[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 54 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2087-S2088]
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. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 921. A bill to prohibit the use of chlorpyrifos on food, 
     to prohibit the registration of pesticides containing 
     chlorpyrifos, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 922. A bill to limit the transfer of F-35 aircraft to 
     Turkey; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Harris, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 923. A bill to fight homelessness in the United States 
     by authorizing a grant program within the Health Resources 
     and Services Administration for housing programs that offer 
     comprehensive services and intensive case management for 
     homeless individuals and families; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 924. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to require training and education to teachers 
     and other school employees, students, and the community about 
     how to prevent, recognize, respond to, and report child 
     sexual abuse in primary and secondary education; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, Ms. 
             Collins, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 925. A bill to impose additional sanctions with respect 
     to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 926. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that kombucha is exempt from any excise taxes and 
     regulations imposed on alcoholic beverages; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 927. A bill to amend the National Aviation Heritage Act 
     to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 928. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modernize and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 929. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North 
     Carolina; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 930. A bill to allow women greater access to safe and 
     effective contraception; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hassan, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 931. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make 
     the credit fully refundable; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Scott 
             of South Carolina, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 932. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain 
     government-owned buildings; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 933. A bill to improve data collection and monitoring of 
     the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Paul):
       S. 934. A bill to prohibit mandatory or compulsory checkoff 
     programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Paul, and Ms. 
             Warren):
       S. 935. A bill to prohibit certain practices relating to 
     certain commodity promotion programs, to require greater 
     transparency by those programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Paul):
       S. 936. A bill to repeal the authority to access on an 
     ongoing basis business records for foreign intelligence and 
     international terrorism investigations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 937. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     require institutions of higher education and other research 
     facilities to obtain deemed export licenses for foreign 
     nationals conducting scientific research at such institutions 
     and facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blunt, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 938. A bill to amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 
     2000 to require the Secretary of State to report on 
     intercountry adoptions from countries which have 
     significantly reduced adoption rates involving immigration to 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 939. A bill to establish limitations regarding Confucius 
     Institutes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       S. 940. A bill to cap the emissions of greenhouse gases 
     through a requirement to purchase carbon permits, to 
     distribute the proceeds of such purchases to eligible 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 941. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     clarify the obligations of licensees under section 331 of 
     that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 942. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require all political committees to notify the 
     Federal Election Commission within 48 hours of receiving 
     cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more from any 
     contributor during a calendar year, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Harris, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Wyden):

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       S. 943. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide capacity-building assistance to institutions of 
     higher education to examine and address inequities in college 
     student access and success, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 944. A bill to enhance the security operations of the 
     Transportation Security Administration and the stability of 
     the transportation security workforce by applying a unified 
     personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to 
     employees of the Transportation Security Administration who 
     are responsible for screening passengers and property, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 945. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to 
     require certain issuers to disclose to the Securities and 
     Exchange Commission information regarding foreign 
     jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting 
     Oversight Board from performing inspections under that Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 946. A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to complete a study on barriers to 
     participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by 
     populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in 
     such trials; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 947. A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
     Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium 
     mining, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. 
             Rosen):
       S. 948. A bill to provide incentives to physicians to 
     practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
             Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Warren, Ms. Smith, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Carper, Mr. King, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tester, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Peters, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Jones, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Manchin, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 949. A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot 
     box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and 
     strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Peters, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Burr, and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 950. A bill to require the Director of the United States 
     Geological Survey to perform a nationwide survey of 
     perfluorinated compounds, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Moran, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S. 951. A bill to promote registered apprenticeships, 
     including registered apprenticeships within in-demand 
     industry sectors, through the support of workforce 
     intermediaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 952. A bill to provide that the Federal Communications 
     Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional 
     facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       S. 953. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in 
     Missoula, Montana, as the ``Jeannette Rankin Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Gardner, Mr. Markey, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Portman, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Bennet):
       S. 954. A bill to provide grants to State, local, 
     territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase 
     chemical screening devices and train personnel to use 
     chemical screening devices in order to enhance law 
     enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 955. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to reduce waiting times for voters in Federal elections; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 956. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 957. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to establish minimum requirements for early voting; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 958. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act 
     of 1993 to save eligible voters from voter purging, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 959. A bill to establish in the Smithsonian Institution 
     a comprehensive women's history museum, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 960. A bill to establish a commission to develop 
     proposals regarding voting representation for citizens of the 
     United States who reside in a territory, commonwealth, or 
     Federal District of the United States; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S.J. Res. 16. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to abolish the 
     electoral college and to provide for the direct election of 
     the President and Vice President of the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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