[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12995]
[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. McCAIN:
       S. 1873. A bill to strengthen accountability for deployment 
     of border security technology at the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. McCain, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coats, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Gardner, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Perdue):
       S. 1874. A bill to provide protections for workers with 
     respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting 
     representation by a labor organization; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Corker):
       S. 1875. A bill to support enhanced accountability for 
     United States assistance to Afghanistan, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Franken):
       S. 1876. A bill to rename the Office to Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking of the Department of State the Bureau to Monitor 
     and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to provide for an 
     Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. 
             Rounds):
       S. 1877. A bill to require the Attorney General to appoint 
     a special prosecutor to investigate Planned Parenthood, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 1878. A bill to extend the pediatric priority review 
     voucher program; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1879. A bill to improve processes in the Department of 
     the Interior, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. ROBERTS:
       S. 1880. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing 
     to health savings accounts by reason of receiving medical 
     care for service-connected disabilities under programs 
     administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Fischer, 
             Mr. Scott, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coats, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Sasse, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1881. A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned 
     Parenthood Federation of America; read the first time.
           By Mr. CARDIN (by request):
       S.J. Res. 20. A joint resolution relating to the approval 
     of the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the United 
     States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea 
     Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.

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