[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 169 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6815-S6816]
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. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 3572. A bill to require information sharing with respect 
     to the ownership of election service providers; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 3573. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to require States to take steps to ensure domestic ownership 
     and control of election service providers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3574. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 
     2010 to provide relief to nonbanks from certain stress test 
     requirements under that Act; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3575. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to carry out a cost benefit analysis of the use of 
     Form 10-Q, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3576. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to revise the definitions of a qualifying 
     portfolio company and a qualifying investment to include an 
     emerging growth company and the equity securities of an 
     emerging growth company, respectively, for purposes of the 
     exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers 
     under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3577. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 
     2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to 
     consider alternative approaches before determining that a 
     U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3578. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to carry out a study to evaluate the issues 
     affecting the provision of, and reliance upon, investment 
     research into small issuers; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 3579. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to revise the definitions of a ``small business'' 
     and ``small organization'' for purposes of assessing the 
     impact of the rulemakings of the Commission under the 
     Investment Advisers Act of 1940; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 3580. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit to taxpayers who provide reductions 
     in rent to low-income senior renters, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3581. A bill to promote neutrality, simplicity, and 
     fairness in the taxation of digital goods and digital 
     services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 3582. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish a new phaseout of the credit for plug-in 
     electric drive motor vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 3583. A bill to direct the National Science Foundation 
     to provide grants for research about STEM education 
     approaches and the STEM-related workforce, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Cardin, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 3584. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     in order to increase usage of the Federal student loan 
     income-based repayment plan and improve repayment options for 
     borrowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 3585. A bill to prioritize the efforts of and enhance 
     coordination among United States agencies to encourage 
     countries in Central and Eastern Europe to diversify their 
     energy sources and supply routes, increase Europe's energy 
     security, and help the United States reach its global energy 
     security goals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 3586. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide emergency payments to dairy producers; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Menendez, 
             and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 3587. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     improve the nationally significant freight and highway 
     projects program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 3588. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     establish an Office of Federal Correctional Education, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHATZ:
       S. 3589. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support 
     the modernization, renovation , or repair of career and 
     technical education facilities, and to enable schools serving 
     grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that 
     serve Native American students to remodel or build new 
     facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and 
     support high-speed internet, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 3590. A bill to prohibit military aid to Saudi Arabia 
     until the Secretary of State determines that Jamal Khashoggi 
     is alive and free; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Warren, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. 
             Duckworth):
       S. 3591. A bill to extend authorization for the September 
     11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 
     2090, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 3592. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prevent surprise medical billing practices, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 3593. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993, to repeal certain limits on leave for a husband and 
     wife employed by the same employer; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 3594. A bill to provide for the issuance of a Stamp Out 
     Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 3595. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude employer contributions to student loan repayment 
     from income, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hatch, and 
             Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3596. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to create an innovation zone initiative, and for other 
     purposes; to

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     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 3597. A bill to strengthen protections for child 
     trafficking victims testifying against human traffickers; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 3598. A bill to limit private antitrust damages against 
     occupational licensing boards, to promote beneficial reforms 
     of State occupational licensing, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Reed, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 3599. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital 
     wage index imputed rural floor; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DONNELLY:
       S. 3600. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that floor plan financing includes the financing 
     of certain trailers and campers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3601. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act to provide for a program that employs pay-
     for-performance financing for workforce development projects; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 3602. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize school-based health centers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 3603. A bill to require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration to implement a national employer notification 
     service; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             and Mr. Burr):
       S. 3604. A bill to require a study to determine the best 
     available estimate of the total amount of nonhighway 
     recreational fuel taxes received by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 3605. A bill to support wildlife conservation, improve 
     anti-trafficking enforcement, provide dedicated funding for 
     wildlife conservation at no expense to taxpayers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 3606. A bill to amend the FAST Act to improve 
     contracting opportunities for service-connected disabled 
     veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Perdue):
       S. 3607. A bill to strengthen the participation of elected 
     national legislators in the activities of the Organization of 
     American States and reaffirm United States support for 
     Organization of American States human rights and anti-
     corruption initiatives, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Heinrich):
       S. 3608. A bill to provide grants for local care corps 
     programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 3609. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Route 66 National Historic Trail, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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