[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5759]
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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. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 3355. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     remove the manifestation period required for the presumptions 
     of service connection for chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, 
     and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy associated with 
     exposure to certain herbicide agents, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Jones, and 
             Mr. Young):
       S. 3356. A bill to require the Surgeon General of the 
     Public Health Service to submit to Congress a report on the 
     health effects of new pyschoactive substances (including 
     synthetic drugs) use; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. WARREN:
       S. 3357. A bill to improve the anti-corruption and public 
     integrity laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 3358. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds 
     shall not apply to bonds for facilities for furnishing of 
     water and sewage facilities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Hatch, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Coons, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Jones, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Nelson, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 3359. A bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold 
     Medal to Aretha Franklin in recognition of her contributions 
     of outstanding artistic and historical significance to 
     culture in the United States; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 3360. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to improve access to broadband telecommunications 
     services in rural areas, including by encouraging the 
     provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband 
     service in emerging harbor projects, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 3361. 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.

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