[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6755-S6756]
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. PAUL:
       S. 2923. A bill to modify the criteria used by the Corps of 
     Engineers to dredge small ports; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 2924. A bill to establish the Bandelier National Park 
     and Preserve in the State of New Mexico; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2925. A bill to provide consumer protections for 
     students; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 2926. A bill to include Portugal in the list of foreign 
     states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the 
     United States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United States 
     nationals are treated similarly by the Government of 
     Portugal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2927. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide that the authority of the Director of the National 
     Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make 
     certain research endowments applies with respect to both 
     current and former centers of excellence, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Rosen, 
             and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2928. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to reauthorize the University Sustainability Program; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Harris, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2929. A bill to protect victims of crime or serious 
     labor violations from removal during Department of Homeland 
     Security enforcement actions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Cotton, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2930. A bill to exempt from the Lacey Act and the Lacey 
     Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers between any of 
     the States of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Lee, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Portman, Mr. Coons, Ms. Ernst, and 
             Mr. Crapo):
       S. 2931. A bill to establish a process for obtaining a 
     Federal certificate of rehabilitation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       S. 2932. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     require broadcasters to obtain permission to transmit content 
     owned by another person, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2933. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     require a review of current exemptions granted to foreign 
     entities in response to an attempt by a foreign authority to 
     exercise direct supervisory authority over a domestic 
     derivatives clearing organization; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Murphy, and 
             Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2934. A bill to clarify United States policy toward 
     Libya, advance a diplomatic solution to the conflict in 
     Libya, and support the people of Libya; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2935. A bill to prohibit the appointment of former 
     fossil fuel executive officers and fossil fuel lobbyists as 
     the heads of certain departments, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reed, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, and 
             Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2936. A bill to provide for the admission and protection 
     of refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable 
     individuals, to provide for the processing of refugees and 
     asylum seekers in the Western Hemisphere, and to modify 
     certain special immigrant visa programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Ms. 
             Harris):
       S. 2937. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to require employers to allow employees to take meal, 
     medical, and restroom breaks, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 2938. A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and 
     Retraining Notification Act to support workers who are 
     subject to an employment loss, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 2939. A bill to provide an 8-year extension of certain 
     authorities for foreign intelligence and international 
     terrorism investigations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2940. A bill to amend the National Aviation Heritage 
     Area Act to reauthorize the National Aviation Heritage Area; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Wyden, 
             Ms. Collins, and Mr. Young):
       S. 2941. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish a consumer 
     recycling education and outreach grant program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 2942. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that certain contributions by government entities 
     are treated as contributions to capital; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 2943. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements 
     for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and 
     for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Sinema, 
             Ms. Warren, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2944. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     include digital breast tomosynthesis as a primary and 
     preventative health care service under the military health 
     system and the TRICARE program; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2945. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in 
     Dana, Indiana, as the Ernest ``Ernie'' T. Pyle Post Office; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 2946. A bill to provide direct appropriations for 
     certain housing programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 2947. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to finalize a rule to protect consumers from the risks of 
     carbon monoxide poisoning from keyless ignition motor 
     vehicles, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Fischer, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2948. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to carry out a pilot program for work therapy using service 
     dog training; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Tillis, 
             Ms. McSally,

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             Mr. Brown, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2949. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to make grants to eligible organizations to provide service 
     dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2950. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     concede exposure to airborne hazards and toxins from burn 
     pits under certain circumstances, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Ms. Duckworth)):
       S. 2951. A bill to facilitate the development of affordable 
     housing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 2952. A bill to reauthorize certain National Heritage 
     Areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 2953. A bill to provide congressional oversight of 
     United States talks with Taliban officials and Afghanistan's 
     comprehensive peace process; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2954. A bill to establish a pilot toll credit 
     marketplace program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2955. A bill to authorize the imposition of sanctions 
     with respect to significant actions that exacerbate climate 
     change, to reinforce comprehensive efforts to limit global 
     average temperature rise, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 2956. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a 
     public auction of the C-band, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Udall):
       S. 2957. A bill to prohibit the circumvention of control 
     measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable 
     consumer access to products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 2958. A bill to provide the Food and Drug Administration 
     with authority to conduct microbial sampling on concentrated 
     animal feeding operations as necessary to facilitate a 
     foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the root 
     cause of an outbreak of foodborne illness, or address other 
     public health needs; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.

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