[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5177-5178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME EN BLOC--H.R. 636, H.R. 644, H.R. 1295, 
                         H.R. 1314, AND S. 984

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I understand there are five bills at 
the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the 
first time en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 636) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, 
     and for other purposes.
       A bill (H.R. 644) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable 
     deduction for contributions of food inventory.
       A bill (H.R. 1295) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to improve the process for making determinations with 
     respect to whether organizations are exempt from taxation 
     under section 501(c)(4) of such Code.
       A bill (H.R. 1314) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal 
     relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of 
     certain organizations.
       A bill (S. 984) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking 
     accessories for speech generating devices and to remove the 
     rental cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare 
     Program with respect to speech generating devices.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and I 
object to my own request, all en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The measures will receive their second reading on the next 
legislative day.

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