[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S420]
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              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. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 231. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in 
     Knox, Pennsylvania, as the ``Specialist Ross A. McGinnis 
     Memorial Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 232. A bill to prohibit the further extension or 
     establishment of national monuments in the State of Nevada 
     except by express authorization of Congress, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             Blunt, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Burr, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Scott, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cruz, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Risch, Mr. Daines, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Flake):
       S. 233. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
     private sector; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Heller, 
             Mr. McConnell, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Barrasso, and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 234. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to confirm the scope of the authority of the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny 
     or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Gardner, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 235. A bill to provide for wildfire suppression 
     operations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Budget.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 236. A bill to amend the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to 
     create an expedited procedure to enact recommendations of the 
     Government Accountability Office for consolidation and 
     elimination to reduce duplication; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 237. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     specify the circumstances in which a person may acquire 
     geolocation information and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
             Vitter, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 238. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to issue 
     oleoresin capsicum spray to officers and employees of the 
     Bureau of Prisons; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Franken, 
             Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 239. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, with 
     respect to apportionments under the Airport Improvement 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mrs. 
             McCaskill):
       S. 240. A bill to promote competition, to preserve the 
     ability of local governments to provide broadband capability 
     and services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 241. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of temporary compensation to a 
     surviving spouse of a veteran upon the death of the veteran, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 242. 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 Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 243. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the contribution limit for Coverdell education 
     savings accounts from $2,000 to $5,000, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 244. A bill to require an independent comprehensive 
     review of the process by which the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs assesses cognitive impairments that result from 
     traumatic brain injury for purposes of awarding disability 
     compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 245. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand personal saving and retirement savings coverage by 
     enabling employees not covered by qualifying retirement plans 
     to save for retirement through automatic IRA arrangements, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Tester, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Franken, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Udall, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Thune, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Collins, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 246. A bill to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and 
     Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 247. A bill to amend section 349 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to deem specified activities in support of 
     terrorism as renunciation of United States nationality, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Fischer, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Thune, Mr. Crapo, and 
             Mr. Daines):
       S. 248. A bill to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian 
     tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations 
     Act; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 249. 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.

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