[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 69 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2729-S2730]
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. LEE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, 
             Mr. Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Portman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Wicker, and Ms. Ayotte):

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       S. 1238. A bill to provide for an accounting of total 
     United States contributions to the United Nations; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. 
             Fischer):
       S. 1239. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to 
     the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations 
     under that Act; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Udall):
       S. 1240. A bill to designate the Cerro del Yuta and Rio San 
     Antonio Wilderness Areas in the State of New Mexico, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1241. A bill to provide for the modernization, security, 
     and resiliency of the electric grid, to require the Secretary 
     of Energy to carry out programs for research, development, 
     demonstration, and information-sharing for cybersecurity for 
     the energy sector, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KING:
       S. 1242. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to require the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider regional 
     constraints in natural gas supply and whether a proposed LNG 
     terminal would benefit regional consumers of natural gas 
     before approving or disapproving an application for the LNG 
     terminal, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 1243. A bill to facilitate modernizing the electric 
     grid, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1244. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     establish signal quality and content requirements for the 
     carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels, 
     to preserve support of such channels, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1245. A bill to provide for oversight of, and place 
     restrictions on, Federal programs that provide equipment to 
     law enforcement agencies; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1246. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to revise the definition of municipal solid waste for 
     purposes of the renewable electricity production credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1247. A bill to designate Union Station in Washington, 
     DC, as ``Harry S. Truman Union Station''; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 1248. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to reform 
     the Federal Reserve System; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 1249. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     provide protections for active duty military consumers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 1250. A bill to encourage States to require the 
     installation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in 
     homes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 1251. A bill to implement the Amendment to the 
     Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the 
     Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted by Lisbon, Portugal 
     on September 28, 2007; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1252. A bill to authorize a comprehensive strategic 
     approach for United States foreign assistance to developing 
     countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food 
     and nutrition security, promote inclusive, sustainable, 
     agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional 
     outcomes, especially for women and children, build resilience 
     among vulnerable populations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1253. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage of certain disposable medical 
     technologies under the Medicare program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 1254. A bill to provide for the issuance and sale of a 
     semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support 
     effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes 
     for youth in foster care; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1255. A bill to designate certain Bureau of Land 
     Management land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to 
     authorize certain land exchanges in the State of Oregon, and 
     to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State 
     of Oregon to Wheeler County, Oregon, for economic and 
     community development purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FRANKEN:
       S. 1256. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish an energy storage research program, loan program, 
     and technical assistance and grant program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 1257. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of 
     employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANKEN:
       S. 1258. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a distributed energy loan program and technical 
     assistance and grant program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1259. A bill to establish a grant program to allow 
     National Laboratories to provide vouchers to small business 
     concerns to improve commercialization of technologies 
     developed at National Laboratories and the technology-driven 
     economic impact of commercialization in the regions in which 
     National Laboratories are located, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S. 1260. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to revise and update its sponsorship 
     identification rules applicable to commercial and political 
     advertising; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1261. A bill to ensure that methods of collecting taxes 
     and fees by private citizens on behalf of State and local 
     governments are fair and effective and do not discriminate 
     against interstate commerce for wireless telecommunications; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 1262. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish tax-preferred Small Business Start-up Savings 
     Accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 1263. A bill to provide for the establishment of a Clean 
     Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to 
     assist United States businesses with exporting clean energy 
     technology products and services; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Reed):
       S.J. Res. 15. A joint resolution removing the deadline for 
     the ratification of the equal rights amendment; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S.J. Res. 16. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to equal 
     rights for men and women; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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