[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1148-1150]
[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. FLAKE:
       S. 195. A bill to expedite the deployment of highway 
     construction projects; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 196. A bill to provide for a Public Health Emergency 
     Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Heinrich, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 197. A bill to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation 
     Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium 
     mining, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Gardner, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, and 
             Mr. Hatch):
       S. 198. A bill to require continued and enhanced annual 
     reporting to Congress in the Annual Report on International 
     Religious Freedom on anti-Semitic incidents in Europe, the 
     safety and security of European Jewish communities, and the 
     efforts of the United States to partner with European 
     governments, the European Union, and civil society groups, to 
     combat anti-Semitism, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 199. A bill to authorize the use of the active capacity 
     of the Fontenelle Reservoir; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 200. A bill to prohibit the conduct of a first-use 
     nuclear strike absent a declaration of war by Congress; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 201. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that new wind turbines located near certain 
     military installations are ineligible for the renewable 
     electricity production credit and the energy credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Daines, and Mr. 
             Roberts):
       S. 202. A bill to amend the Social Security Act relating to 
     the use of determinations made by the Commissioner; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Heller, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Donnelly):
       S. 203. A bill to reaffirm that the Environmental 
     Protection Agency may not regulate vehicles used solely for 
     competition, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Corker, 
             Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Donnelly, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
             Gardner, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. King, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. McCain, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Young):
       S. 204. A bill to authorize the use of unapproved medical 
     products by patients diagnosed with a terminal illness in 
     accordance with State law, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Ernst, 
             Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Heller, 
             Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Moran, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Flake):
       S. 205. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 206. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     allow the Secretary of Education to award job training 
     Federal Pell Grants; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 207. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act 
     relating to controlled substance analogues; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 208. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit fully 
     refundable, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 209. A bill to authorize an additional district 
     judgeship for the district of Idaho; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin,

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             Mr. Carper, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Nelson, 
             Mr. Casey, and Mrs. McCaskill):
       S. 210. A bill to prohibit the application of certain 
     restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
     nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision 
     of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Shelby):
       S. 211. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to permit the Governor of a State to reject the resettlement 
     of a refugee in that State unless there is adequate assurance 
     that the alien does not present a security risk, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 212. A bill to provide for the development of a United 
     States strategy for greater human space exploration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 213. A bill to designate the wilderness within the Lake 
     Clark National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska as 
     the Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Area; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 214. A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing 
     hydroelectric project; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 215. A bill to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a 
     hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric 
     project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 216. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of 
     Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 217. A bill to amend the Denali National Park 
     Improvement Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the 
     natural gas pipeline authorized in the Denali National Park 
     and Preserve; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. GARDNER:
       S. 218. A bill to restrict the inclusion of social security 
     account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal 
     Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Cochran, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 219. A bill to provide the force and effect of law for 
     certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested 
     cormorants to reduce depredation at aquaculture facilities 
     and protect public resources; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
           By Mr. SASSE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
             McCain, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Moran, Mr. Perdue, Mr. 
             Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Scott, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Isakson):
       S. 220. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise 
     the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives 
     an abortion or attempted abortion; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Lee, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 221. A bill to allow a State to submit a declaration of 
     intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds 
     to improve the academic achievement of students; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 222. A bill to repeal provisions of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide private health 
     insurance reform, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Isakson, Mr. Casey, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Heller, Mr. King, and Mr. 
             Kaine):
       S. 223. A bill to provide immunity from suit for certain 
     individuals who disclose potential examples of financial 
     exploitation of senior citizens, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Blunt, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 224. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of 
     laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
     decisions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 225. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land 
     exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 226. A bill to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, 
     and devices to be connected to, and power, light-emitting 
     diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing 
     illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from 
     energy conservation standards for external power supplies; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 227. A bill to impose nonnuclear sanctions with respect 
     to Iran, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 228. A bill to ensure that small business providers of 
     broadband Internet access service can devote resources to 
     broadband deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome 
     regulatory requirements, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 229. A bill to provide for the confidentiality of 
     information submitted in requests for the Deferred Action for 
     Childhood Arrivals Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 230. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a 
     qualified methane conversion technology to provide 
     transportation fuels and chemicals; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Scott, Mr. Thune, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Inhofe, 
             and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 231. A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th 
     Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the 
     right to life of each born and preborn human person; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 232. A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to 
     reallocate the employment creation visas to the other 
     employment-based visa classifications; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Burr, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Gardner, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. King, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Daines, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 233. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility leases of 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 234. A bill to provide incentives for businesses to keep 
     jobs in America; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Alexander, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 235. A bill to expand opportunity through greater choice 
     in education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S.J. Res. 7. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States requiring that the 
     Federal budget be balanced; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Tester, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Murphy,

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             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Cardin):
       S.J. Res. 8. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to 
     contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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