May 16, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 82 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 82
(Senate - May 16, 2019)
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[Pages S2923-S2925] 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: By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Feinstein): S. 1499. A bill to establish National Wildlife Corridors to provide for the protection and restoration of certain native fish, wildlife, and plant species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Sinema): S. 1500. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve and enhance protections for members of the Armed Forces who are victims of a sex-related or domestic violence offense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Ms. Ernst): S. 1501. A bill to modify the requirements for the longitudinal medical study of the Department of Defense on blast pressure exposure of members of the Armed Forces to assess the feasibility and advisability of uploading and sharing data, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cramer, and Ms. Sinema): S. 1502. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the shareholder [[Page S2924]] threshold for registration under that Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Ms. WARREN: S. 1503. A bill to promote ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense contracting and other activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. TILLIS: S. 1504. A bill to amend section 3606 of title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cardin): S. 1505. A bill to require prescription drug plans and MA- PD plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Medicare part D, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Enzi): S. 1506. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Carper): S. 1507. A bill to include certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the toxics release inventory, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lee, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. McSally, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Portman, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Cruz): S. 1508. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for convicted murderers who kill or target America's public safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue): S. 1509. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Barrasso, and Ms. Sinema): S. 1510. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO: S. 1511. A bill to require a mechanism for the regular evaluation by the Air Force of justifications for the continuing maintenance of non-operational staff positions in the Air Force that require pilot expertise; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO: S. 1512. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the designation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments of installations of the Department of Defense as ``remote'' or ``isolated'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO: S. 1513. A bill to improve oversight of privatized military housing provided by the Department of Defense to members of the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Brown): S. 1514. A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education that participate in programs under such title to distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the institution, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Capito): S. 1515. A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that establish a national standard for determining whether mobile and broadband services available in rural areas are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. JONES (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. Hassan): S. 1516. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen the future workforce and reduce the cost of postsecondary education by reducing rates of postsecondary remediation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Portman): S. 1517. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an infrastructure investment; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Fischer): S. 1518. A bill to improve the process by which environmental documents are prepared and permits and applications are processed and regulated by Federal departments and agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Cruz): S. 1519. A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Cassidy): S. 1520. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Ms. Hassan): S. 1521. A bill to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Moran): S. 1522. A bill to improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support the effective deployment of broadband services to all areas of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Cardin): S. 1523. A bill to prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Smith, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, and Mrs. Gillibrand): S. 1524. A bill to provide for the overall health and well- being of young people, including the promotion of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Young): S. 1525. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for institutional ineligibility based on low cohort repayment rates and to require risk sharing payments of institutions of higher education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms. Ernst): S. 1526. A bill to enhance efforts to prevent sexual assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Van Hollen): S. 1527. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, an assessment of the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Secretary of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Markey): S. 1528. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the United States Green Bank, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Isakson): S. 1529. A bill to make additional financial assets of the Government of Iran available to pay compensatory damages to the victims of terrorism sponsored by that Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Murphy): S. 1530. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to support the access of marginalized youth to sexual health services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health , Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Young, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Casey): S. 1531. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for health insurance consumers from surprise billing; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Braun): [[Page S2925]] S. 1532. A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to study the role pharmaceutical benefit managers play in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. KENNEDY: S. 1533. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Ernst): S. 1534. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Coons, Mr. Graham, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Braun): S. 1535. A bill to facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new, long-term job creation through the establishment of an Infrastructure Financing Authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Boozman): S. 1536. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to support healthy aging and age-friendly communities; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Rounds): S. 1537. A bill to ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by terrorists and violent criminals; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Braun): S. 1538. A bill to decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters): S. 1539. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Warner, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Peters): S. 1540. A bill to protect elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. ____________________
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