[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6724-6725]
[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. KING:
       S. 1338. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide 
     licensing procedures for certain types of projects; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1339. A bill to permanently authorize the special 
     immigrant nonminister religious worker program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 1340. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to improve 
     coal leasing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1341. A bill to amend section 444 of the General 
     Education Provisions Act in order to improve the privacy 
     protections available to students and their parents, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1342. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     conduct a study and issue a report that quantifies the energy 
     savings benefits of operational efficiency programs and 
     services for commercial, institutional, industrial, and 
     governmental entities; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 1343. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain a 
     project to improve hurricane forecasting, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       S. 1344. A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations 
     such as Habitat for Humanity can accept donated mortgage 
     appraisals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Franken, and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 1345. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by 
     authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes 
     self-management training services, including as part of 
     telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 1346. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish an e-prize competition pilot program to provide up 
     to 4 financial awards to eligible entities that develop and 
     verifiably demonstrate technology that reduces the cost of 
     electricity or space heat in a high-cost region; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1347. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in 
     ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR 
     use, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Warner):
       S. 1348. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to high 
     priority corridors on the National Highway System, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 1349. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require hospitals to provide certain notifications to 
     individuals classified by such hospitals under observation 
     status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1350. A bill to provide a short-term extension of 
     Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 
     transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 
     Fund, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 1351. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to 
     commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions 
     on interstate firearms transactions; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Donnelly, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1352. A bill to increase Federal Pell Grants for the 
     children of fallen public safety officers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cornyn, and 
             Mr. Tester):
       S. 1353. A bill to ensure appropriate judicial review of 
     Federal Government actions by amending the prohibition on the 
     exercise of jurisdiction by the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims of certain claims pending in other courts; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Carper):
       S. 1354. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for recognition of attending physician 
     assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1355. A bill to provide for higher education reform; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1356. A bill to clarify that certain provisions of the 
     Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 will not take 
     effect until after the Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management promulgates and makes effective regulations 
     relating to such provisions; considered and passed.

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           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 1357. A bill to extend authority relating to roving 
     surveillance, access to business records, and individual 
     terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 until July 31, 2015, 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1358. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in 
     national cemeteries individuals who supported the United 
     States in Laos during the Vietnam War era; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 1359. A bill to allow manufacturers to meet warranty and 
     labeling requirements for consumer products by displaying the 
     terms of warranties on Internet websites, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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