[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6566-S6567]
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 Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 2841. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the limitations for deductible new business 
     expenditures and to consolidate provisions for start-up and 
     organizational expenditures; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2842. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to expand and 
     expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and 
     pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Ms. Sinema, 
             Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Tester, Mr. Warner, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Peters, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Jones):
       S. 2843. A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women 
     Act of 1994 , and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. HARRIS):
       S. 2844. A bill to provide that certain executives of 
     publicly traded utility companies may not receive bonuses or 
     severance payments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Lee, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 2845. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993, to repeal certain limits on leave for married 
     individuals employed by the same employer; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2846. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the continuing requirement of Medicaid 
     coverage of nonemergency transportation to medically 
     necessary items and services, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2847. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in 
     Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ``Specialist Matthew R. 
     Turcotte Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2848. A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal 
     Funds to live stream border wall construction activities; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Ms. 
             Warren)):

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       S. 2849. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a corporate tax rate increase on companies whose 
     ratio of compensation of the CEO or other highest paid 
     employee to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. King, and Ms. 
             Warren):
       S. 2850. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the 
     most serious offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUNT:
       S. 2851. A bill to amend section 442 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, 
     unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and 
     retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for 
     the Government Publishing Office; considered and passed.
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       S. 2852. A bill to amend section 3903 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to establish accelerated payments applicable to 
     contracts with certain small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       S. 2853. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide 
     interim partial payment to small business contractors that 
     request an equitable adjustment due to a change in the terms 
     of a construction contract, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 2854. A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982 to provide for the expansion of emergency planning zones 
     and the development of plans for dry cask storage of spent 
     nuclear fuel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S.J. Res. 60. A joint resolution to amend the War Powers 
     Resolution to improve requirements and limitations in 
     connection with authorizations for use of military force and 
     narrowings and repeals of such authorizations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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