[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1620]
[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. BLUNT (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Portman, 
             Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 340. A bill to make certain luggage and travel articles 
     eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System 
     of Preferences, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Roberts, 
             and Mr. Carper):
       S. 341. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent certain small business tax provisions, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 342. A bill to promote the use of blended learning in 
     classrooms across America; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 343. A bill to ensure that individuals do not 
     simultaneously receive unemployment compensation and 
     disability insurance benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 344. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to equalize the excise tax on liquified petroleum gas and 
     liquified natural gas; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 345. A bill to limit the level of premium subsidy 
     provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to 
     agricultural producers; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 346. A bill to withdraw certain land located in Curry 
     County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, 
     appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, 
     location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
     operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
     laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Perdue, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 347. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide that the individual health insurance mandate not 
     apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced 
     without exceptions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 348. A bill to impose enhanced penalties for conduct 
     relating to unlawful production of a controlled substance on 
     Federal property or while intentionally trespassing on the 
     property of another that causes environmental damage; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 349. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to empower individuals with disabilities to establish 
     their own supplemental needs trusts; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Grassley, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 350. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment 
     Fund; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HELLER:
       S. 351. A bill to prevent homeowners from being forced to 
     pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Capito, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Moran, Mr. Portman, Mr. Roberts, 
             and Mr. Risch):
       S. 352. A bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious 
     exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 353. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prevent unjust and irrational criminal punishments; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 354. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in 
     Providence, Rhode Island, as the ``Sister Ann Keefe Post 
     Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 355. A bill to support the provision of safe 
     relationship behavior education and training; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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