[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
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[Pages 6192-6193]
[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. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Booker, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Sanders, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 2235. A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of 
     persons when released from incarceration; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 2236. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2237. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an elective safe harbor for the expensing by small 
     businesses of the costs of acquiring or producing tangible 
     property; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COATS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Kirk, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Hatch, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. 
             Portman):
       S. 2238. A bill to ensure that the United States Government 
     in no way recognizes Russia's annexation of Crimea; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 2239. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain 
     return information related to identity theft, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Coons, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal)):
       S. 2240. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt 
     advance directives guiding the medical care they receive; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BEGICH:
       S. 2241. A bill to enhance the safety of drug-free 
     playgrounds; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COATS:
       S. 2242. A bill to establish the prudential regulator of 
     community and independent depository institutions as the 
     conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, 
     examination, and reporting; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 2243. A bill to expand eligibility for the program of 
     comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available 
     to participants under such program, to enhance special 
     compensation for members of the uniformed services who 
     require assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Blunt, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2244. A bill to extend the termination date of the 
     Terrorism Insurance Program established under the Terrorism 
     Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 2245. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act to streamline the District's legislative process and 
     conserve taxpayer dollars; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 2246. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule 
     Act to permit the Government of the District of Columbia to 
     determine the fiscal year period, to make local funds of the 
     District of Columbia for a fiscal year available for use by 
     the District upon enactment of the local budget act for the 
     year subject to a period of Congressional review, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2247. A bill to prohibit the awarding of a contract or 
     grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold 
     unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in 
     writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the 
     contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANKEN:
       S. 2248. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     increase the number of children eligible for free school 
     meals, with a phased-in transition period, with an offset; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2249. A bill to amend the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds 
     Use or Distribution Act to extend a certain income tax 
     exemption to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
     Indians; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Begich, 
             Mr. Kirk, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Graham, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Hatch, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Collins, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 2250. A bill to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 2251. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     develop and test an expanded and advanced role for direct 
     care workers who provide long-term services and supports to 
     older individuals in efforts to coordinate care and improve 
     the efficiency of service delivery; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, and Mr. 
             Kirk):
       S. 2252. A bill to reaffirm the importance of community 
     banking and community banking regulatory experience on the 
     Federal Reserve Board of Governors, to ensure that the 
     Federal Reserve Board of Governors has a member who has 
     previous experience in community banking or community banking 
     supervision, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Mr. Kirk, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 2253. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to provide for a temporary shift in the 
     scheduled collection of the transitional reinsurance program 
     payments; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Franken, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2254. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2255. A bill to remove the Kurdistan Democratic Party 
     and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from treatment as 
     terrorist organizations and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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