[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2260-2262]
[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, Mr. Portman, Mr. Grassley, 
             Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 470. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt certain educational institutions from the employer 
     health insurance mandate, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 471. A bill to improve the provision of health care for 
     women veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 472. A bill to promote conservation, improve public 
     land, and provide for sensible development in Douglas County, 
     Nevada, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL:
       S. 473. A bill to implement programs and activities to 
     raise children up out of poverty and save the next 
     generation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Mrs. 
             Capito):
       S. 474. A bill to require State educational agencies that 
     receive funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 to have in effect policies and procedures on 
     background checks for school employees; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
             Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Coats, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Portman, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 475. A bill to reform the Federal sugar program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 476. A bill to recruit, support, and prepare principals 
     to improve student academic achievement at eligible schools; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 477. A bill to terminate Operation Choke Point; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
             Portman):
       S. 478. A bill to promote career readiness indicators and 
     career counseling for students; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 479. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on 
     the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear 
     National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Sessions, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schumer, and 
             Ms. Warren):
       S. 480. A bill to amend and reauthorize the controlled 
     substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public 
     Health Service Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 481. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act and 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to drug 
     scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, and with respect to registration of 
     manufacturers and distributors seeking to conduct clinical 
     testing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 482. A bill to increase from $10,000,000,000 to 
     $50,000,000,000 the threshold figure at which regulated 
     depository institutions are subject to direct examination and 
     reporting requirements of the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 483. A bill to improve enforcement efforts related to 
     prescription drug diversion and abuse, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Portman):
       S. 484. A bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the 
     use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research 
     to deny or delay coverage of items or services under Federal 
     health care programs and to ensure that comparative 
     effectiveness research accounts for advancements in 
     personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment 
     response; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 485. A bill to prohibit the use of eminent domain in 
     carrying out certain projects; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 486. A bill to amend the Head Start Act to ensure that 
     all children in Head Start and Early Head Start programs are 
     vaccinated, and allow exemptions only for children with 
     underlying medical conditions, for whom vaccines are 
     therefore medically contraindicated; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 487. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 to allow the rebuilding, without elevation, of certain 
     structures that are located in areas having special flood 
     hazards and are substantially damaged by fire, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 488. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and 
     clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive 
     cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 489. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase 
     the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free 
     by one person on one day; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
             Vitter, and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 490. A bill to achieve domestic energy independence by 
     empowering States to control the development and production 
     of all forms of energy on all available Federal land; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Flake, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 491. A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 492. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 in order to improve environmental 
     literacy to better prepare students for postsecondary 
     education and careers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, 
             and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 493. A bill to reduce a portion of the annual pay of 
     Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent 
     resolution on the budget which does not provide for a 
     balanced budget, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 494. A bill to authorize the exploration, leasing, 
     development, production, and economically feasible and 
     prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal 
     Plain in Alaska; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ISAKSON:
       S. 495. A bill to revoke the charters for the Federal 
     National Mortgage Corporation and the Federal Home Loan 
     Mortgage Corporation upon resolution of their obligations, to 
     create a new Mortgage Finance Agency for the securitization 
     of single family and multifamily mortgages, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 496. A bill to prohibit the use of any Federal funds to 
     finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled 
     ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding 
     of Produce for Human Consumption''; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Coons, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mr. Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 497. A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so 
     that they can address their own health needs and the health 
     needs of their families; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Vitter, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Moran, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mrs. 
             Fischer, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 498. A bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of 
     certain concealed firearms; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Coats, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Lankford, and Mr. Scott):
       S. 499. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and 
     Social Security disability insurance, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Lee, and Mr. Hatch):
       S. 500. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require 
     the Secretary of the Interior to convey to a State all right, 
     title, and interest in and to a percentage of the amount of 
     royalties and other amounts required to be paid to the State 
     under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in 
     the State, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 501. A bill to make technical corrections to the Navajo 
     water rights settlement in the State of New Mexico, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Flake, Mr. Booker, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 502. A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the 
     most serious offenders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. NELSON:
       S. 503. A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic 
     Recovery Act to extend trade preferences for certain articles 
     imported from Haiti and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Franken, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Donnelly):
       S. 504. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 505. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 506. A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from 
     manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for 
     drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Lee, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Scott, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mr. Hatch, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 507. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to 
     permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Flake, and Mr. 
             Barrasso):
       S. 508. A bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide 
     for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide 
     for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 509. A bill to establish the African Burial Ground 
     International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New 
     York, New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mrs. Capito, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Heller, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Corker, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 510. A bill to require Senate confirmation of Inspector 
     General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Merkley, 
             Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 511. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to require that genetically engineered food and 
     foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients to be 
     labeled accordingly; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Heller):
       S. 512. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     safeguard data stored abroad from improper government access, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 513. A bill for the relief of Esther Karinge; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Franken, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 514. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to establish the Promise Neighborhoods 
     program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 515. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide relief during fiscal 
     years 2016 and 2017 from the reductions in the discretionary 
     spending limits imposed by sequestration; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 516. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to permit alternate standards and 
     assessments for students with the most significant cognitive 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Udall, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. McCaskill, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 517. A bill to extend the secure rural schools and 
     community self-determination program, to restore mandatory 
     funding status to the payment in lieu of taxes program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 518. A bill to require States to establish highway 
     stormwater management programs; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Coons, 
             Mr. Carper, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 519. A bill to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
     of 1998 to permanently reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay 
     Gateways and Watertrails Network; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 520. A bill to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
     Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 521. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of President Station in 
     Baltimore, Maryland, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Reid, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Coons, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
             Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 522. A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security 
     Act to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Ayotte, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 523. A bill to coordinate the provision of energy 
     retrofitting assistance to schools; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Portman, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 524. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to award 
     grants to address the national epidemics of prescription 
     opioid abuse and heroin use; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORKER (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 525. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to reform the Food for Peace 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 526. A bill to sunset the 2001 Authorization for Use of 
     Military Force after three years; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Shelby, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Corker, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Cotton, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Coats, Mr. Perdue,

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             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Reid, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Thune, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reed, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Cardin, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 527. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     Foot Soldiers who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround 
     Tuesday, or in the final Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights 
     March in March of 1965, which served as a catalyst for the 
     Voting Rights Act of 1965; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 528. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the requirements 
     regarding alternate standards and assessments for students 
     with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 529. A bill to improve the services available to runaway 
     and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking, to improve 
     the response to victims of child sex trafficking, to direct 
     the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking 
     to identify strategies to prevent children from becoming 
     victims of trafficking and review trafficking prevention 
     efforts, to protect and assist in the recovery of victims of 
     trafficking, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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