[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3004-S3005]
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. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 1553. A bill to repeal the debt ceiling; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Collins, and 
             Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1554. A bill to provide for an automatic acquisition of 
     United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted 
     individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 1555. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve the Transition Assistance Program for members of the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Bennet, 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, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1556. A bill to provide that the rule entitled ``Short-
     Term, Limited Duration Insurance'' shall have no force or 
     effect; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1557. A bill to establish a grant program to incentivize 
     States to reduce prison populations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Schatz):
       S. 1558. A bill to establish a coordinated Federal 
     initiative to accelerate research and development on 
     artificial intelligence for the economic and national 
     security of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1559. A bill to provide standards relating to airline 
     travel by Federal employees for official business; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1560. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a credit against tax for improving the safety 
     of fuel systems in emergency medical rotorcraft; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Hawley, and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 1561. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to provide to the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security certain information with respect to unaccompanied 
     alien children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 1562. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign 
     election influence and require implementation of compliance 
     and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and 
     report such acts; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Rubio, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1563. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
     Registry's review and publication of illness and conditions 
     relating to veterans stationed at Camp Lejeune, North 
     Carolina, and their family members, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mr. Perdue, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1564. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission and certain Federal agencies to carry out a study 
     relating to accounting standards, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1565. A bill to establish a Corps of Engineers Flood 
     Control Civilian Advisory Council, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Tillis, and 
             Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 1566. A bill to require information and opportunities 
     for registration for voting and absentee ballot requests for 
     members of the Armed Forces who are undergoing deployment 
     overseas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1567. A bill to support endemic fungal disease research, 
     incentivize fungal vaccine development, discover new 
     antifungal therapies and diagnostics, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 1568. A bill to improve transparency regarding the 
     activities of the American Red Cross, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1569. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to allow certain expenditures for cybersecurity-
     related services or assistance; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. RISCH:
       S. 1570. A bill to provide flexibility to allow greater 
     aquifer recharge, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. 
             Grassley):
       S. 1571. A bill to remove fish and wildlife as an 
     authorized purpose of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir 
     System and to make flood control the highest priority of 
     authorized purposes of the System, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1572. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs 
     during student participation in programs of study abroad, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1573. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1574. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1575. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to make 
     available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention copies of consular reports of death of United 
     States citizens, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Harris, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1576. A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and 
     substance use disorder benefits; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1577. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prohibit certain contracts between health insurance plans or 
     issuers and health care providers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 1578. A bill to protect the privacy of internet users 
     through the establishment of a national Do Not Track system, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Braun, and Mr. 
             Toomey):
       S. 1579. A bill to require Congress to budget in advance 
     for disasters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1580. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve consultation by the Military Aviation and 
     Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse with 
     installations affected by windfarm projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1581. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     institute a 1-year waiting period before medical debt will be 
     reported on a consumer's credit report and to remove paid-off 
     and settled medical debts from credit reports that have been 
     fully paid or settled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection 
     Practices Act to provide a timetable for verification of 
     medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets 
     with more perfect information, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 1582. A bill to establish the White Sands National Park 
     in the State of New Mexico as a unit of the National Park 
     System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Young, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Kaine, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1583. A bill to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning 
     Prevention Act to provide for additional procedures for 
     families with children under the age of 6, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Harris, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1584. A bill to hold pharmaceutical companies 
     accountable for dubious marketing and distribution of opioid 
     products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the 
     opioid epidemic in the United States; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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