[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 143 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7102]
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              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 Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. 
             Schatz):
       S. 2114. A bill to correct inconsistencies in the 
     definitions relating to Native Americans in the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       S. 2115. A bill to continue job creation and the promotion 
     of investment through improvements to targeted employment 
     areas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2116. A bill to improve certain programs of the Small 
     Business Administration to better assist small business 
     customers in accessing broadband technology, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 2117. A bill to prevent certain discriminatory taxation 
     of natural gas pipeline property; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2118. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the application of the Medicare payment rate 
     floor to primary care services furnished under Medicaid and 
     to apply the rate floor to additional providers of primary 
     care services; to the Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Coons, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Booker, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 2119. A bill to provide for greater congressional 
     oversight of Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Baldwin, 
             and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2120. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
     program to support veterans in contact with the criminal 
     justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization of 
     mental illness and other nonviolent crimes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 2121. A bill to facilitate and enhance the 
     declassification of information, including in the Legislative 
     Branch, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 2122. A bill to increase the worldwide level of 
     employment-based immigrants and to reauthorize the EB-5 
     regional center program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Lee, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Scott):
       S. 2123. A bill to reform sentencing laws and correctional 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 2124. A bill to establish a Federal tax credit 
     approximation matching program for State new jobs training 
     tax credits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 2125. A bill to make the Community Advantage Pilot 
     Program of the Small Business Administration permanent, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Vitter, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 2126. A bill to reauthorize the women's business center 
     program of the Small Business Administration, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 2127. A bill to provide appropriate protections to 
     probationary Federal employees, to provide the Special 
     Counsel with adequate access to information, to provide 
     greater awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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