[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3059-S3060]
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. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1368. A bill to establish the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1369. A bill to allow funds under title II of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to be used to 
     provide training to school personnel regarding how to 
     recognize child sexual abuse; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1370. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     adequately fund bridges in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1371. A bill to impose a tax on certain trading 
     transactions to invest in our families and communities, 
     improve our infrastructure and our environment, strengthen 
     our financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market 
     volatility; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Manchin, and Mr. Corker):
       S. 1372. A bill to repeal the crude oil export ban, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 1373. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act to 
     improve higher education programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1374. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for 
     graduate medical schools operating outside the United States 
     and Canada; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1375. A bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal 
     portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and 
     the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit 
     of present and future generations of people in the United 
     States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 1376. An original bill to authorize appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Armed Services; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1377. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     clarify and expand Federal criminal jurisdiction over Federal 
     contractors and employees outside the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Gardner, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 1378. A bill to strengthen employee cost savings 
     suggestions programs within the Federal Government; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1379. A bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity 
     Act to require the development of a plan for each sub-Saharan 
     African country for negotiating and entering into free trade 
     agreements and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Franken, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Kaine, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1380. A bill to support early learning; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1381. A bill to require the President to make the text 
     of trade agreements available to the public in order for 
     those agreements to receive expedited consideration from 
     Congress; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Franken, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schumer, 
             Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1382. A bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or 
     foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, 
     gender identity, or marital status of any prospective 
     adoptive or

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     foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity 
     of the child involved; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PERDUE:
       S. 1383. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1384. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to 
     provide for the discharge of student loan obligations upon 
     the death of the student borrower, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1385. A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from 
     requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection 
     with the transfer of a firearm; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
             Sullivan):
       S. 1386. A bill to provide multiyear procurement authority 
     for the procurement of up to six polar icebreakers to be 
     owned and operated by the Coast Guard; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1387. A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security 
     Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security 
     income program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1388. A bill to require the President to submit a plan 
     for resolving all outstanding claims relating to property 
     confiscated by the Government of Cuba before taking action to 
     ease restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1389. A bill to authorize exportation of consumer 
     communications devices to Cuba and the provision of 
     telecommunications services to Cuba, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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