[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 129-131]
[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. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, and Mrs. Fischer, 
             and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 38. A bill to ensure that long-term unemployed 
     individuals are not taken into account for purposes of the 
     employer health care coverage mandate; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Barrasso, 
             and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 39. A bill to provide that Members of Congress may not 
     receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which 
     Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget and passed the regular appropriations bills; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 40. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to promulgate regulations that prohibit certain 
     preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 41. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide for a deduction for travel expenses to medical 
     centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection 
     with examinations or treatments relating to service-connected 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 42. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to address certain inconsistencies between the self-
     attested information provided by an applicant in enrolling in 
     a health plan on an Exchange and being determined eligible 
     for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions or in 
     being determined to be eligible for enrollment in a State 
     Medicaid plan or a State child health plan under the State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program and the data received 
     through the Federal Data Services Hub or from other data 
     sources; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 43. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell 
     research expenditures; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 44. A bill to provide for the expedited processing of 
     unaccompanied alien children illegally entering the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 45. A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born 
     in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the 
     United States at birth; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 46. A bill to reduce the amount of financial assistance 
     provided to the Government of Mexico in response to the 
     illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States, 
     which serve to dissipate the political discontent with the 
     higher unemployment rate within Mexico; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 47. A bill to prohibit the implementation of any program 
     that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status 
     of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United 
     States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies 
     that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented at every 
     land, sea, and air port of entry; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 48. A bill to prohibit discrimination against the unborn 
     on the basis of sex or gender, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 49. A bill to include a question to ascertain United 
     States citizenship and immigration status in each 
     questionnaire used for a decennial census of population, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 50. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in 
     governmental activities; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 51. A bill to amend title X of the Public Health Service 
     Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to 
     any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 52. A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 
     hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks 
     that financed their terrorist activities, to ensure that 
     illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United 
     States immigration laws, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 53. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     clarify eligibility for the child tax credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 54. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to confirm the scope of the authority of the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny 
     or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 55. A bill to extend the seaward boundaries of certain 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 56. A bill to prohibit universal service support of 
     commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 57. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to prevent the illegal trafficking of supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program benefits by requiring all program 
     beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when 
     purchasing items with program benefits; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 58. A bill to ensure orderly conduct of Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission actions; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 59. A bill to reject the final 5-year Outer Continental 
     Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for fiscal years 2012 
     through 2017 of the Administration and replace the plan with 
     a 5-year plan that is more in line with the energy and 
     economic needs of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 60. A bill to prohibit aliens who are not lawfully 
     present in the United States from being eligible for 
     postsecondary education benefits that are not available to 
     all citizens and nationals of the United States; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 61. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     National Forest System land in the State of Louisiana; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 62. A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the Hobbs Act), and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 63. A bill to require all public school employees and 
     those employed in connection with a public school to receive 
     FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 64. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act 
     to require States to implement a drug testing program for 
     applicants for and recipients of assistance under the 
     Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 65. A bill to authorize the Moving to Work Charter 
     program to enable public housing agencies to improve the 
     effectiveness of Federal housing assistance, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 66. A bill to prohibit any regulation regarding carbon 
     dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions reduction in the 
     United States until China, India, and Russia implement 
     similar reductions; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 67. A bill to amend the Securities Investor Protection 
     Act of 1970 to confirm that a customer's net equity claim is 
     based on the customer's last statement and that certain 
     recoveries are prohibited, to change how trustees are 
     appointed, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 68. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present 
     alien an aggravated felony and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 69. A bill to require that the Government give priority 
     to payment of all obligations on the debt held by the public 
     and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the 
     debt limit is reached; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 70. A bill to direct the General Accountability Office 
     to conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and 
     cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane 
     protection; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 71. A bill to preserve open competition and Federal 
     Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal 
     Government contractors on Federal and federally funded 
     construction projects; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 72. A bill to allow for the portability of funds under 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 73. A bill to prohibit the Federal Government from 
     mandating, incentivizing, or coercing States to adopt the 
     Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic 
     standards, instructional content, curricula, assessments, or 
     programs of instruction; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 74. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     provide for dependent care savings accounts; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 75. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     require the Social Security number of the student and the 
     employer identification number of the educational institution 
     for purposes of education tax credits; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 76. A bill to provide tax relief with respect to the 
     Hurricane Isaac disaster area; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 77. A bill to repeal the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 78. A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements 
     with respect to physicians who perform abortions; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 79. A bill to impose a fine with respect to 
     international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to 
     verify legal status in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 80. A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being 
     used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 81. A bill to authorize preferential treatment for 
     certain imports from Nepal, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 82. A bill to suspend sales of petroleum products from 
     the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until certain conditions are 
     met; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Murkowski, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 83. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
     to improve nonretaliation provisions relating to equal pay 
     requirements; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Murphy, 
             Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 84. A bill to provide grants to better understand and 
     reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Rubio, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 85. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     establish a simplified income-driven repayment plan, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 86. A bill to amend title 44 of the United States Code, 
     to provide for the suspension of fines under certain 
     circumstances for first-time paperwork violations by small 
     business concerns; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 87. A bill to require the disclosure of determinations 
     with respect to which congressional staff will be required to 
     obtain health insurance coverage through an Exchange; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 88. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify the 
     definition of accidental release, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 89. A bill to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
     and Consumer Protection Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 90. A bill to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to 
     authorize hunting under certain circumstances; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 91. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels 
     used in mobile mammography vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 92. 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 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 93. A bill to withhold United States contributions to 
     the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts 
     the final report of the ``United Nations Fact Finding Mission 
     on the Gaza Conflict''; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 94. A bill to prohibit the provision of Federal funds to 
     State and local governments for payment of obligations, to 
     prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
     from financially assisting State and local governments, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 95. A bill to terminate the $1 presidential coin 
     program; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 96. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to provide consumers with a free annual 
     disclosure of information the Bureau of Consumer Financial

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     Protection maintains on them, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 97. A bill to clarify that the anti-kickback laws apply 
     to qualified health plans, the federally-facilitated 
     marketplaces, and other plans and programs under title I of 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 98. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United 
     States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 99. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 
     to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling 
     $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 
     10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in 
     benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security 
     Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 100. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for 
     expenses relating to home schooling; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 101. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the Coverdell education savings accounts to allow 
     home school education expenses, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 102. A bill to amend the public charter school 
     provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 103. A bill to appropriate such funds as may be 
     necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, 
     including reserve components thereof, and supporting civilian 
     and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and 
     allowances for active service performed when a funding gap 
     caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year 
     appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in 
     the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment 
     of Government activities and services; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 104. A bill to provide for full and open competition for 
     Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction 
     efforts; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 105. A bill to permit management of the red snapper by 
     Gulf Coast States and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 106. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to permit removal to United States district courts of 
     certain civil actions filed in State courts; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 107. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 
     to repeal certain designation authority of the Financial 
     Stability Oversight Council, to repeal the Payment, Clearing, 
     and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 108. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     improve access for students to Federal grants and loans to 
     help pay for postsecondary, graduate, and professional 
     educational opportunities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 109. A bill to prohibit the consideration of any bill by 
     Congress unless the authority provided by the Constitution of 
     the United States for the legislation can be determined and 
     is clearly specified; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 110. A bill to rescind funds made available to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency if the 
     Administrator fails to meet certain deadlines; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 111. A bill to prohibit a Federal agency from 
     establishing or implementing a policy that discourages or 
     prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination 
     as the location for a conference or event, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 112. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     to require the Secretary of the Interior to publish and make 
     available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the 
     time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is 
     published; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 113. A bill to ensure that Federal Register notices 
     submitted to the Bureau of Land Management are reviewed in a 
     timely manner; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 114. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to provide the public with access to research of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 115. A bill to increase oversight of small business 
     assistance programs provided by the Small Business 
     Administration; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 116. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other 
     communications services; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 117. A bill to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of 
     Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in 
     Israel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 118. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to address certain inconsistencies between the self-
     at-tested information provided by an applicant in enrolling a 
     health plan on an Exchange and being determined eligible for 
     premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions or in being 
     determined to be eligible for enrollment in a State Medicaid 
     plan or a State child health plan under the State Children's 
     Health Insurance Program and the data received through the 
     Federal Data Services Hub or from other data sources; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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