[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10423-10424]
[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. PERDUE:
       S. 1655. A bill to amend the United States Cotton Futures 
     Act to exclude certain cotton futures contracts from coverage 
     under that Act; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Gardner, 
             and Mr. King):
       S. 1656. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure 
     to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1657. A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act 
     of 1978; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Kirk, 
             and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1658. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to protect employees in the building and construction 
     industry who are participants in multiemployer plans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Reid, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1659. A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to 
     revise the criteria for determining which States and 
     political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Blunt, 
             and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 1660. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1661. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to 
     licensed independent insurance producers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1662. A bill to include Livingston County, the city of 
     Jonesboro in Union County, and the city of Freeport in 
     Stephenson County, Illinois, to the Lincoln National Heritage 
     Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 1663. A bill to better protect, serve, and advance the 
     rights of victims of elder abuse and financial exploitation 
     by encouraging States and other qualified entities to hold 
     offenders accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice 
     system to investigate, pursue, and prosecute elder abuse 
     cases, identify existing resources to leverage to the extent 
     possible, and assure data collection, research, and 
     evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the 
     activities described in this Act; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. McCaskill, 
             Mr. Franken, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Boxer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Peters, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1664. A bill to count revenues from military and veteran 
     education programs toward the limit on Federal revenues that 
     certain proprietary institutions of higher education are 
     allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Heller, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 1665. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to authorize local educational agencies 
     and schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and 
     prevention programs or activities; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Brown, 
             and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1666. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the limitation on the election to accelerate the 
     AMT credit in lieu of bonus depreciation for 2015 and 2016, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1667. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify the special rules for accident and health plans of 
     certain governmental entities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Lee, 
             Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coats, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1668. A bill to restore long-standing United States 
     policy that the Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet 
     gambling, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 1669. A bill to reform the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1670. A bill to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 
     1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for 
     domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment 
     of victims of torture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 1671. A bill to reauthorize the National Forest 
     Foundation Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. FISCHER:
       S. 1672. A bill to authorize States to enter into 
     interstate compacts regarding Class A commercial driver's 
     licenses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1673. A bill to improve passenger vessel security and 
     safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1674. A bill to amend and reauthorize certain provisions 
     relating to Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Murphy, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1675. A bill to amend certain appropriations Acts to 
     repeal the requirement directing the Administrator of General 
     Services to sell Federal property and assets that support the 
     operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum 
     Island, New York, to provide for a report on the potential 
     transfer of Plum Island, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 1676. A bill to increase the number of graduate medical 
     education positions treating veterans, to improve the 
     compensation of health care providers, medical directors, and 
     directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs,

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     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.

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