[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13428]
[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. KING:
       S. 1899. A bill to permit aliens seeking asylum to be 
     eligible for employment in the United States and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KAINE:
       S. 1900. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to allow the Secretary of Education to award job training 
     Federal Pell Grants; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S. 1901. A bill to help small businesses access capital and 
     create jobs by reauthorizing the successful State Small 
     Business Credit Initiative; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 1902. A bill to provide for the treatment and extension 
     of temporary financing of short-time compensation programs; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1903. A bill to provide for a study by the National 
     Academy of Medicine on health disparities, to direct the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop guidelines 
     on reducing health disparities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 1904. A bill to protect our Social Security system and 
     improve benefits for current and future generations; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1905. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in 
     gains for S corporations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1906. A bill to clarify the exclusion of orphan drug 
     sales from the calculation of the annual fee on branded 
     prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Nelson, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Franken, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Peters, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1907. A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by 
     closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1908. A bill to amend the Higher Education Opportunity 
     Act to restrict institutions of higher education from using 
     revenues derived from Federal educational assistance funds 
     for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1909. A bill to protect communities from destructive 
     Federal overreach by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN:
       S. 1910. An original bill making appropriations for 
     financial services and general government for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1911. A bill to implement policies to end preventable 
     maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Franken, Ms. Heitkamp, 
             and Mr. Udall):
       S. 1912. A bill to protect the rights of Indian and Native 
     Alaskan voters; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Portman, and 
             Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1913. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish programs to prevent prescription drug abuse 
     under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1914. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act with respect to the guidelines for specification 
     of certain disposal sites for dredged or fill material; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Sessions, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S.J. Res. 21. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing the 
     Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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