[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2834-S2836]
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. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 2891. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to require applicable manufacturers to include 
     information regarding payments made to physician assistants, 
     nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in 
     transparency reports submitted under section 1128G of such 
     Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 2892. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to submit a report to Congress on the provision 
     of peer

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     support services under the Medicaid program; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 2893. A bill to provide for prompt payments to small 
     business contractors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 2894. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of 
     Agriculture the position of Rural Health Liaison; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 2895. A bill to designate the Quindaro Townsite National 
     Historic Landmark, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2896. A bill to require disclosure by lobbyists of 
     convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal 
     kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making 
     false statements, perjury, or money laundering; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Smith, and Mr. Portman):
       S. 2897. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance 
     percentage for Medicaid personal care services furnished 
     without an electronic visit verification system; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Heller, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 2898. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to remove lifetime limits under State Medicaid programs 
     on medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mrs. Capito, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Heller, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 2899. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide States with the option of providing medical 
     assistance at a residential pediatric recovery center to 
     infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2900. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to include screening for potential substance use 
     disorders and a review of any current opioid prescriptions as 
     part of the initial preventive physical examination and the 
     annual wellness visit under the Medicare program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2901. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand the use of telehealth services for the 
     treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use 
     disorders; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2902. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to facilitate Medicaid access to State prescription drug 
     monitoring programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 2903. A bill to address foreign threats to higher 
     education in the United States; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2904. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding 
     Federal reimbursement for furnishing services and treatment 
     for substance use disorders under Medicaid using telehealth 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 2905. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for certain integrity transparency measures 
     under Medicare parts C and D; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Ms. Harris, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. King, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2906. A bill to establish a permanent community care 
     program for veterans, to improve the recruitment of health 
     care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
     improve construction by the Department, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2907. A bill to provide for the withdrawal and 
     protection of certain Federal land in the State of New 
     Mexico; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. 
             Grassley):
       S. 2908. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under 
     Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 2909. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to study and report on State Medicaid agencies' 
     options related to the distribution of substance use disorder 
     treatment medications under the Medicaid program; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Warner, Mr. Thune, Mr. Carper, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 2910. A bill to evaluate access to services and 
     treatment for substance use disorders and to telehealth 
     services and remote patient monitoring for pediatric 
     populations under Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Thune, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 2911. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding 
     Medicaid items and services for non-opioid pain treatment and 
     management; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Grassley, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2912. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to publish data related to the prevalence of 
     substance use disorders in the Medicaid beneficiary 
     population and the treatment of substance use disorders under 
     Medicaid, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2913. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     improve the monitoring and oversight of and reporting 
     regarding projects carried out under the Military Housing 
     Privatization Initiative under subchapter IV of chapter 169 
     of title 10, United States Code; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 2914. A bill to require a Comptroller General of the 
     United States report on certain personnel matters in 
     connection with Air Force remotely piloted aircraft; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2915. A bill to protect alien victims of crime or 
     serious labor or employment violations from removal from the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 2916. A bill to require a certain percentage of 
     liquefied natural gas and crude oil exports be transported on 
     United States-built and United States-flag vessels, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2917. A bill to require sponsoring Senators to pay the 
     printing costs of ceremonial and commemorative Senate 
     resolutions; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2918. A bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration 
     Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent 
     meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Udall, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2919. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 
     1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of 
     Government Ethics, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 2920. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to impose certain requirements under the Medicare program 
     with respect to outlier prescribers of opioids; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 2921. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to help ensure coverage of inpatient treatment services 
     furnished in institutions for mental disease; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Carper, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2922. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to help improve access to care for pregnant and 
     postpartum women receiving substance use disorder treatment, 
     including for opioid use disorders, in an institution for 
     mental diseases; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2923. A bill to support the development of evidence-
     based family-focused residential treatment programs; to the 
     Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. SCOTT (for himself and Mr. Menendez):

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       S. 2924. A bill to encourage the use of family-focused 
     residential treatment programs for substance use disorder 
     treatment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2925. A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to 
     foreign countries; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Scott):
       S. 2926. A bill to amend part B of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to conduct a family recovery and reunification 
     program replication project to help reunify families and 
     protect children with parents or guardians with a substance 
     use disorder who have temporarily lost custody of their 
     children; to the Committee on Finance.

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