[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 87 (Thursday, May 23, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3104-S3106]
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 Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Portman, 
             and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and modify the section 45 credit for refined coal 
     from steel industry fuel, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. King, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 1628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the employer credit for paid family and medical 
     leave, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 1629. A bill to regulate certain pay-to-win 
     microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in interactive 
     digital entertainment products, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1630. A bill to amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 
     1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public 
     company may make certain political expenditures, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1631. A bill to establish criminal penalties for aliens 
     who fail to depart before the expiration of their visas; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1632. A bill to terminate the Diversity Immigrant Visa 
     Program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
             Barrasso):
       S. 1633. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Young, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Hawley, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Jones, and 
             Mr. Romney):
       S. 1634. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the 
     People's Republic of China in relation to activities in the 
     South China Sea and the East China Sea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1635. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Odessa, 
     Texas, as the ``Wilson and Young Medal of Honor VA Clinic''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
             Cassidy):
       S. 1636. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to the scope of new chemical 
     exclusivity; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mr. Warner, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Brown):
       S. 1637. A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 to reaffirm the authority of the 
     Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and 
     Economics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1638. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     increase the maximum limit on the number of special masters 
     allowed in the United States Court of Federal Claims, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1639. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to revise the treatment of partnership interests received in 
     connection with the performance of services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1640. A bill to require compliant flame mitigation 
     devices to be used on portable fuel containers for flammable 
     liquid fuels, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hoeven, and 
             Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1641. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude from gross income interest received on certain 
     loans secured by agricultural real property; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1642. A bill to increase the recruitment and retention 
     of school-based mental health services providers by low-
     income local educational agencies; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Risch):
       S. 1643. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     grant a Federal charter to the Forest and Refuge County 
     Foundation, to provide for the establishment of the Natural 
     Resources Permanent Fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cotton, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Perdue, Mr. Risch, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 1644. A bill to ensure that State and local law 
     enforcement may cooperate with Federal officials to protect 
     our communities from violent criminals and suspected 
     terrorists who are illegally present in the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Brown, Ms. Harris, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Tester, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mr. Schatz, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Carper, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Booker, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. 
             Sinema):
       S. 1645. A bill to protect a woman's ability to determine 
     whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy, and to 
     protect a health care provider's ability to provide 
     reproductive health care services, including abortion 
     services; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1646. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. 
     Augustine, Florida, as the ``Leo C. Chase Jr. Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Clinic'' ; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1647. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act 
     to extend funding for family-to-family health information 
     centers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 1648. A bill to reinstate and compensate family 
     caregivers who were improperly removed from the family 
     caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs or 
     whose benefits were reduced and to ensure all veteran 
     caregivers receive the support and assistance to which they 
     are eligible in a fair and consistent manner, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Leahy, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1649. A bill to restore protections for Social Security, 
     Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from 
     administrative offset; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1650. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide formula grants to States to improve higher 
     education opportunities for foster youth and homeless youth, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 1651. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include foster care transition youth as members of 
     targeted groups for purposes of the work opportunity credit; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Sasse, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Risch, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Rounds, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1652. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a refundable adoption tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 1653. A bill to amend section 3063 of title 18, United 
     States Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Portman, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1654. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide authority to add additional vaccines to the list 
     of taxable vaccines; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1655. A bill to provide for the carriage of certain 
     television broadcast stations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MANCHIN:
       S. 1656. A bill to modify the transition period between 
     care and services provided under the Veterans Choice Program 
     and care and services provided under the Veterans Community 
     Care Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mr. King):
       S. 1657. A bill to provide assistance to combat the 
     escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-
     borne diseases and disorders; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. 
             Coons):
       S. 1658. A bill to provide for oversight of North Korea 
     policy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 1659. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the participation of pediatric subspecialists in 
     the National Health Service Corps program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Hassan, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1660. A bill to provide greater support for 
     grandfamilies and older caretaker relatives; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1661. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     United States Employee Ownership Bank, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1662. A bill to establish an annual fee applicable to 
     opioid manufacturers; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 1663. A bill to reauthorize funding to the Washington 
     Metropolitan Area Transit Authority contingent on 
     improvements to the governance and operations of the Transit 
     Authority; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Ms. Collins, and 
             Mr. Gardner):
       S. 1664. A bill to require reporting on prescription drug 
     expenditures under group health plans and on prescription 
     drug price changes, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, 
             Mr. Rounds, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             McSally, Mr. Tester, Mr. Risch, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 1665. A bill to modify the procedures for issuing 
     special recreation permits for certain public land units, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Leahy, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1666. A bill to establish an Employee Ownership and 
     Participation Initiative, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Daines, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Ms. Sinema, 
             Mr. Jones, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1667. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to treat certain scholarships as earned income for purposes 
     of the kiddie tax; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 1668. A bill to clarify that participants in the 
     National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program may be 
     assigned to serve in pediatric inpatient mental health 
     facilities; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Braun, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1669. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to define the term natural cheese; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Ms. McSally):
       S. 1670. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish a grant program for multigenerational activities 
     for long-term care facilities; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1671. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     direct resources that promote multigenerational 
     collaboration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Ms. McSally):
       S. 1672. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     authorize the National Resource Center on Women and 
     Retirement Planning, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1673. A bill to extend the authority for the 
     establishment of a commemorative work in honor of Gold Star 
     Families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MANCHIN:
       S. 1674. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     establish a competitive grant program to enable States to 
     purchase, customize, or repair vehicles with hot and cold 
     food storage for delivering meals to older individuals 
     through the Congregate Nutrition Program or the Home-
     Delivered Nutrition Program; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 1675. A bill to impose requirements on the payment of 
     compensation to professional persons employed in voluntary 
     cases commenced under title III of PROMESA; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1676. A bill to improve the understanding of, and 
     promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 1677. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide authority to postpone certain deadlines by reason 
     of State declared disasters or emergencies; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1678. A bill to express United States support for 
     Taiwan's diplomatic alliances around the world; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
             Sullivan):
       S. 1679. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     carry out the Direct Air Capture and Blue Carbon Removal 
     Technology Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 1680. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     enhance recordkeeping with respect to exposure by members of 
     the Armed Forces to certain occupational and environmental 
     hazards while deployed overseas, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 1681. A bill to educate health care providers and the 
     public on biosimilar biological products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       S. 1682. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management to create a classification that more 
     accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       S. 1683. A bill to correct problems pertaining to human 
     resources for career and volunteer personnel engaged in 
     wildland fire and structure fire; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Shelby):
       S. 1684. A bill to prevent prisoners who have been 
     convicted of terrorism related offenses from being eligible 
     for early release, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Coons, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1685. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a program for the research, development, and 
     demonstration of commercially viable technologies for the 
     capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of 
     natural gas-generated power; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1686. A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability 
     and Transparency Act of 2006 to require full disclosure for 
     entities receiving Federal funding; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rubio, 
             and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 1687. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a special rule for certain casualty losses of 
     uncut timber; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1688. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the full disclosure of billing and service 
     information to patients; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1689. A bill to permit States to transfer certain funds 
     from the clean water revolving fund of a State to the 
     drinking water revolving fund of the State in certain 
     circumstances, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1690. A bill to improve United States missile defense, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1691. A bill to provide mandatory funding to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to carry out hazardous fuels 
     reduction projects on National Forest System land, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1692. A bill to provide grants to support continuing 
     education in election administration or cybersecurity for 
     election officials and employees; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1693. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance 
     Program; considered and passed.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1694. A bill to require any Federal agency that issues 
     licenses to conduct activities in outer space to include in 
     the requirements for such licenses an agreement relating to 
     the preservation and protection of the Apollo 11 landing 
     site, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 1695. A bill to amend the Wilderness Act to allow local 
     Federal officials to determine the manner in which 
     nonmotorized uses may be permitted in wilderness areas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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