[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2888]
[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. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Moran):
       S. 607. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a five-year extension of the rural 
     community hospital demonstration program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Menendez, 
             and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 608. A bill to prevent homeowners from being forced to 
     pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 609. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and increase the exclusion for benefits provided to 
     volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Mikulski):
       S. 610. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of P.S. 103 in West 
     Baltimore, Maryland and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Boozman, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. Franken, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Tester, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
             Inhofe):
       S. 611. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     reauthorize technical assistance to small public water 
     systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 612. A bill to designate the Federal building and United 
     States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, 
     Texas, as the ``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United 
     States Courthouse''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 613. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 614. A bill to provide access to and use of information 
     by Federal agencies in order to reduce improper payments, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Kaine, Mr. McCain, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Rubio, Ms. 
             Heitkamp, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Risch, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 615. A bill to provide for congressional review and 
     oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 616. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer 
     emergency service workers; to the Committee on Finance.

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