[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2244-S2245]
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 Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 968. A bill to require the Commissioner of Social 
     Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for 
     determining disability in a person diagnosed with 
     Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period 
     for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by 
     Huntington's Disease; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 969. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an exemption from the tax on early distributions 
     for certain Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
     and air traffic controllers who retire before age 55, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 970. A bill to allow more small insured depository 
     institutions to qualify for the 18-month on-site examination 
     cycle, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Isakson, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 971. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an increase in the limit on the length of 
     an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical 
     practice demonstration program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 972. A bill to clarify the effect of designating a 
     National Monument on certain land in Chafee County, Colorado; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 973. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for equity investments 
     by angel investors; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 974. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related 
     agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child 
     labor; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Franken):
       S. 975. A bill to prohibit the award of Federal Government 
     contracts to inverted domestic corporations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 976. A bill to promote the development of a United 
     States commercial space resource exploration and utilization 
     industry and to increase the exploration and utilization of 
     resources in outer space; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 977. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     secure the rights of visual artists to copyright, to provide 
     for resale royalties, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Schatz, and Mr. King):
       S. 978. A bill to clarify the definition of general 
     solicitation under Federal securities law; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 979. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities 
     under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and 
     indemnity compensation, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 980. A bill to clarify the definition of navigable 
     waters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 981. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a repatriation holiday, to increase funding to 
     the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Gardner, Mr. Heller, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hatch, 
             and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 982. A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, 
     lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water 
     right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior 
     and Agriculture, and to require the Secretaries of the 
     Interior and Agriculture to develop water planning 
     instruments consistent with State law; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 983. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate high 
     priority corridors on the National Highway System in the 
     State of North Carolina, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Grassley, Ms. Collins, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Kirk):
       S. 984. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking 
     accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the 
     rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare 
     Program with respect to speech generating devices; read the 
     first time.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 985. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in commemoration of the United States Coast Guard; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 986. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of 
     certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Bennet):
       S. 987. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow deductions and credits relating to expenditures in 
     connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with 
     State law; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 988. A bill to promote minimum State requirements for 
     the prevention and treatment of concussions caused by 
     participation in school sports, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COATS (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):

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       S. 989. A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
     the United States to exempt from duty residue of bulk cargo 
     contained in instruments of international traffic previously 
     exported from the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 990. A bill to improve the process by which the 
     Librarian of Congress considers requests for exemptions to 
     section 1201(a)(1)(A) of title 17, United States Code, and to 
     ease restrictions on the use of certain statutory exemptions 
     to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 991. A bill to establish the Commission on Evidence-
     Based Policymaking, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPITO:
       S. 992. A bill to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 
     Restoration Act of facilitate the establishment of additional 
     or expanded public target ranges in certain States; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Leahy, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 993. A bill to increase public safety by facilitating 
     collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, 
     veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, and 
     substance abuse systems; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 994. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in 
     Waldwick, New Jersey, as the ``Staff Sergeant Joseph 
     D'Augustine Post Office Building''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 995. A bill to establish congressional trade negotiating 
     objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade 
     negotiations, to provide for consideration of trade 
     agreements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 996. A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 
     volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and 
     underserved populations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 997. A bill to extend the authorization for the major 
     medical facility project to replace the medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs in Aurora, Colorado, to direct 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement 
     with the Army Corps of Engineers to manage the construction 
     of such project, to transfer the authority to carry out 
     future major medical facility projects of the Department from 
     the Secretary to the Army Corps of Engineers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Toomey):
       S. 998. A bill to establish a process for the consideration 
     of temporary duty suspensions and reductions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 999. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide 
     for improvements to small business development centers; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1000. A bill to strengthen resources for entrepreneurs 
     by improving the SCORE program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Gardner, and 
             Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1001. A bill to establish authorization levels for 
     general business loans for fiscal years 2015 and 2016; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1002. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1003. A bill to extend the trade adjustment assistance 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1004. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence 
     each Veterans Day; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1005. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and modify the credit for health insurance costs of 
     certain eligible individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1006. A bill to incentivize early adoption of positive 
     train control, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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