[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 72 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2612-S2614]
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. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 1278. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow first responders to continue to exclude service-
     connected disability pension payments after reaching the age 
     of retirement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1279. A bill to reauthorize mandatory funding programs 
     for historically Black colleges and universities and other 
     minority-serving institutions; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1280. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a system to notify individuals approaching 
     Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the 
     eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 1281. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide grants for institutions of higher education to 
     prevent substance misuse, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1282. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal certain rules related to the determination of 
     unrelated business taxable income; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1283. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David 
     Fry Scholarship to children and spouses of certain deceased 
     members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Gardner, and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1284. A bill to provide for congressional review of the 
     imposition of duties and other trade measures by the 
     executive branch, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1285. A bill to require certifications and reporting in 
     an unclassified form related to the national security 
     implications of the New START Treaty, to provide for arms 
     limitations in the event of the treaty's non-renewal, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Manchin, 
             Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Harris):
       S. 1286. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     facilitate the commercialization of energy and related 
     technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities 
     with promising commercial potential; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1287. A bill to ensure small shipyard grant projects are 
     carried out using materials produced in the United States; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Schatz, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S. 1288. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean 
     energy; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Boozman, Mr. King, and Ms. Cortez 
             Masto):

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       S. 1289. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of 
     broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 1290. A bill to promote competition and help consumers 
     save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they 
     buy prescription pet medications, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 1291. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a reduced excise tax rate for portable, 
     electronically-aerated bait containers; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1292. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for Federal student loan reform; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 1293. A bill to expand employment opportunities for 
     spouses of Foreign Service officers; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1294. A bill to require Federal agencies with 
     jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an 
     interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for 
     broadband deployment; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 1295. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Collins, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1296. A bill to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the 
     Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New England; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 1297. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to provide shareholders of certain depository institutions a 
     cause of action for assets seized by an appropriate Federal 
     banking agency; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Jones):
       S. 1298. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 
     2010 to include the State insurance commissioner as a voting 
     member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 1299. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational 
     agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities 
     to pursue studies and careers in STEM fields; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Rubio, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Gardner, 
             Mr. Roberts, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Portman, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Peters, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Moran, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Hawley, Mr. Perdue, Ms. Smith, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
             Jones, Mr. King, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Cramer, 
             Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Collins, 
             Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1300. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National 
     Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 1301. A bill to prohibit the use of the poisons sodium 
     fluoroacetate (known as ``Compound 1080'') and sodium cyanide 
     for predator control; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Lankford, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 1302. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect 
     personally identifiable information, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1303. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to address the protective custody of alien children 
     accompanied by parents, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             Harris, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Peters, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1304. A bill to amend Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
     to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on 
     the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South 
     Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning 
     areas; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1305. A bill to establish a Federal cost share 
     percentage for the Milk River Project in the State of 
     Montana; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, 
             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, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1306. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, 
     the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-
     Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 1307. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Ms. McSally):
       S. 1308. A bill to allow Homeland Security Grant Program 
     funds to be used to safeguard faith-based community centers 
     and houses of worship across the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1309. A bill to identify and combat corruption in 
     countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with 
     respect to levels of corruption by their governments and 
     their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United 
     States assistance to designated countries in order to advance 
     anti-corruption efforts in those countries and better serve 
     United States taxpayers; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1310. A bill to strengthen participation of elected 
     national legislators in the activities of the Organization of 
     American States and reaffirm United States support for 
     Organization of American States human rights and anti-
     corruption initiatives, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1311. A bill to provide lasting protection for 
     inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Harris, 
             Mr. Markey, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1312. A bill to provide the option of discharging 
     certain unsecured financial obligations of self-governing 
     territories of the United States; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mr. Lee, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Cramer, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 1313. A bill to repeal the multi-State plan program; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1314. A bill to establish that certain provisions of a 
     nondisclosure agreement between a public sector employer and 
     an employee shall be unenforceable; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, Mr. Peters, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1315. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, 
     master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1316. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
             Sullivan, and Ms. McSally):

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       S. 1317. A bill to facilitate the availability, 
     development, and environmentally responsible production of 
     domestic resources to meet national material or critical 
     mineral needs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Markey, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1318. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling 
     on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, 
     Oregon, and Washington; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1319. A bill to establish an Election Security grant 
     program; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to require (except 
     during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) 
     that the total amount of money expended by the United States 
     during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain 
     revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year 
     and not exceed 20 percent of the gross domestic product of 
     the United States during the previous calendar year; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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