[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 19429-19430]
[From the U.S. 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. REID:
       S. 1859. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other 
     purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 1860. A bill to reform the medical liability system, 
     improve access to health care for rural and indigent 
     patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 1861. A bill to save taxpayer money and end bailouts of 
     financial institutions by providing for a process to allow 
     financial institutions to go bankrupt; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1862. A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, 
     collectively, to the Monuments Men, in recognition of their 
     heroic role in the preservation, protection, and restitution 
     of monuments, works of art, and artifacts of cultural 
     importance during and following World War II; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 1863. A bill to establish in the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs a continuing medical education program for licensed 
     medical professionals to increase knowledge and recognition 
     of medical conditions common to veterans and family members 
     of veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1864. A bill to require a demonstration program on the 
     accession as Air Force officers of candidates with auditory 
     impairments; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Baucus, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 1865. A bill to amend the prices set for Federal 
     Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make 
     limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1866. A bill to provide for an extension of the 
     legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to 
     establish a commemorative work in honor of former President 
     John Adams and his legacy; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1867. A bill to provide protection for consumers who 
     have prepaid cards, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Schatz, 
             and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1868. A bill to provide for the conversion of temporary 
     judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to 
     permanent judgeships; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
             Wicker):
       S. 1869. A bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan 
     Budget Act of 2013, relating to an annual adjustment of 
     retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 
     62, and to provide an offset; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 1870. An original bill to reauthorize and restructure 
     adoption incentive payments, to better enable State child 
     welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and 
     serve the needs of children who are victims of sex 
     trafficking, to increase the reliability of child support for 
     children, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Finance; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. BAUCUS:
       S. 1871. An original bill to amend title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth 
     rate formula and to improve beneficiary access under the 
     Medicare program, and for other purposes; from the Committee 
     on Finance; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. PRYOR:
       S. 1872. A bill to provide that the annual adjustment of 
     retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 
     62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 shall not apply to 
     members retired for disability and to retired pay used to 
     compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Warren):

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       S. 1873. A bill to provide for institutional risk-sharing 
     in the Federal student loan programs; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1874. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to strengthen Federal-State partnerships in postsecondary 
     education; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1875. A bill to provide for wildfire suppression 
     operations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Budget.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1876. A bill to reauthorize and restructure adoption 
     incentive payments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Rockefeller):
       S. 1877. A bill to increase the reliability of child 
     support for children, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Rockefeller, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 1878. A bill to better enable State child welfare 
     agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the 
     needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 1879. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual 
     health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide 
     for coverage of oral anticancer drugs on terms no less 
     favorable than the coverage provided for anticancer 
     medications administered by a health care provider; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
             Isakson, and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 1880. A bill to provide that the annual adjustment of 
     retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 
     62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 shall not apply to 
     members retired for disability and to retired pay used to 
     compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Graham, Mr. Cardin, Mr. McCain, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Begich, Mr. Corker, Mr. Pryor, Ms. 
             Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Roberts, Mr. Warner, Mr. Johanns, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 1881. A bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to 
     Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.

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