[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1704-S1706]
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:


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           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cardin, Ms. 
             Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Jones, 
             Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 668. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer 
     screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic 
     intervention is required during the screening; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, and 
             Ms. Warren):
       S. 669. A bill to protect the rights of passengers with 
     disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 670. A bill to make daylight savings time permanent, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 671. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the 1974 
     United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 672. A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to 
     provide students the opportunity to attain higher education 
     at in-State public institutions of higher education without 
     debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer 
     students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 673. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to eliminate 
     the inclusion of option years in the award price for sole 
     source contracts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 674. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a grant program for the installation of electric 
     vehicle charging infrastructure and hydrogen fueling 
     infrastructure along the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 675. A bill to authorize the Department of Defense to 
     temporarily provide water uncontaminated with 
     perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate 
     (PFOS) for agricultural purposes to areas affected by 
     contamination from military installations, and to authorize 
     the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire real property to 
     extend the contiguous geographic footprint of any Air Force 
     base that has shown signs of contamination from PFOA and PFOS 
     due to activities on the base, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 676. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude certain post graduation scholarship grants from 
     gross income in the same manner as qualified scholarships to 
     promote economic growth; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 677. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to provide for the participation of Puerto Rico, American 
     Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
     in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 678. A bill to declare English as the official language 
     of the United States, to establish a uniform English language 
     rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the 
     English language texts of the laws of the United States, 
     pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
     welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule 
     of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the 
     Constitution; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Isakson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Moran, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Cotton, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Shaheen, and 
             Mr. Rounds):
       S. 679. A bill to exempt from the calculation of monthly 
     income certain benefit paid by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Department of Defense; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Peters, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 680. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, 
     and exercise as amounts paid for medical care; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 681. A bill to establish a new higher education data 
     system to allow for more accurate, complete, and secure data 
     on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes, at 
     all levels of postsecondary enrollment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 682. A bill to restore the Federal Communications 
     Commission's Open Internet Order and its net neutrality 
     protections; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 683. A bill to establish a voluntary program in the 
     National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage 
     consumers to purchase or lease new automobiles made in the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mr. Portman, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mr. Gardner, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Young, Mrs. 
             Fischer, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 684. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored 
     health coverage; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 685. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector 
     General; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 686. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide greater access to higher education for America's 
     students, to eliminate educational barriers for participation 
     in a public service career, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 687. A bill to provide for a temporary safe harbor for 
     certain failures by individuals to pay estimated income tax; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 688. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in which 
     court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of 
     Arizona; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Jones, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 689. A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to 
     support State and Tribal efforts to develop and implement 
     management strategies to address chronic wasting disease 
     among deer, elk, and moose populations, to support research 
     regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods 
     to control the further spread of the disease, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Jones, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Van Hollen,

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             Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 690. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish an 
     increased child tax credit for young children, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S.J. Res. 13. A joint resolution to repeal the 
     authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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