[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2623]
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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 Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2812. A bill to improve consumer protections for 
     customers of air ambulance operators, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2813. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to 
     assist small cheese producers; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. King, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2814. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow the 
     interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 2815. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation 
     funding in certain actions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 2816. A bill to clarify that funding for the Securities 
     Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the 
     sequester; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. ENZI:
       S. 2817. A bill to clarify that funding for the Public 
     Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the 
     sequester; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 2818. A bill to clarify that funding for the standard 
     setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the 
     Securities Act of 1933 is not subject to the sequester; to 
     the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 2819. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians 
     of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain 
     management training for those physicians with the highest 
     rates of opioid prescribing; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2820. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the Trump tax increase on victims of sexual 
     harassment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Coons, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2821. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the 
     cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for 
     purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain 
     disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 2822. A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to expand the 
     availability of programs of the Department of Agriculture to 
     veteran farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Ms. Harris, Mr. Corker, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Jones, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Perdue, 
             Mrs. Capito, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 2823. A bill to modernize copyright law, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 2824. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to establish in each State a network between 
     agricultural producers and food banks to provide food to the 
     needy and reduce food waste, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2825. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify 
     provisions relating to international border areas, marginal 
     areas, and rural transport areas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 2826. A bill to safeguard certain technology and 
     intellectual property in the United States from export to or 
     influence by the People's Republic of China and to protect 
     United States industry from unfair competition by the 
     People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2827. A bill to amend the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 
     Udall Foundation Act; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 2828. A bill to develop and identify indicators of 
     potentially fraudulent and disreputable recovery housing 
     operators, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2829. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to require 
     Federal Reserve banks to interview at least one individual 
     reflective of gender diversity and one individual reflective 
     of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal Reserve 
     bank presidents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Baldwin, 
             and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2830. A bill to reauthorize the rural emergency medical 
     services training and equipment assistance program under 
     section 330J of the Public Health Service Act; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 2831. A bill to redesignate Golden Spike National 
     Historic Site and to establish the Transcontinental Railroad 
     Network; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
             Warren, and Mr. Udall):
       S. 2832. A bill to require the collection of data by 
     officers enforcing United States laws and regulations, 
     including at border security stops within United States 
     borders, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HOEVEN:
       S. 2833. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     improve the calculation of county-level agriculture risk 
     coverage payments; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HOEVEN:
       S. 2834. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     improve the wetland conservation program; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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