[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 64 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2321]
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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. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2710. A bill to improve treatment and early 
     interventions for pregnant and postpartum women and infants 
     affected by substance use disorder; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 2711. A bill to amend section 303 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act to facilitate waivers of the separate 
     registration requirement for physicians dispensing narcotic 
     drugs to individuals for maintenance treatment or 
     detoxification treatment; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
             Heitkamp, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hoeven, and 
             Ms. Smith):
       S. 2712. A bill to amend the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to 
     establish a farm and ranch stress assistance network, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Flake, and Mr. 
             Toomey):
       S. 2713. A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy 
     provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to 
     agricultural producers; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 2714. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don 
     and Deyon Stephens, Founders of Mercy Ships, in recognition 
     of nearly 40 years of service as the leaders of a 
     humanitarian relief organization that exemplifies the 
     compassionate character of America; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. King, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2715. A bill to require the President to develop a 
     national strategy to combat the financial networks of 
     transnational organized criminals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2716. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop 
     a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World 
     Health Organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2717. A bill to reauthorize provisions relating to the 
     Maritime Administration; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 2718. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues 
     and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction 
     for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the 
     trade or business of being an employee; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 2719. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish a registry to ensure that members of the Armed 
     Forces who may have been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances on military installations receive information 
     regarding such exposure, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Harris, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 2720. A bill to codify the outer Continental Shelf 
     blowout preventer systems and well control rule and the 
     Arctic drilling rule; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 2721. A bill to designate certain land in San Miguel, 
     Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, to 
     designate certain special management areas in the State of 
     Colorado, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. HARRIS:
       S. 2722. A bill to establish environmental justice as a 
     consideration in the regulation of pesticides, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Harris):
       S. 2723. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program 
     benefits for children be calculated with reference to the 
     cost of the low-cost food plan, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Leahy, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2724. A bill to reform the use of solitary confinement 
     and other forms of restrictive housing in the Bureau of 
     Prisons, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2725. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper 
     Marlboro, Maryland, as the ``Wayne K. Curry Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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