S. 680. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Warner): S. 681. A bill to establish a new higher education data system to allow for more accurate, complete, and secure data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes, at all levels of postsecondary enrollment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Whitehouse): S. 682. A bill to restore the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order and its net neutrality protections; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto): S. 683. A bill to establish a voluntary program in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage consumers to purchase or lease new automobiles made in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Portman, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Peters, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Young, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Brown): S. 684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Rubio): S. 685. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CARDIN: S. 686. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide greater access to higher education for America's students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation in a public service career, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mrs. GILLIBRAND: S. 687. A bill to provide for a temporary safe harbor for certain failures by individuals to pay estimated income tax; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema): S. 688. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of Arizona; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Jones, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Smith): S. 689. A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies to address chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control the further spread of the disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Jones, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Van Hollen, [[Page S1706]] Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden): S. 690. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish an increased child tax credit for young children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Young): S.J. Res. 13. A joint resolution to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. ____________________
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