[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11235-11236]
[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. HEINRICH:
       S. 1723. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to promote safe and reliable 
     interconnection and net billing for community solar 
     facilities; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Boxer, and 
             Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1724. A bill to provide for environmental restoration 
     activities and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe 
     Basin, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 1725. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
     purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; placed on the 
     calendar.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Paul, Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 1726. A bill to create protections for depository 
     institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-
     related businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1727. A bill to rename the National Florence Crittenton 
     Mission; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COATS:
       S. 1728. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide equal access to declaratory judgments for 
     organizations seeking tax-exempt status; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1729. A bill to amend the State report card provisions 
     of section 1111(h) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 to require the disaggregation of the educational 
     outcomes of students with disabilities by disability 
     category; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1730. A bill to enhance civil penalties under the 
     Federal securities laws, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1731. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     waive the minimum period of continuous active duty in the 
     Armed Forces for receipt of certain benefits for homeless 
     veterans, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     furnish such benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or 
     releases from service in the Armed Forces with other than 
     dishonorable conditions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. 
             Moran):
       S. 1732. A bill to authorize elements of the Department of 
     Transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 1733. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     establish a forest incentives program to keep forests intact 
     and sequester carbon on private forest land of the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KIRK:
       S. 1734. A bill to authorize the Secretary of 
     Transportation to waive the state of good repair 
     certification requirement for participants in the pilot 
     program for expedited project delivery; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Boxer, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1735. A bill to modernize the Undetectable Firearms Act 
     of 1988; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Markey, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Schatz, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Reed):
       S. 1736. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an investment tax credit related to the 
     production of electricity from offshore wind; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Warren, Mr. Udall, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Franken, Mr. Reed, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cardin, 
             and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1737. A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to 
     bring jobs back to America; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 1738. A bill to protect individuals by strengthening the 
     Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the 
     understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions 
     and protections for at-risk individuals , and improving and 
     expanding the reporting of mental health records to the 
     National Instant Criminal Background Check System; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1739. A bill to increase the minimum levels of financial 
     responsibility for transporting property, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Reid, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schatz, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Coons, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Tester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Peters, Mr. Donnelly, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. King, and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1740. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married 
     same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1741. A bill to establish tire fuel efficiency minimum 
     performance standards, improve tire registration, help 
     consumers identify recalled tires, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. Tester, Mrs. 
             McCaskill, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1742. A bill to improve the provision of postal services 
     to rural areas of the United States; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 1743. A bill to provide greater transparency, 
     accountability, and safety authority to the National Highway 
     Traffic Safety Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1744. A bill to authorize the sale of certain National 
     Forest System land in the State of Georgia; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 1745. A bill to provide grants to eligible entities to 
     develop and maintain or improve and expand before school, 
     afterschool, and summer school programs for Indian and Alaska 
     Native students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, 
             and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1746. A bill to require the Office of Personnel 
     Management to provide complimentary, comprehensive identity 
     protection coverage to all individuals whose personally 
     identifiable information was compromised during recent data 
     breaches at Federal agencies; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1747. A bill to improve the enforcement of sanctions 
     against the Government of North Korea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 1748. A bill to provide for improved investment in 
     national transportation infrastructure; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S.J. Res. 18. A joint resolution proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.

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