[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2472-S2473]
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. HELLER (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1105. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service 
     programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents 
     of homeless veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1106. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to allow the Secretary of Education to award Early College 
     Federal Pell Grants; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1107. A bill to provide for an equitable management of 
     summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic 
     data and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Heller):
       S. 1108. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to include court security officers in the 
     public safety officers' death benefits program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 1109. A bill to require adequate information regarding 
     the tax treatment of payments under settlement agreements 
     entered into by Federal agencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1110. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     publish in the Federal Register a strategy to significantly 
     increase the

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     role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System 
     trail maintenance, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1111. A bill to provide equal treatment for utility 
     special entities using utility operations-related swaps, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1112. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase 
     protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for 
     high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, 
     to provide rights for victims or their family members, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1113. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial 
     panel on multidistrict litigation; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1114. A bill to enhance rail safety and provide for the 
     safe transport of hazardous materials, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1115. A bill to close out expired, empty grant accounts; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1116. A bill to require that the Federal Government 
     procure from the private sector the goods and services 
     necessary for the operations and management of certain 
     Government agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Daines, Mr. Flake, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Toomey, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Vitter, and Mr. McCain):
       S. 1117. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     remove senior executives of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for performance or misconduct to include removal of 
     certain other employees of the Department, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Reed) (by request):
       S. 1118. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 
     for military construction, to prescribe military personnel 
     strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 1119. A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice 
     Commission; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. 
             Burr):
       S. 1120. A bill to make aliens associated with a criminal 
     gang inadmissable, deportable, and ineligible for various 
     forms of relief; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Vitter, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1121. A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to 
     designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen 
     penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of 
     Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Boxer, and 
             Mr. Franken):
       S. 1122. A bill to provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the 
     United States Code, relating to the enforcement of 
     arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment 
     agreements made between students and certain institutions of 
     higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability 
     of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of 
     higher education; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Heller, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Franken, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 1123. A bill to reform the authorities of the Federal 
     Government to require the production of certain business 
     records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen registers 
     and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of 
     information gathering for foreign intelligence, 
     counterterrorism, and criminal purposes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 1124. An original bill to amend the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act to improve the Act; from the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1125. A bill to authorize and implement the water rights 
     compact among the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
     Reservation, the State of Montana, and the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S.J. Res. 14. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
     Communications Commission regulating broadband Internet 
     access; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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