[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 33 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1161-S1162]
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. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 576. A bill to increase the threshold for disclosures 
     required by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating 
     to compensatory benefit plans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Flake):
       S. 577. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the 
     corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 578. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for 
     Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Johnson):
       S. 579. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 580. A bill to include community partners and 
     intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and 
     related programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 581. A bill to provide grants to States to ensure that 
     all students in the middle grades are taught an academically 
     rigorous curriculum with effective supports so that students 
     complete the middle grades prepared for success in secondary 
     school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and 
     district policies and programs relating to the academic 
     achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and 
     implement effective middle grades models for struggling 
     students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. McCain, Mr. Moran, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Perdue, Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
             Sasse, and Mr. Shelby):
       S. 582. A bill to prohibit taxpayer funded abortions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RISCH:
       S. 583. A bill to establish certain wilderness areas in 
     central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances 
     involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land 
     Management land in central Idaho, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 584. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide the option to receive Medicare Summary Notices 
     electronically, to increase the flexibility and transparency 
     of contracts with medicare administrative contractors, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 585. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to 
     the exportation of natural gas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Nelson, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Carper, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Grassley, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 586. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     foster more effective implementation and coordination of 
     clinical care for people with pre-diabetes, diabetes, and the 
     chronic diseases and conditions that result from diabetes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 587. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based 
     methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the 
     treatment of severe combat injuries, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Markey, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 588. A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety 
     Commission to establish a consumer product safety standard 
     for liquid detergent packets to protect children under the 
     age of five from injury or illness, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Peters, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 589. A bill to provide an immediate measure to control 
     the spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi 
     River basin to the Great Lakes basin and to inform long-term 
     measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic 
     nuisance species; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Mr. Heller, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Warner, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Peters, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Reed, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 590. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and 
     Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual violence, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Daines, and 
             Mr. Cardin):
       S. 591. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. 
             Udall):
       S. 592. A bill to improve the transition between 
     experimental permits and commercial licenses for commercial 
     reusable launch vehicles; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 593. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of 
     Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Blunt, and 
             Mr. Leahy):
       S. 594. A bill to establish a tiered hiring preference for 
     members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 595. A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to 
     prohibit baiting exemptions on certain land; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 596. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration 
     of San Francisco Bay; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 597. A bill to amend section 706 of the 
     Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide that such section 
     does not authorize the Federal Communications Commission to 
     preempt the laws of certain States relating to the regulation 
     of municipal broadband, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 598. A bill to improve the understanding of, and promote 
     access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 599. A bill to extend and expand the Medicaid emergency 
     psychiatric demonstration project; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Risch, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 600. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish an energy efficiency retrofit pilot program; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 601. A bill to direct Federal investment in carbon 
     capture and storage and other clean coal technologies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 602. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     consider certain time spent by members of reserve components 
     of the Armed Forces while receiving medical care from the 
     Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of 
     eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 603. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to

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     transport individuals to and from facilities of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with 
     rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 604. A bill to reauthorize and improve a grant program 
     to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, 
     maintaining, improving, and operating Veteran Student 
     Centers; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 605. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to invest in innovation for education; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 606. A bill to extend the right of appeal to the Merit 
     Systems Protection Board to certain employees of the United 
     States Postal Service; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.

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