[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5663]
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. CARDIN:
       S. 2531. A bill to require the Attorney General to make 
     competitive grants to State, tribal, and local governments to 
     establish and maintain witness protection and assistance 
     programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 2532. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to 
     promulgate regulations requiring manufacturers to give notice 
     to consumers as to whether internet-connected devices contain 
     cameras or microphones; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2533. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native 
     elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2534. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to Alaska Native 
     elders for determining eligibility for certain programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 2535. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     conduct an assessment and analysis relating to the decline in 
     the business formation rate in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2536. A bill to establish standards for the design of 
     electronic nicotine delivery systems; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2537. A bill to ensure that recent actions involving 
     Ukraine are not withheld from Congress and the people of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 2538. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to repeal the requirement for unique health identifiers; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Graham, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2539. A bill to modify and reauthorize the Tibetan 
     Policy Act of 2002, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2540. A bill to reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center 
     Program in order to prevent fraud and promote and reform 
     foreign capital investment and job creation in American 
     communities; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Sullivan, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Rosen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tester, 
             Ms. Warren, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 2541. A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health 
     Service by providing 2-fiscal-year budget authority, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
       S. 2542. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure 
     resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and 
     to permit renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas 
     property, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S.J. Res. 55. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Acting Secretary of 
     Homeland Security relating to ``Immigrant Investor Program 
     Modernization''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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