[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 490-491]
[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. HATCH (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Toomey, 
             Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Burr, Mr. Franken, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Coats, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Alexander, Ms. 
             Ayotte, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Isakson, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Scott, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 149. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the excise tax on medical devices; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Manchin, Mr. McCain, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Perdue, Mr. Portman, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Johnson, and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 150. A bill to provide for a biennial budget process and 
     a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight 
     and the performance of the Federal Government; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 151. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming 
     certain service in the Philippines during World War II are 
     eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
     Missouri List, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Flake):
       S. 152. A bill to prohibit gaming activities on certain 
     Indian land in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming 
     compacts; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Rubio, 
             Mr. Coons, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 153. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to 
     live and work in the United States, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 154. A bill to amend the Act of July 31, 1947, to 
     provide for the termination of certain mineral materials 
     contracts; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Perdue, and Mr. 
             Isakson):
       S. 155. A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic 
     opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, 
     abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a 
     national sales tax to be administered primarily by the 
     States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Heller):
       S. 156. A bill to protect consumers by prohibiting the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 
     promulgating as final certain energy-related rules that are 
     estimated to cost more than $1,000,000,000 and will cause 
     significant adverse effects to the economy; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 157. A bill to repeal the medical device tax and the 
     employer and individual responsibility requirements of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 158. A bill to authorize health insurance issuers to 
     continue to offer for sale current group health insurance 
     coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health 
     insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Flake, and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 159. A bill to improve the operation of the Department 
     of Homeland Security's Unmanned Aircraft System Program; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 160. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain 
     Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of each 
     Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Franken, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Reid, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 161. A bill to ensure high-income earners pay a fair 
     share of Federal taxes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mrs. 
             Boxer):
       S. 162. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign 
     corporations attributable to imported property; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 163. A bill to establish a grant program to help State 
     and local law enforcement agencies reduce the risk of injury 
     and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some 
     children with autism and other disabilities; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 164. A bill to increase the rates of pay under the 
     General Schedule and other statutory pay systems and for 
     prevailing rate employees by 3.8 percent, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             McCain, and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 165. A bill to extend and enhance prohibitions and 
     limitations with respect to the transfer or release of 
     individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
             Heitkamp, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Warner, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Franken, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Coats, Ms. Hirono, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 166. A bill to stop exploitation through trafficking; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. Manchin, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Flake, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Donnelly, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 167. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to provide for the conduct of annual evaluations of mental 
     health care and suicide prevention programs of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, to require a pilot program on loan 
     repayment for psychiatrists who agree to serve in the 
     Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Coats, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Tillis, and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 168. A bill to codify and modify regulatory requirements 
     of Federal agencies; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEAHY:
       S. 169. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow any deduction for punitive damages, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Heller):
       S. 170. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical 
     care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 171. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled 
     veterans for travel in connection with

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     certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 172. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization 
     of veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 173. A bill to modify the definition of ``antique 
     firearm''; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 174. A bill to end offshore tax abuses, to preserve our 
     national defense and protect American families and businesses 
     from devastating cuts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 175. A bill to provide for certain land to be taken into 
     trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER:
       S. 176. A bill to advance integrated water management and 
     development through innovation, resiliency, conservation, and 
     efficiency in the 21st century, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. NELSON:
       S. 177. A bill to protect consumers by requiring reasonable 
     security policies and procedures to protect data containing 
     personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in 
     the event of a breach of security; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mr. Kirk, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. Coats, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Casey, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 178. A bill to provide justice for the victims of 
     trafficking; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 179. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 14 3rd Avenue, NW, in 
     Chisholm, Minnesota, as the ``James L. Oberstar Memorial Post 
     Office Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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