[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11380-11381]
[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. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
             Cochran, Mr. Shelby, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Inhofe, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Ernst):
       S. 1616. A bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Bob Dole, in recognition for his service to the nation as a 
     soldier, legislator, and statesman; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Heitkamp, and Mr. 
             Cruz):
       S. 1617. A bill to designate the checkpoint of the United 
     States Border Patrol located on United States Highway 77 
     North in Sarita, Texas, as the ``Javier Vega, Jr. Border 
     Patrol Checkpoint''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 1618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     for purposes of the tax on private foundation excess business 
     holdings to treat as outstanding any employee-owned stock 
     purchased by a business enterprise pursuant to certain 
     employee stock ownership retirement plans; to the Committee 
     on Finance.

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           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 1619. A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
     Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered 
     into during military service to debt incurred during military 
     service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred 
     before military service; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 1620. A bill to enhance the security of Taiwan and 
     bolster its participation in the international community, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Sullivan, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Moran, Mr. Schatz, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1621. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to establish a methodology for the collection by 
     the Commission of information about commercial mobile service 
     and commercial mobile data service, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1622. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act relating to beach monitoring, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 1623. A bill to increase the maximum penalty for unfair 
     and deceptive practices relating to advertising of the costs 
     of air transportation; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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