[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 151 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6626-S6627]
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. VITTER:
       S. 2998. A bill to allow for the portability of funds under 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 2999. A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 3000. A bill to establish the Hurricane Sand Dunes 
     National Recreation Area in the State of Utah, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 3001. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide leave to any new Federal employee who is a veteran 
     with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or 
     more for purposes of undergoing medical treatment for such 
     disability, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Brown, and 
             Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 3002. A bill to control the spread of aquatic invasive 
     species between the Great Lakes basin and the Mississippi 
     River basin, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. COBURN:
       S. 3003. A bill to protect the Social Security Disability 
     Insurance program and provide other support for working 
     disabled Americans, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 3004. A bill to promote the development of meaningful 
     treatments for patients; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 3005. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a progressive consumption tax and to reform 
     the income tax, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       S. 3006. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at 
     non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who 
     live more than 40 miles driving distance

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     from the closest medical facility of the Department that 
     furnishes the care sought by the veteran; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 3007. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     act to extend the application of the Medicare payment rate 
     floor to primary care services furnished under Medicaid and 
     to apply the rate floor to additional providers of primary 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 3008. A bill to extend temporarily the extended period 
     of protection for members of uniformed services relating to 
     mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other 
     purposes; considered and passed.

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