[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4956-4957]
[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. VITTER:
       S. 2831. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to provide priority for applicants for a license to 
     operate as a small

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     business investment company that are located in a disaster 
     area; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Alexander, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 2832. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by 
     establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with 
     respect to certain hospitals; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 2833. A bill to amend section 214(c)(8) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the data reporting 
     requirements relating to nonimmigrant employees, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2834. A bill to improve the Governmentwide management of 
     unnecessarily duplicative Government programs and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2835. A bill to amend the National Dam Safety Program 
     Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance for 
     the rehabilitation and repair of high hazard potential dams, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2836. A bill to clarify the application of spousal 
     impoverishment protections for recipients of home and 
     community-based services under Medicaid; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SHELBY:
       S. 2837. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
     Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and 
     for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations; 
     placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. VITTER:
       S. 2838. A bill to improve the HUBZone program; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 2839. A bill to amend the Gullah/Geechee Cultural 
     Heritage Act to extend the authorization for the Gullah/
     Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Franken, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2840. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant 
     funds for active shooter training, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2841. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to prohibit oil-, 
     gas-, and methane hydrate-related seismic activities in the 
     North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of 
     Florida planning areas of the outer Continental Shelf, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 2842. A bill to amend and reform the Johnson-O'Malley 
     Act to award contracts to certain tribal organizations, 
     Indian corporations, school districts, States, and consortia 
     of tribal organizations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
             Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Franken, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 2843. A bill to provide emergency supplemental 
     appropriations to address the Zika crisis; to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 2844. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; from the 
     Committee on Appropriations; placed on the calendar.

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