[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 199 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7789-S7790]
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

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and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3763. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a methodology for determining State 
     allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital 
     payments that is based on State poverty levels, to require 
     States to prioritize disproportionate share hospital payments 
     on the basis of Medicaid inpatient utilization and low-income 
     utilization rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ:
       S. 3764. A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 and the Federal 
     Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to require the 
     pre- and post-application reporting of, and to establish 
     buffer zones for, restricted use pesticides, to prohibit the 
     use of pesticides containing chlorpyrifos, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 3765. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, 
     acting through the Director of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology, to help facilitate the adoption of 
     composite technology in infrastructure in the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3766. A bill to establish American opportunity accounts, 
     to modify estate and gift tax rules, to reform the taxation 
     of capital income, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3767. A bill to require Executive agencies to make 
     public all funding reprogramming requests, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 3768. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement 
     for inpatient critical access hospital services; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3769. A bill to establish an Early Federal Pell Grant 
     Commitment Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3770. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to expand the scope of transparency reporting 
     requirements related to the ownership or investment interests 
     of health care providers and others, and to increase the 
     penalties associated with violating such requirements; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3771. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit treatment of student loan payments as elective 
     deferrals for purposes of employer matching contributions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3772. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a contribution limit and increased minimum 
     distributions for certain retirement plans with large account 
     balances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3773. A bill to require review and approval for future 
     research on nonhuman primates, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 3774. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     establish the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
     Space, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. WARREN:
       S. 3775. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish an Office of Drug Manufacturing; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Brown, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Sanders, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 3776. A bill to improve Federal efforts with respect to 
     the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Warner, Ms. Hassan, 
             and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3777. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to establish a tiger team dedicated to addressing the 
     difficulties encountered by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs in carrying out section 3313 of title 38, United 
     States Code, after the enactment of sections 107 and 501 of 
     the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 
     2017; considered and passed.

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