[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12351-12352]
[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. HOEVEN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Heitkamp, 
             Mr. Grassley, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Thune, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1844. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to provide for voluntary country of origin labeling for 
     beef, pork, and chicken; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. HATCH:
       S. 1845. A bill to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and 
     Burros Act to provide for State and tribal management and 
     protection of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1846. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to secure critical infrastructure against electromagnetic 
     threats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 1847. A bill to enhance the accuracy of credit reporting 
     and provide greater rights to consumers who dispute errors in 
     their credit reports, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1848. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to improve 
     the functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors of 
     the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market 
     Committee, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 1849. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and 
     eligible professionals to freely contract, without penalty, 
     for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, while 
     allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare 
     benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Paul):
       S. 1850. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to eliminate the use of 
     valid court orders to secure lockup of status offenders, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1851. A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require States to 
     eliminate the use of restraints on pregnant juveniles in 
     State correction facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 1852. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure health insurance coverage continuity for former 
     foster youth; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 1853. A bill to limit the availability of funding for 
     contributions to the United Nations if the arms embargo on 
     Iran pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
     1747 and 1929 is lifted; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1854. A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to 
     improve the United States

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     Postal Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Menendez, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1855. A bill to provide special foreign military sales 
     status to the Philippines; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1856. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for suspension and removal of employees of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct 
     that is a threat to public health or safety and to improve 
     accountability of employees of the Department, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr. 
             Scott):
       S. 1857. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide 
     for expanded participation in the microloan program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall, 
             Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 1858. A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of 
     sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL:
       S. 1859. A bill to assure equity in contracting between the 
     Federal Government and small business concerns, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 1860. A bill to protect and promote international 
     religious freedom; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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