[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 59 (Thursday, April 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2269-S2270]
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. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1026. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues 
     and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction 
     for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the 
     trade or business of being an employee; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 1027. A bill to clarify the status of the North Country, 
     Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of 
     the National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1028. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide for a new rule regarding the application of the Act 
     to marihuana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1029. A bill to allow the use of certified facility dogs 
     in criminal proceedings in Federal courts, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 1030. A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out 
     of the Medicare part A benefit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 1031. A bill to implement recommendations related to the 
     safety of amphibious passenger vessels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1032. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the definition of income for purposes of 
     determining the tax-exempt status of certain corporations; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Harris):
       S. 1033. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a public health insurance option, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1034. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical 
     care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.

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             Risch, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Thune, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1035. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit dismemberment abortions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1036. A bill to expand the use of open textbooks in 
     order to achieve savings for students and improve textbook 
     price information; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1037. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to modernize provisions relating to rural health clinics 
     under Medicare; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 1038. A bill to strengthen highway funding in the near 
     term, to offer States additional financing tools, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 1039. A bill to limit the use of funds for kinetic 
     military operations in or against Iran; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1040. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to identify each alien who is serving, or has 
     served, in the Armed Forces of the United States on the 
     application of any such alien for an immigration benefit or 
     the placement of any such alien in an immigration enforcement 
     proceeding, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1041. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to establish a veterans visa program to permit 
     veterans who have been removed from the United States to 
     return as immigrants, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1042. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to allow certain alien veterans to be paroled into the 
     United States to receive health care furnished by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Perdue, Mr. Thune, Mr. Risch, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Cotton, Ms. McSally, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
             Braun, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Johnson, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Romney, Mr. Moran, and 
             Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1043. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
     private sector; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 1044. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign 
     traffickers of illicit opioids, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 1045. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     expand the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to permit nurses to practice in health care 
     facilities with critical shortages of nurses through programs 
     for loan repayment and scholarships for nurses; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Jones, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1046. A bill to establish the Office of Internet 
     Connectivity and Growth, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1047. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     create a dependency and indemnity compensation allowance for 
     surviving spouses receiving dependency and indemnity 
     compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1048. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
             Rosen, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1049. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families 
     have access to the contraception they need in order to 
     promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cruz, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 1050. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer 
     a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cruz, and 
             Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1051. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to establish a program to allow States to assume certain 
     Federal responsibilities under that Act with respect to 
     agency actions applicable to highway projects within the 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 1052. A bill to authorize the Office of Fossil Energy to 
     develop advanced separation technologies for the extraction 
     and recovery of rare earth elements and minerals from coal 
     and coal byproducts, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1053. A bill to establish a universal personal savings 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cruz, and 
             Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1054. A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to 
     establish a program to allow States to assume certain Federal 
     responsibilities under that title with respect to agency 
     actions applicable to highway projects within the States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1055. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     regarding the procurement of certain items related to 
     national security interests for Department of Homeland 
     Security frontline operational components, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH:
       S. 1056. A bill to clarify oversight and jurisdiction over 
     the regulation, inspection, and labeling of cell-cultured 
     meat and poultry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Ms. 
             Sinema):
       S.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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