[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 131 (Thursday, August 1, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5311]
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              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. TESTER:
       S. 2412. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide coverage of addiction counselor services under 
     part B of the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Jones, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 2413. A bill to exclude the imposition of duties and 
     import quotas from the authorities provided to the President 
     under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2414. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. King):
       S. 2415. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     establish a grant program for training wind technicians, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
             Perdue, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 2416. A bill to provide States with the option of 
     applying for and receiving temporary waivers for the States 
     to experiment with new approaches that integrate Federal 
     programs in order to provide more coordinated and holistic 
     solutions to families in need, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. 
             Cassidy):
       S. 2417. A bill to provide for payment of proceeds from 
     savings bonds to a State with title to such bonds pursuant to 
     the judgment of a court; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 2418. A bill to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
     Act of 2006 to modify a definition and the disposition and 
     authorized uses of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues 
     under that Act and to exempt State and county payments under 
     that Act from sequestration, to provide for the distribution 
     of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of 
     Alaska, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2419. A bill to provide for the conveyance of a small 
     parcel of Coconino National Forest land in the State of 
     Arizona; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 2420. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to require a DNA test to determine the familial 
     relationship between an alien and an accompanying minor, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 2421. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to improve accountability 
     of disaster contracts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 2422. A bill to advance the integration of clean 
     distributed energy into electric grids, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2423. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business 
     holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock 
     purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain 
     employee stock ownership retirement plans; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 2424. A bill to reauthorize the Young Women's Breast 
     Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 
     2009; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2425. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to establish the CHP Technical Assistance Partnership 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2426. A bill to establish a new timeline for certain 
     State implementation plan and attainment requirements for the 
     Fairbanks North Star Borough of the State of Alaska, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2427. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue 
     quarter dollars in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2428. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for certain reforms with respect to Medicare 
     supplemental health insurance policies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2429. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation 
     Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral Reef 
     Task Force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Perdue, and Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2430. A bill to provide an exemption from certain 
     requirements for federally funded projects and activities in 
     areas not in metropolitan statistical areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 2431. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to promulgate regulations requiring voice service 
     providers to provide consumers opt-out call-blocking programs 
     by default and free of charge; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MANCHIN:
       S. 2432. A bill to require Amtrak to place at least 1 
     station agent in every State in which Amtrak operates; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 2433. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of 
     ownership in the broadcasting industry, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 2434. A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice 
     Commission; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 2435. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide that any estimate prepared by the 
     Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public 
     debt, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 2436. A bill to establish in the States of North 
     Carolina and South Carolina the Southern Campaign of the 
     Revolution National Heritage Corridor, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG:
       S. 2437. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish a refundable tax credit for parents who take 
     leave from employment following the birth or adoption of a 
     child; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 2438. A bill to prevent, treat, and cure tuberculosis 
     globally; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
             Sinema, Mr. Braun, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 2439. A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to 
     provide that the licensing of a mark for use by a related 
     company may not be construed as establishing an employment 
     relationship between the owner of the mark, or an authorizing 
     person, and either that related company or the employees of 
     that related company, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SASSE:
       S. 2440. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand permissible distributions from an employee's health 
     flexible spending account or health reimbursement arrangement 
     to their health savings account; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SASSE:
       S. 2441. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals who are not enrolled in a high 
     deductible health plan to have access to health savings 
     accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2442. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require 
     the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement 
     Ombudsman to create a centralized website for compliance 
     guides, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.

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