[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S967]
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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. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2425. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the Internal Revenue Service's private debt 
     collection program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2426. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     return premiums paid under the margin protection program for 
     dairy producers to participating dairy operations; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2427. A bill to establish a task force to identify 
     countervailable subsidies and dumping; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 2428. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     exempt certain small entities dealing in foreign exchange 
     that serve small- and medium-sized businesses from certain 
     capital and margin requirements, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Nelson, Mr. Portman, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 2429. A bill to amend chapter 77 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to clarify that using drugs or illegal 
     substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex 
     act constitutes coercion and using drugs or illegal 
     substances to provide or obtain the labor or services of a 
     person constitutes forced labor; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Capito, and 
             Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 2430. A bill to provide a permanent appropriation of 
     funds for the payment of death gratuities and related 
     benefits for survivors of deceased members of the uniformed 
     services in event of any period of lapsed appropriations; to 
     the Committee on Appropriations.

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