[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8602]
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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 Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 2383. A bill to withdraw certain Bureau of Land 
     Management land in the State of Utah from all forms of public 
     appropriation, to provide for the shared management of the 
     withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
     Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons 
     testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and 
     provide for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to 
     provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State 
     land, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. FLAKE:
       S. 2384. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the consideration by 
     State regulatory authorities and nonregulated electric 
     utilities of whether subsidies should be provided for the 
     deployment, construction, maintenance, or operation of a 
     customer-side technology; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources .
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Flake):
       S. 2385. A bill to strengthen protections for the remaining 
     populations of wild elephants, rhinoceroses, and other 
     imperiled species through country-specific anti-poaching 
     efforts and anti-trafficking strategies, to promote the value 
     of wildlife and natural resources, to curtail the demand for 
     illegal wildlife products in consumer countries, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 2386. A bill to authorize the establishment of the 
     Stonewall National Historic Site in the State of New York as 
     a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Warren, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2387. A bill to restore protections for Social Security, 
     Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from 
     administrative offset; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 2388. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to provide for reciprocal marketing approval of 
     certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are 
     authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2389. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the rural add-on payment in the Medicare home 
     health benefit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2390. A bill to provide adequate protections for 
     whistleblowers at the Federal Bureau of Investigation; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 2391. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend certain energy tax provisions; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2392. A bill to enhance beneficiary and provider 
     protections and improve transparency in the Medicare 
     Advantage market, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2393. A bill to extend temporarily the extended period 
     of protection for members of uniformed services relating to 
     mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other 
     purposes; considered and passed.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Sessions):
       S. 2394. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to improve the H-1B visa program, to repeal the diversity 
     visa lottery program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Flake, 
             and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 2395. A bill to reauthorize the State Criminal Alien 
     Assistance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 2396. A bill to designate the Federal building and 
     United States courthouse located at 121 Spring Street SE in 
     Gainesville, Georgia, as the ``Sidney Olsin Smith, Jr. 
     Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Booker, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 2397. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to make grants to States that extend or eliminate 
     unexpired statutes of limitation applicable to laws involving 
     child sexual abuse; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2398. A bill to provide benefits and services to workers 
     who have lost their jobs or have experienced a reduction in 
     wages or hours due to the transition to clean energy, to 
     amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an 
     efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist 
     labor organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 2399. A bill to provide for emissions reductions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture relating to inspection of fish of the order 
     Siluriformes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.

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