[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5745]
[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. COONS (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1126. A bill to modify and extend the National Guard 
     State Partnership Program; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1127. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the denial of deduction for certain excessive 
     employee remuneration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1128. A bill to establish an Early Federal Pell Grant 
     Commitment Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, 
             and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1129. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform and enforce taxation of tobacco products; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1130. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve procedures for legal justice for members of the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Schumer, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Coons, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 1131. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes among Medicare 
     beneficiaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1132. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for patient protection by establishing safe 
     nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Udall, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1133. A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code 
     with respect to arbitration; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 1134. A bill to address prescription opioid abuse and 
     heroin use; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 1135. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for fairness in hospital payments under the 
     Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1136. A bill relating to the modernization of C-130 
     aircraft to meet applicable regulations of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lee, Mr. Hatch, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1137. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and 
     the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and 
     technical corrections, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1138. A bill to reclassify certain low-level felonies as 
     misdemeanors, to eliminate the increased penalties for 
     cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, 
     to reinvest in our communities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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