[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6058-S6059]
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 Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. King, and Mr. 
             Heller):
       S. 3412. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the employer credit for paid family and medical 
     leave, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 3413. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish the Strength in Diversity 
     Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 3414. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 20 Ferry Road in 
     Saunderstown, Rhode Island, as the ``Captain Matthew J. 
     August Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 3415. A bill to extend, for a period of two years, the 
     authority for operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Coons, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 3416. A bill to amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
     Act to extend the period during which the Under Secretary of 
     Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United 
     States Patent and Trademark Office may set or adjust certain 
     fees; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 3417. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out a program to increase efficiency in the 
     recruitment and hiring by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     of health care workers that are undergoing

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     separation from the Armed Forces, to create uniform 
     credentialing standards for certain health care professionals 
     of the Department, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 3418. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation 
     security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation 
     security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion 
     of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited 
     in the general fund of the Treasury; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 3419. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend authorities relating to homeless veterans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 3420. A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration 
     to prioritize the promotional materials for drugs for 
     serious, life-threatening diseases or conditions or substance 
     use disorders, especially opioid drugs and drugs for 
     medication-assisted treatment, in considering whether 
     promotional materials are false or misleading; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PERDUE:
       S. 3421. A bill to provide for exclusive Federal 
     jurisdiction over certain civil securities fraud actions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Risch, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 3422. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish advanced nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, 
     reactor-based fast neutron source, make available high-assay, 
     low-enriched uranium for research, development, and 
     demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCOTT (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 3423. A bill to revise the amounts for discretionary 
     Federal Pell Grant funding, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3424. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for an investment option under the Thrift Savings 
     Plan that does not include investment in any fossil fuel 
     companies; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 3425. A bill to redirect United States funding from the 
     United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees 
     in the Near East to other entities providing assistance to 
     Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, 
     Syria, and Lebanon; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3426. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish an initiative on improving the capacity of military 
     criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual 
     exploitation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.

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