[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1492-S1493]
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. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 552. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     exempt certain charitable organizations from regulation as 
     commodity pool operators, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 553. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish a working group to recommend to Congress a 
     definition of blockchain technology, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 554. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to take actions necessary to ensure that certain individuals 
     may update the burn pit registry with the cause of death of a 
     registered individual, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Merkley, Ms. Collins, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Tester, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
             Harris, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, and Mr. King):
       S. 555. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the 
     cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed veterans for 
     purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain 
     disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Capito, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 556. A bill to expand the use of E-Verify, to hold 
     employers accountable, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Bennet, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 557. A bill to reunite families separated at or near 
     ports of entry; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Schatz, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 558. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize a program on children and the media within the 
     National Institutes of Health to study the health and 
     developmental effects of technology on infants, children, and 
     adolescents; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. McSally, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 559. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
     1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or 
     daughter; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Murkowski, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 560. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and 
     individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
     provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or 
     birth defect; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Jones, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Coons, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Warner, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Peters, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 561. A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to 
     revise the criteria for determining which States and 
     political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 562. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast 
     prostheses following a mastectomy; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 563. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     allow airport projects to be eligible to participate in the 
     TIFIA program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 564. A bill to establish a task force to identify 
     countervailable subsidies and dumping; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Paul):

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       S. 565. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report 
     on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 566. A bill to amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 
     1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small 
     businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Cramer, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 567. A bill clarifying that it is United States policy 
     to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Smith, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 568. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
     Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote 
     child care and early learning, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. King, and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 569. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
     issue regulations relating to commercial motor vehicle 
     drivers under the age of 21, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. King, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Smith, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 570. A bill to conduct or support further comprehensive 
     research for the creation of a universal influenza vaccine; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 571. A bill to provide the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection with the authority to regulate land contracts, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PERDUE (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Sullivan, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 572. A bill to provide for additional supplemental 
     appropriations for disaster relief; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

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