[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12836]
[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:
       S. 1863. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his pioneering work on 
     behalf of people with disabilities, including disabled 
     veterans; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 1864. A bill to improve national security by developing 
     metrics to measure the effectiveness of security between 
     ports of entry, at points of entry, and along the maritime 
     border; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Capito, 
             and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1865. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to eating disorders, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VITTER (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1866. A bill to establish the veterans' business 
     outreach center program, to improve the programs for veterans 
     of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. 
             Kirk):
       S. 1867. A bill to protect children from exploitation by 
     providing advance notice of intended travel by registered sex 
     offenders outside the United States to the government of the 
     country of destination, requesting foreign governments to 
     notify the United States when a known sex offender is seeking 
     to enter the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CARPER:
       S. 1868. A bill to extend by 15 years the authority of the 
     Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial 
     report program; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1869. A bill to improve Federal network security and 
     authorize and enhance an existing intrusion detection and 
     prevention system for civilian Federal networks; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1870. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
     carry out a pilot program on issuing grants to eligible 
     veterans to start or acquire qualifying businesses, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. KIRK (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1871. A bill to establish a smart card pilot program 
     under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Franken, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Schatz, and 
             Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1872. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from 
     the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification 
     of applications for the estimation and determination of 
     financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold 
     to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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