[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 82 (Thursday, May 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2923-S2925]
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. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1499. A bill to establish National Wildlife Corridors to 
     provide for the protection and restoration of certain native 
     fish, wildlife, and plant species, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1500. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve and enhance protections for members of the Armed 
     Forces who are victims of a sex-related or domestic violence 
     offense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1501. A bill to modify the requirements for the 
     longitudinal medical study of the Department of Defense on 
     blast pressure exposure of members of the Armed Forces to 
     assess the feasibility and advisability of uploading and 
     sharing data, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cramer, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1502. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 
     1934 to revise the shareholder

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     threshold for registration under that Act for issuers that 
     receive support through certain Federal universal service 
     support mechanisms, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN:
       S. 1503. A bill to promote ethics and prevent corruption in 
     Department of Defense contracting and other activities, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 1504. A bill to amend section 3606 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest 
     hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation 
     officer in the performance of official duties; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1505. A bill to require prescription drug plans and MA-
     PD plans to report potential fraud, waste, and abuse to the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under Medicare part D, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1506. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     permit certain individuals complying with State law to 
     possess firearms; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Carper):
       S. 1507. A bill to include certain perfluoroalkyl and 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances in the toxics release inventory, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Perdue, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lee, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hoeven, 
             Ms. McSally, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Portman, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Rounds, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1508. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide enhanced penalties for convicted murderers who kill 
     or target America's public safety officers; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 1509. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of Transportation to waive vehicle 
     weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Barrasso, 
             and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1510. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes 
     of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1511. A bill to require a mechanism for the regular 
     evaluation by the Air Force of justifications for the 
     continuing maintenance of non-operational staff positions in 
     the Air Force that require pilot expertise; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1512. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to conduct a study on the designation by the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
     departments of installations of the Department of Defense as 
     ``remote'' or ``isolated'', and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1513. A bill to improve oversight of privatized military 
     housing provided by the Department of Defense to members of 
     the Armed Forces and their families, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1514. A bill to amend title IV of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education that 
     participate in programs under such title to distribute voter 
     registration forms to students enrolled at the institution, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1515. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to promulgate regulations that establish a 
     national standard for determining whether mobile and 
     broadband services available in rural areas are reasonably 
     comparable to those services provided in urban areas; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 1516. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to strengthen the future workforce and reduce the cost of 
     postsecondary education by reducing rates of postsecondary 
     remediation; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1517. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award 
     grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to 
     encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve 
     worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an 
     infrastructure investment; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Capito, 
             and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 1518. A bill to improve the process by which 
     environmental documents are prepared and permits and 
     applications are processed and regulated by Federal 
     departments and agencies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1519. A bill to address gun violence, improve the 
     availability of records to the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System, address mental illness in the 
     criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and 
     trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
             Cassidy):
       S. 1520. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance 
     Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 1521. A bill to amend section 327 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
     clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System 
     task forces may include Federal employees; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1522. A bill to improve broadband data collection, 
     mapping, and validation to support the effective deployment 
     of broadband services to all areas of the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Harris, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1523. A bill to prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Murphy, Ms. Smith, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1524. A bill to provide for the overall health and well-
     being of young people, including the promotion of lifelong 
     sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 1525. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for institutional ineligibility based on low 
     cohort repayment rates and to require risk sharing payments 
     of institutions of higher education; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1526. A bill to enhance efforts to prevent sexual 
     assault in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Burr, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 1527. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the 
     results of, an assessment of the total amount of nonhighway 
     recreational fuel taxes received by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1528. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     provide for the issuance of Green Bonds and to establish the 
     United States Green Bank, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Jones, Mr. Cruz, Ms. 
             Rosen, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1529. A bill to make additional financial assets of the 
     Government of Iran available to pay compensatory damages to 
     the victims of terrorism sponsored by that Government, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1530. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award grants to support the access of 
     marginalized youth to sexual health services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health , Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Young, Ms. 
             Hassan, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 1531. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide protections for health insurance consumers from 
     surprise billing; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Braun):

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       S. 1532. A bill to require the Government Accountability 
     Office to study the role pharmaceutical benefit managers play 
     in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with 
     appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1533. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance 
     Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1534. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to 
     address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Graham, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1535. A bill to facilitate efficient investments and 
     financing of infrastructure projects and new, long-term job 
     creation through the establishment of an Infrastructure 
     Financing Authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1536. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     support healthy aging and age-friendly communities; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1537. A bill to ensure America's law enforcement 
     officers have access to lifesaving equipment needed to defend 
     themselves and civilians from attacks by terrorists and 
     violent criminals; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Graham, and 
             Mr. Braun):
       S. 1538. A bill to decrease the deficit by realigning, 
     consolidating, disposing, and improving the efficiency of 
     Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1539. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from 
     terrorist attacks, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Harris, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mrs. Murray, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1540. A bill to protect elections for public office by 
     providing financial support and enhanced security for the 
     infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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