[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1275-S1276]
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. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 438. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for the termination of certain retirement benefits 
     for Members of Congress, except the right to continue 
     participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 439. A bill to allow Members of Congress to opt out of 
     the Federal Employees Retirement System, and allow Members 
     who opt out of the Federal Employees Retirement System to 
     continue to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 440. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     provide that a patent owner may not assert sovereign immunity 
     as a defense in certain actions before the United States 
     Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 441. A bill to require each agency to repeal or amend 2 
     or more rules before issuing or amending a rule; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 442. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     postpone the effective date of high-impact rules pending 
     judicial review; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 443. A bill to modify the definition of an antique 
     firearm; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 444. A bill to provide a process for ensuring the United 
     States does not default on its obligations; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 445. A bill to allow veterans to use, possess, or 
     transport medical marijuana and to discuss the use of medical 
     marijuana with a physician of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Portman, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 446. A bill to authorize the Director of the United 
     States Geological Survey to conduct monitoring, assessment, 
     science, and research, in support of the binational fisheries 
     within the Great Lakes Basin; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Reed, 
             Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Murphy, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Durbin, Mr. King, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Booker, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Mr. Udall):
       S. 447. A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition 
     feeding devices; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 448. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit fellowship and stipend compensation to be saved in 
     an individual retirement account; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 449. A bill for the relief of Valent Kolami; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 450. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to carry out a pilot program to expedite the onboarding 
     process for new medical providers of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, to reduce the duration of the hiring 
     process for such medical providers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 451. A bill to modernize the National Air Toxics 
     Assessment, the Integrated Risk Information System, and the 
     Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Perdue, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 452. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to 
     provide a temporary exemption for low-revenue issuers from 
     certain auditor attestation requirements; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PERDUE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Moran, 
             Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sasse, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 453. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Hoeven, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 454. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to establish the Office of Rural Broadband, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. 
             Kaine):
       S. 455. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to provide for

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     Federal Exchange outreach and educational activities; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 456. A bill to provide for the adjustment of status of 
     certain nationals of Liberia to that of lawful permanent 
     residents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             King, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 457. A bill to require that $1 coins issued during 2019 
     honor President George H.W. Bush and to direct the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor 
     of Barbara Bush; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 458. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene 
     oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Markey, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 459. A bill to protect the American people from 
     undetectable ghost guns, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. King, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Jones, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Tester, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             Young, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gardner, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 460. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education 
     assistance to employer payments of student loans; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Coons, 
             Mr. Perdue, Mr. Jones, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Harris, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 461. A bill to strengthen the capacity and 
     competitiveness of historically Black colleges and 
     universities through robust public-sector, private-sector, 
     and community partnerships and engagement, and for other 
     purposes; considered and passed.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 462. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of 
     employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reed, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mr. Markey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, Ms. 
             Hassan, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Warren, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Udall, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 463. A bill to provide paid family and medical leave 
     benefits to certain individuals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Jones, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 464. A bill to require the treatment of a lapse in 
     appropriations as a mitigating condition when assessing 
     financial considerations for security clearances, and for 
     other purposes; read the first time.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Peters, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 465. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to make reforms to the benefits for 
     Public Service Officers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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