[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5078-S5079]
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. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 3173. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a 90-day EHR reporting period for the 
     determination of whether an eligible professional or eligible 
     hospital is a meaningful EHR user and to remove the all-or-
     nothing approach to meaningful use, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KING:
       S. 3174. A bill to establish an Interagency Council on 
     Workforce Attachment to promote effective and coordinated 
     workforce attachment strategies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 3175. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to create a refundable first-time homebuyer tax credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3176. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     enhance efforts to address antibiotic resistance, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 3177. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain 
     government-owned buildings; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cardin, 
             and Mr. Coons):
       S. 3178. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to permit hospitals in all-urban States to be considered 
     Medicare dependent hospitals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3179. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve and extend the credit for carbon dioxide 
     sequestration; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP:
       S. 3180. A bill to improve hiring and human resources 
     flexibilities for Federal agencies in geographic areas 
     affected by unique situations or circumstances, including 
     remoteness, that cause recruitment and retention challenges, 
     and to provide agencies experiencing such challenges with a 
     toolkit of resources to overcome those challenges; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. 
             Roberts):
       S. 3181. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 3182. A bill to provide further means of accountability 
     of the United States debt and promote fiscal responsibility; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Fischer, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 3183. A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control 
     measures used by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable 
     consumer access to tickets for any given event, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Boozman, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Portman):
       S. 3184. A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3185. A bill to provide that section 4108(5)(C)(iv) of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be 
     known as ``Bree's Law''; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 3186. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to provide for active shooter and mass casualty incident 
     response assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3187. A bill to increase the authorization of the 
     National Transportation Safety Board through fiscal year 
     2020, to require the NTSB to investigate major oil and other 
     hazardous materials derailments, to expand the Secretary of 
     Transportation's emergency order authority, and to require 
     the Secretary of Transportation to establish a volatility 
     standard for crude oil transported by rail; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
             Roberts, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Thune, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
             Blunt, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 3188. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the incentives for biodiesel; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 3189. A bill to improve access to health care in rural 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 3190. A bill to enhance the rural health workforce, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 3191. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the quality of health care furnished 
     in rural areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 3192. A bill to designate a mountain peak in the State 
     of Montana as ``Alex Diekmann Peak''; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 3193. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security 
     Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     award competitive grants to enhance collaboration between 
     State child welfare and juvenile justice systems; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 3194. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     promote healthy eating and physical activity among children; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 3195. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to preserve Medicare beneficiary access to ventilators, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Flake, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 3196. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to transition the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection to a 5-member board of directors; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3197. A bill to reestablish the Office of Noise 
     Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 3198. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the provision of adult day health care services for 
     veterans; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Rounds, Mr. Shelby, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. 
             Risch):
       S. 3199. A bill to require the appropriation of funds to 
     use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement 
     received by a Federal agency, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 3200. A bill to prohibit mandatory or compulsory check-
     off programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 3201. A bill to prohibit certain practices relating to 
     certain commodity promotion programs, to require greater 
     transparency by those programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3202. A bill to facilitate the transport of additional 
     hydrocarbons to extend the life of the trans-Alaska oil 
     pipeline, to further American energy security, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3203. A bill to provide for economic development and 
     access to resources in Alaska, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3204. A bill to provide for the exchange of Federal land 
     and non-Federal land in the State of Alaska for the 
     construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 3205. A bill to allow local Federal officials to 
     determine the manner in which nonmotorized uses may be 
     permitted in wilderness areas, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 3206. A bill to promote worldwide access to the 
     Internet, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 3207. A bill to authorize the National Library Service 
     for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to provide playback 
     equipment in all formats; considered and passed.
           By Mr. KING:
       S. 3208. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit fully 
     refundable, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 3209. A bill to require the use of prescription drug 
     monitoring programs and to facilitate information sharing 
     among States; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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