[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5628-S5629]
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. KING (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2812. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to establish a simplified income-driven repayment plan, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 2813. A bill to establish the National Prostate Cancer 
     Council for improved screening, early detection, assessment, 
     and monitoring of prostate cancer, and to direct the 
     development and implementation of a national strategic plan 
     to expedite advancement of diagnostic tools and the transfer 
     of such tools to patients; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mr. McConnell):
       S. 2814. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to reform the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of 
     the General Counsel, and the process for appellate review, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 2815. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     require the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the term of 
     marketing assistance loans in cases in which a purchaser has 
     bought the loan commodity subject to the loan and declared 
     bankruptcy prior to paying for the loan commodity; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 2816. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to eliminate the specific exemption for professional football 
     leagues and to provide a special rule for other professional 
     sports leagues, and to provide an additional authorization of 
     appropriations for the Family Violence Prevention and 
     Services Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 2817. A bill to assign the Office of Strategic Planning 
     and Policy Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission 
     the responsibility of bringing institutional focus to the 
     important function of approving new technologies and 
     improving regulatory certainty at the Commission; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Moran):
       S. 2818. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers 
     allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2819. A bill to amend chapter 301 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that 
     contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2820. A bill to provide for the withdrawal of certain 
     Federal land in Garden Valley, Nevada; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2821. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to 
     provide a grant to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local 
     law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing 
     individuals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       S. 2822. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the burial 
     of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2823. A bill to require approval for the construction, 
     connection, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas 
     pipelines or electric transmission facilities at the national 
     boundary of the United States for the import or export of 
     oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 2824. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable 
     conservation and management for the Gulf of Mexico and South 
     Atlantic fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2825. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     treat as dispensing the delivery of a controlled substance by 
     a pharmacy to a practitioner, pursuant to a patient-specific 
     prescription of the practitioner, under certain 
     circumstances; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2826. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for 
     public service employment, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 2827. A bill to amend section 117 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude Federal student aid from 
     taxable gross income; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cardin, 
             and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2828. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the 
     Russian Federation, to provide additional assistance to 
     Ukraine, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 2829. A bill to require certain financial regulators to 
     determine whether new regulations or orders are duplicative 
     or inconsistent with existing Federal regulations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Begich, and Mr. 
             Franken):
       S. 2830. A bill to permanently reauthorize the special 
     diabetes programs for Indians; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2831. A bill to direct the President to establish an 
     interagency mechanism to coordinate United States development 
     programs and private sector investment activities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2832. A bill to provide for youth jobs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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