[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 143 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6204-S6205]
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. HEINRICH:
       S. 2947. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to clarify 
     the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
     prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or 
     preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable 
     to wholesale demand response resource participation in 
     organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service 
     markets; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2948. A bill to extend the requirement that drug 
     manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay 
     an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to include 
     manufacturers of generic drugs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Heller, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2949. A bill to improve motor vehicle safety by 
     encouraging the sharing of certain information; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       S. 2950. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program 
     to seek to employ physicians at the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs on a without compensation basis in practice areas and 
     specialties with staffing shortages and long appointment 
     waiting times; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 2951. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is informed of 
     the interment of deceased veterans, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 2952. A bill to establish the Commission on Evidence-
     Based Policymaking, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Thune, and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 2953. A bill to prohibit an alien who is a national of a 
     country with a widespread Ebola virus outbreak from obtaining 
     a visa and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 2954. A bill to improve the Higher Education Act of 
     1965, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Franken):
       S. 2955. A bill to revise the Inland Waterways Trust Fund 
     financing rate; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Collins, 
             and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2956. A bill to prevent caller ID spoofing, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 2957. A bill to limit the disturbance to American 
     families caused by electioneering phone calls by expanding 
     the National Do Not Call Registry to include Super PACs and 
     other third-party political groups, to prohibit robo-calls to 
     Americans who have listed their telephone numbers on the 
     Registry,

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     and to prohibit push-polling; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       S. 2958. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the employer wage credit for employees who are 
     active duty members of the Uniformed Services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Harkin, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2959. A bill to ensure that claims for benefits under 
     the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and 
     timely manner, to protect miners from pneumoconiosis 
     (commonly known as ``black lung disease'' ), and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South 
             Dakota, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Franken, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 2960. A bill to provide for rental assistance for 
     homeless or at-risk Indian veterans; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 2961. A bill to establish the Office of Planning for 
     Future Intercity Transportation within the Office of the 
     Secretary of Transportation; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       S. 2962. A bill to repeal the tax increase imposed by 
     Obamacare on taxpayers who incur catastrophic medical 
     expenses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 2963. A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition 
     relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal 
     operation of vessels; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rockefeller, 
             Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2964. A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 2965. A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces 
     performing hazardous humanitarian services in West Africa to 
     combat the spread of the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak shall be 
     entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such 
     services were performed in a combat zone; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 2966. A bill to improve the understanding and 
     coordination of critical care health services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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