[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 122 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5216-S5218]
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. BLUNT (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 2714. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of World War I; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 2715. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified 
     research credit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 2716. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
     suitability and feasibility of adding the sites associated 
     with the forced relocation and confinement of the Aleut 
     people during World War II in the State of Alaska as a unit 
     of the National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2717. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
     provide a refundable credit for costs associated with 
     Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2718. A bill to promote youth athletic safety and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 2719. A bill to emphasize manufacturing in engineering 
     programs by directing the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, in coordination with other appropriate Federal 
     agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of 
     Energy, and National Science Foundation, to designate United 
     States manufacturing universities; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2720. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to high 
     priority corridors on the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 2721. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with 
     respect to weight limitations for natural gas vehicles, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 2722. A bill to facilitate identification and 
     dissemination of evidence-informed recommendations for 
     addressing maternal addiction and neonatal abstinence 
     syndrome and to provide for studies with respect to neonatal 
     abstinence syndrome; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mrs. Murray, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2723. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time 
     students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico:
       S. 2724. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the tax treatment of small business start-up 
     savings accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hatch, and 
             Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2725. A bill to address noncompliance by the Russian 
     Federation of its obligations under the Intermediate-Range 
     Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 2726. A bill to clarify the definition of nonadmitted 
     insurer under the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 
     2010, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2727. A bill to approve and implement the Klamath Basin 
     agreements, to improve natural resource management, support 
     economic development, and sustain agricultural production in 
     the Klamath River Basin in the public interest and the 
     interest of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 2728. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide community-based medical education payments to 
     primary care teaching centers, to provide for a Medicare 
     indirect medical education performance adjustment, and to 
     increase Medicare graduate medical education transparency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 2729. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make 
     available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the 
     time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is 
     published; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 2730. A bill to establish or integrate an online 
     significant event tracker (SET) system for tracking, 
     reporting, and summarizing exposures of members of the Armed 
     Forces, including members of the reserve components thereof, 
     to traumatic events, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 2731. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the application of Medicare secondary 
     payer rules to certain workers' compensation settlement 
     agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Donnelly):

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       S. 2732. A bill to increase from $10,000,000,000 to 
     $50,000,000,000 the threshold figure at which regulated 
     depository institutions are subject to direct examination and 
     reporting requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 2733. A bill to establish a certification process for 
     opting out of the individual health insurance mandate; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2734. A bill to improve timber management of Oregon and 
     California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2735. A bill to provide for an extension of the Internet 
     Tax Freedom Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2736. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent identity theft related tax refund fraud, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       S. 2737. A bill to ensure that transportation and 
     infrastructure projects carried out using Federal financial 
     assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured 
     goods that are produced in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 2738. A bill to establish in the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and 
     treatment of health conditions of the descendants of veterans 
     exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed 
     Forces, to establish an advisory board on exposure to toxic 
     substances, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2739. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy 
     credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to 
     finance qualified biogas property; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP:
       S. 2740. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to establish a voluntary national directory of 
     veterans to support outreach to veterans, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2741. An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2015 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes; 
     from the Select Committee on Intelligence; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. 
             Begich):
       S. 2742. A bill to provide for public notice and input 
     prior to the closure, consolidation, or public access 
     limitation of field or hearing offices of the Social Security 
     Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Flake, Mr. Coats, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Cochran):
       S. 2743. A bill making supplemental appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, for border security, 
     law enforcement, humanitarian assistance, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mrs. HAGAN:
       S. 2744. A bill to authorize a settlement in accordance 
     with the agreement entered into by the Tennessee Valley 
     Authority, the Department of the Interior, and counties 
     within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHANNS (for himself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2745. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on 
     the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear 
     National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 2746. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve the health of children and help better understand and 
     enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early 
     life; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 2747. A bill to require Federal agencies to review 
     certain rules and regulations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2748. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to conform citizen suits under that Act with other existing 
     law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 2749. A bill to establish a board of directors and CEO 
     to oversee the Federal Exchange and State Exchanges, and to 
     provide health insurance oversight; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 2750. A bill to encourage investments in airports 
     through public-private partnerships, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WALSH:
       S. 2751. A bill to provide payments to States for 
     activities to expand early voting access, provide for an 
     equitable distribution of early voting polling locations, 
     including early voting polling locations on Indian tribal 
     land, and to implement voter registration reforms for 
     elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2752. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to improve the disclosure of certain expenditures under that 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 2753. A bill to increase the recruitment and retention 
     of school counselors, school social workers, and school 
     psychologists by low-income local educational agencies; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 2754. A bill to provide limits on bundling, to reform 
     the lobbyist registration process, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Markey, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2755. A bill to prevent deaths occurring from drug 
     overdoses; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Lee):
       S. 2756. A bill to promote competition and help consumers 
     save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they 
     buy prescription pet medications, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Nelson, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2757. A bill to invest in innovation through research 
     and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
             Walsh, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Enzi, and 
             Mr. Carper):
       S. 2758. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force 
     to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, 
     navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management program 
     kits and to ensure that such aircraft meet applicable 
     regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 2759. A bill to release the City of St. Clair, Missouri, 
     from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the 
     use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair 
     Regional Airport; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2760. A bill to extend National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration authorizations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 2761. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     permit the consolidation of metropolitan planning 
     organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       S. 2762. A bill to prevent future propane shortages, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 2763. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     create a collaborative network with a single point of entry 
     for services and supports, to improve programs to prevent 
     elder financial exploitation, to create a community care 
     wrap-around support demonstration program, and to create a 
     national campaign to raise awareness of the aging network and 
     promote advance integrated long-term care planning, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WALSH:
       S. 2764. A bill to support country-of-origin labeling, ban 
     imports of fresh meat and meat food products from countries 
     with foot-and-mouth disease, reform certain livestock 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2765. A bill to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 
     1940 to prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of small 
     business investment companies; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 2766. A bill to combat terrorism and promote reform in 
     the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 2767. A bill to prohibit the fraudulent transfer of 
     custody of unaccompanied alien children; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Barrasso, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 2768. A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration 
     Act of 2003 to expand the use of categorical exclusions for 
     hazardous fuel reduction projects; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 2769. A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of 
     Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the 
     exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WALSH:
       S. 2770. A bill to amend titles 5 and 28, United States 
     Code, to require annual reports to Congress on, and the 
     maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other 
     expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative 
     proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a 
     party, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2771. A bill to establish a WaterSense program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       S. 2772. A bill making supplemental appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
             McConnell):
       S. 2773. A bill making supplemental appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, for border security, 
     law enforcement, humanitarian assistance, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S.J. Res. 41. A joint resolution approving the location of 
     a memorial to commemorate the more than 5,000 slaves and free 
     Black persons who fought for independence in the American 
     Revolution; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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