[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6399-6400]
[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. KIRK (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Schumer, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1287. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     revise and extend the program for viral hepatitis 
     surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent 
     deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1288. A bill to require States to implement a cash 
     withdrawal daily limit for recipients of cash assistance 
     under the temporary assistance for needy families program; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 1289. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     provide for the inclusion of certain contractor personnel in 
     matters on the defense acquisition workforce in the annual 
     strategic workforce plan of the Department of Defense; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 1290. A bill to ensure the ability of covered 
     beneficiaries under the TRICARE program to access care under 
     a health plan under such program in each TRICARE program 
     region, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 1291. A bill to authorize early repayment of obligations 
     to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation 
     District in the State of Nebraska; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mr. King):
       S. 1292. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to treat 
     certain qualified disaster areas as HUBZones and to extend 
     the period for HUBZone treatment for certain base closure 
     areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1293. A bill to establish the Department of Energy as 
     the lead agency for coordinating all requirements under 
     Federal law with respect to eligible clean coal and advanced 
     coal technology generating projects, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1294. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to collaborate in promoting the 
     development of efficient, economical, and environmentally 
     sustainable thermally led wood energy systems; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 1295. A bill to adjust the boundary of the Arapaho 
     National Forest, Colorado, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 1296. A bill to establish the American Infrastructure 
     Bank to offer States the option for more flexibility in 
     financing and funding infrastructure projects; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Rubio, and Mr. Gardner):

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       S. 1297. A bill to update the Commercial Space Launch Act 
     by amending title 51, United States Code, to promote 
     competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space sector, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gardner, 
             and Mr. Alexander):
       S. 1298. A bill to provide nationally consistent measures 
     of performance of the Nation's ports, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Collins, 
             and Mr. Reid):
       S. 1299. A bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
     Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Grassley, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Boxer, 
             and Mr. Corker):
       S. 1300. A bill to amend the section 221 of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act to provide relief for adoptive families 
     from immigrant visa fees in certain situations; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1301. A bill to amend title IV of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 to restore Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely 
     Associated States lawfully residing in the United States 
     under the Compacts of Free Association between the Government 
     of the United States and the Governments of the Federated 
     States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
     and the Republic of Palau; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Coons, and 
             Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1302. A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or 
     daughter; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1303. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the enrollment of veterans in certain courses of 
     education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1304. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a pilot competitive grant program for the 
     development of a skilled energy workforce, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1305. A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project 
     Act to authorize the use of the active capacity of the 
     Fontenelle Reservoir; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp):
       S. 1306. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     use existing funding available to further projects that would 
     improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1307. A bill to amend section 1105 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to require that the annual budget submissions of 
     the Presidents include the total dollar amount requested for 
     intelligence or intelligence related activities of each 
     element of the Government engaged in such activities; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1308. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate 
     transportation of firearms or ammunition; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1309. A bill to provide for the removal of default 
     information from a borrower's credit report with respect to 
     certain rehabilitated education loans; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 1310. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
     from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the 
     Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
     a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in 
     order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas 
     prices are greater than or equal to specified price 
     thresholds, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 1311. A bill to amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
     Management Act of 1982 and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to modify certain penalties to deter oil spills; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. McCain, Mr. Corker, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Risch, Mr. Flake, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 1312. A bill to modernize Federal policies regarding the 
     supply and distribution of energy in the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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