[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5372-5373]
[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. BURR (for himself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Murkowski, and 
             Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 2869. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve college savings under section 529 programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mrs. Ernst):
       S. 2870. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     prevent retaliation in the military, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 2871. A bill to establish the position of Choice Program 
     Ombudsman within the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs to manage complaints regarding 
     the provision of hospital care and medical services under 
     section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
     Accountability Act of 2014; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. King):
       S. 2872. A bill to require the Government Accountability 
     Office to submit to Congress a report on neonatal abstinence 
     syndrome (NAS) in the United States and its treatment under 
     Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 2873. A bill to require studies and reports examining 
     the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled 
     collaborative learning and capacity building models to 
     improve programs of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2874. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to protect the enrollment of incarcerated youth for 
     medical assistance under the Medicaid program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Ms. Ayotte):
       S. 2875. A bill to provide for the elimination or 
     modification of Federal reporting requirements; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McCain):
       S. 2876. A bill to require the Director of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a scientifically 
     valid and State-supported recovery plan for the Mexican gray 
     wolf; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2877. A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to 
     specify the availability of certain funds provided by the 
     Department of Defense to States for drug interdiction and 
     counter-drug activities; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 2878. A bill to amend the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of the United 
     States to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced 
     diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance 
     efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political 
     responses to religious freedom violations and violent 
     extremism worldwide, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2879. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide further tax incentives for dependent care 
     assistance; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Franken, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2880. A bill to prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act 
     or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion 
     therapy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 2881. A bill to authorize the Department of Labor's 
     voluntary protection program; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Flake, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Vitter):
       S. 2882. A bill to facilitate efficient State 
     implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2883. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend the requirement of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to submit a report on the capacity of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to provide for the specialized treatment and 
     rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 2884. A bill to address the liability of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency relating to the lead 
     contamination of the water supply of the City of Flint, 
     Michigan; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 2885. A bill to extend the runway at Pope Army Airfield; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2886. A bill to reauthorize the Fisheries Restoration 
     and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 2887. A bill to require the Missile Defense Agency to 
     conduct annual tests of the ground-based midcourse defense 
     element of the ballistic missile defense system, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Nelson):
       S. 2888. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
     respect to the Agency for

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     Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's review and 
     publication of illness and conditions relating to veterans 
     stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and their family 
     members; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2889. A bill to amend the National Science Foundation 
     Authorization Act of 2010 to authorize an Innovation Corps; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2890. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     mint coins in recognition of Christa McAuliffe; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Kirk):
       S. 2891. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 525 North Broadway in 
     Aurora, Illinois, as the ``Kenneth M. Christy Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Daines, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 2892. A bill to accelerate the use of wood in buildings, 
     especially tall wood buildings, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2893. A bill to reauthorize the sound recording and film 
     preservation programs of the Library of Congress, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 2894. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code and the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide 
     for salary reductions for certain employees of a pension plan 
     in critical or declining status that reduces participant 
     benefits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2895. A bill to extend the civil statute of limitations 
     for victims of Federal sex offenses; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. 
             Cruz):
       S. 2896. A bill to eliminate the sunset date for the 
     Veterans Choice Program of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, to expand eligibility for such program, and to 
     extend certain operating hours for pharmacies and medical 
     facilities of the Department, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Franken, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2897. A bill to amend title 9, United States Code, with 
     respect to arbitration; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 2898. A bill to promote greater efficiency in 
     contracting associated with the SBIR and STTR programs of the 
     Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 2899. A bill to remove Federal barriers to combating 
     mosquito-borne transmission of the Zika virus and promote 
     public health, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.

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