[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 43 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1591-S1592]
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. ALEXANDER (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2700. A bill to update the authorizing provisions 
     relating to the workforces of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Food and Drug Administration, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Udall):
       S. 2701. A bill to require consideration of the impact on 
     beneficiary access to care and to enhance due process 
     protections in procedures for suspending payments to Medicaid 
     providers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2702. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals with disabilities to save additional 
     amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current annual 
     maximum contribution if they work and earn income; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2703. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow rollovers between 529 programs and ABLE accounts; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2704. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the age requirement with respect to eligibility 
     for qualified ABLE programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Carper, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2705. A bill to authorize Federal agencies to establish 
     prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management 
     development relating to coral reef ecosystems and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2706. A bill to promote innovative approaches to outdoor 
     recreation on Federal land and to open up opportunities for 
     collaboration with non-Federal partners, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCOTT (for himself and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 2707. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to 
     nullify the proposed rule regarding defining and delimiting 
     the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, 
     outside sales, and computer employees, to require the 
     Secretary of Labor to conduct a full and complete economic 
     analysis with improved economic data on small businesses, 
     nonprofit employers, Medicare or Medicaid dependent health 
     care providers, and small governmental jurisdictions, and all 
     other employers, and minimize the impact on such employers, 
     before promulgating any substantially similar rule, and to 
     provide a rule of construction regarding the salary threshold 
     exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 2708. A bill to provide for the admission to the United 
     States of up to 10,000 Syrian religious minorities as 
     refugees of special humanitarian concern in each of the 
     fiscal years 2016 through 2020; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2709. A bill to require the posting online of certain 
     government contracts; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2710. A bill to increase the participation of 
     historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, 
     technology, engineering, and mathematics education and 
     industry; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN:
       S. 2711. A bill to expand opportunity for Native American 
     children through additional options in education, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2712. A bill to restore amounts improperly withheld for 
     tax purposes from severance payments to individuals who 
     retired or separated from service in the Armed Forces for 
     combat-related injuries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER:
       S. 2713. A bill to provide for the implementation of a 
     Precision Medicine Initiative; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2714. A bill to vest responsibility for inspector 
     general duties for the National Background Investigations 
     Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management in the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Defense; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2715. A bill to amend section 2302 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to include the suspension or revocation of 
     access to classified information as a personnel action, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 2716. A bill to update the oil and gas and mining 
     industry guides of the Securities and Exchange Commission; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2717. A bill to improve the safety and address the 
     deferred maintenance needs of Indian dams to prevent flooding 
     on Indian reservations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Portman, 
             Mrs. Capito, and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 2718. A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
     Technical Education Act of 2006 to support innovative 
     approaches to career and technical education and redesign the 
     high school experience for students by providing students 
     with equitable access to rigorous, engaging, and relevant 
     real world education through partnerships with business and 
     industry and higher education that prepare students to 
     graduate from high school and enroll into postsecondary 
     education without the need for remediation and with the 
     ability to use knowledge to solve complex problems, think 
     critically, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, 
     and develop academic mindsets; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2719. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to improve

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     the protections provided to members of the uniformed services 
     and their families, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2720. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to amend certain regulations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2721. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to credit individuals serving as caregivers of dependent 
     relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such 
     service; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2722. A bill to amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to allow 
     Federal savings associations to elect to operate as national 
     banks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 2723. A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower protections available to 
     certain executive branch employees to legislative branch 
     employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Flake, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Sasse, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. 
             Perdue):
       S. 2724. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, with 
     respect to the judicial review of agency interpretations of 
     statutory and regulatory provisions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Risch, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Portman, Ms. Murkowski, and 
             Mr. Cruz):
       S. 2725. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the 
     ballistic missile program of Iran, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. 
             Coats, Mr. Gardner, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Moran, Mr. Isakson, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. 
             Perdue):
       S. 2726. A bill to hold Iran accountable for its state 
     sponsorship of terrorism and other threatening activities and 
     for its human rights abuses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2727. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of 
     compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill 
     material affecting State or Indian land, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 2728. A bill to facilitate the import of marine mammal 
     products into the United States by Alaska Natives; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2729. A bill to require full spending of the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, provide for expanded uses of the 
     Fund, and prevent cargo diversion, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2730. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the ``Ghost 
     Army'', collectively, in recognition of its unique and 
     incredible service during World War II; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2731. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to carry out a land exchange involving land within the 
     boundary of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2732. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to exempt Indian tribes from compensatory 
     mitigation requirements in connection with certain discharges 
     of dredged or fill material, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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  On page S1592, March 17, 2016, the following appears: S. 2732. A 
bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt 
Indian tribes from compensatory migration requirements in 
connection with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 2732. A bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt Indian 
tribes from compensatory mitigation requirements in connection 
with certain discharges of dredged or fill material, and for other 
purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


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           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 2733. A bill to ensure that venue in patents cases is 
     fair and proper, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 2734. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the exclusion of gain or loss from the sale or 
     exchange of certain brownfield sites from unrelated business 
     taxable income, and to extend expensing of environmental 
     remediation costs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2735. A bill to strengthen the enforcement of explosive 
     materials prohibitions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Roberts, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. King, and Mr. 
             Tester):
       S. 2736. A bill to improve access to durable medical 
     equipment for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 2737. A bill to improve medical device innovation; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 2738. A bill to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
     1995 to require the disclosure of political intelligence 
     activities, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
     for restrictions on former officers, employees, and elected 
     officials of the executive and legislative branches regarding 
     political intelligence contacts, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 2739. A bill to provide for equitable compensation to 
     the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for 
     the use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by 
     the Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.

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