[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S586-S587]
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 Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 199. A bill to provide for the transfer of certain 
     Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the 
     Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 200. A bill to prohibit the conduct of a first-use 
     nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Schumer, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 201. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     make clear that each decennial census, as required for the 
     apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
     several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in 
     each State, and to provide that no information regarding 
     United States citizenship or immigration status may be 
     elicited in any such census; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 202. A bill to provide that silencers be treated the 
     same as firearms accessories; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Thune, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
             Wicker):
       S. 203. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Carper, 
             Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Warner, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Udall, Mr. Manchin, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 204. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to waive certain penalties for affected Federal employees 
     receiving a distribution from the Thrift Savings Plan during 
     a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 205. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to prevent the misclassification of drugs for purposes of 
     the Medicaid drug rebate program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 206. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as 
     the ``Hello Girls''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 207. A bill to enhance tribal road safety, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 208. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who 
     have a service-connected disability to receive both 
     disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason 
     of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special 
     Compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Udall, 
             and Ms. Smith):
       S. 209. A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance 
     by Indian Tribes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HOEVEN:
       S. 210. A bill to amend the Tribal Law and Order Act of 
     2010 and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to provide for 
     advancement in public safety services to Indian communities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Daines, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Tester, Ms. Smith, 
             and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 211. A bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to 
     secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HOEVEN:
       S. 212. A bill to amend the Native American Business 
     Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the 
     Buy Indian Act, and the Native American Programs Act of 1974 
     to provide industry and economic development opportunities to 
     Indian communities; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 213. A bill to amend the SOAR Act; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 214. A bill to provide for the compensation of Federal 
     and other government employees affected by the current lapse 
     in appropriations; to the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. 
             Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Young, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Rubio, and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 215. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 216. A bill to provide for equitable compensation to the 
     Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the 
     use of tribal land for the production of hydropower by the 
     Grand Coulee Dam, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 217. A bill to amend titles 5 and 28, United States 
     Code, to require the maintenance of databases on awards of 
     fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain 
     administrative proceedings and court cases to which the 
     United States is a party, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cramer, and 
             Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 218. A bill to empower States to manage the development 
     and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 219. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose an excise tax on employers with low-wage employees; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 220. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for distributions from 529 programs to pay 
     apprenticeship and qualified early education expenses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Moran, 
             Ms. Collins, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 221. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require the Under Secretary of Health to report major adverse 
     personnel actions involving certain health care employees to 
     the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable State 
     licensing boards, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 222. A bill to amend section 1341 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to require payment of interest on back pay for 
     employees affected by a lapse in appropriations; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 223. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit to Patriot employers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 224. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, 
     Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation 
     located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 225. A bill to provide for partnerships among State and 
     local governments, regional entities, and the private sector 
     to preserve, conserve, and enhance the visitor experience at 
     nationally significant battlefields of the American 
     Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 226. A bill to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian 
     Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations 
     Act; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S.J. Res. 5. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States requiring that the 
     Federal budget be balanced; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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