[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16453]
[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. RUBIO:
       S. 1995. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to improve the number of small business investment 
     companies in underlicensed States, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mr. Udall, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Ms. Harris, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1996. A bill to require Federal agencies to address 
     environmental justice, to require consideration of cumulative 
     impacts in certain permitting decisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Udall, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Heller, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1997. A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act of 1978 to protect privacy rights, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mrs. Ernst):
       S. 1998. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     reduce county yield disparities for agriculture risk 
     coverage; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 1999. A bill to provide for further comprehensive 
     research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders 
     and Stroke on unruptured intracranial aneurysms; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       S. 2000. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     improve transparency under the national primary drinking 
     water regulations for lead and copper, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Franken, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Murphy, and Mr. Udall):
       S. 2001. A bill to establish a State public option through 
     Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-
     quality, low-cost health insurance plan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 2002. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 
     to provide whistleblower protections for employees of 
     contractors of elements of the intelligence community, and 
     for other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.

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