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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. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, and
Mr. Tester):
S. 1278. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow first responders to continue to exclude service-connected disability pension payments after reaching the age of retirement; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
Carolina):
S. 1279. A bill to reauthorize mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Stabenow, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Coons):
S. 1280. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to notify individuals approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Ms.
Hassan):
S. 1281. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for institutions of higher education to prevent substance misuse, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
S. 1282. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain rules related to the determination of unrelated business taxable income; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Carper):
S. 1283. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to children and spouses of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Moran, Mr.
Gardner, and Mr. Blunt):
S. 1284. A bill to provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Brown):
S. 1285. A bill to require certifications and reporting in an unclassified form related to the national security implications of the New START Treaty, to provide for arms limitations in the event of the treaty's non-renewal, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Manchin,
Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Harris):
S. 1286. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies developed at Department of Energy facilities with promising commercial potential; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 1287. A bill to ensure small shipyard grant projects are carried out using materials produced in the United States; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow,
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin,
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Schatz, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr.
Kaine, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Smith, and Mr.
Peters):
S. 1288. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean energy; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Sullivan, Mr. Boozman, Mr. King, and Ms. Cortez
Masto):
S. 1289. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Lee):
S. 1290. A bill to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 1291. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced excise tax rate for portable, electronically-aerated bait containers; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1292. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for Federal student loan reform; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 1293. A bill to expand employment opportunities for spouses of Foreign Service officers; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 1294. A bill to require Federal agencies with jurisdiction over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 1295. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms.
Collins, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Warren):
S. 1296. A bill to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of New England; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Roberts):
S. 1297. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide shareholders of certain depository institutions a cause of action for assets seized by an appropriate Federal banking agency; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr.
Jones):
S. 1298. A bill to amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 1299. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in STEM fields; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Rounds, Mr.
Rubio, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Portman, Mr. Isakson, Mr.
Peters, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Moran, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Crapo,
Mr. Hawley, Mr. Perdue, Ms. Smith, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Jones, Mr. King, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Cramer,
Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Collins,
Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Leahy, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Tester):
S. 1300. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 1301. A bill to prohibit the use of the poisons sodium fluoroacetate (known as ``Compound 1080'') and sodium cyanide for predator control; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Lankford, and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 1302. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to protect personally identifiable information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CORNYN:
S. 1303. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Ms.
Harris, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Peters, and Ms. Warren):
S. 1304. A bill to amend Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
S. 1305. A bill to establish a Federal cost share percentage for the Milk River Project in the State of Montana; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell,
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms.
Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan,
Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy,
Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr.
Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Tester, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 1306. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. UDALL (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms.
Smith):
S. 1307. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Ms. McSally):
S. 1308. A bill to allow Homeland Security Grant Program funds to be used to safeguard faith-based community centers and houses of worship across the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Rubio, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Merkley):
S. 1309. A bill to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption efforts in those countries and better serve United States taxpayers; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Kaine):
S. 1310. A bill to strengthen participation of elected national legislators in the activities of the Organization of American States and reaffirm United States support for Organization of American States human rights and anti-corruption initiatives, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Wyden, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Harris, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Heinrich, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 1311. A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Harris,
Mr. Markey, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 1312. A bill to provide the option of discharging certain unsecured financial obligations of self-governing territories of the United States; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun,
Mr. Wicker, Mr. Lee, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Enzi, Mr.
Cramer, and Mr. Paul):
S. 1313. A bill to repeal the multi-State plan program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 1314. A bill to establish that certain provisions of a nondisclosure agreement between a public sector employer and an employee shall be unenforceable; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, Mr. Peters, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Coons):
S. 1315. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to establish, or expand upon, master's degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
S. 1316. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Sullivan, and Ms. McSally):
S. 1317. A bill to facilitate the availability, development, and environmentally responsible production of domestic resources to meet national material or critical mineral needs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Wyden,
Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Menendez,
Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Markey,
Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Peters):
S. 1318. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Ms. Hirono):
S. 1319. A bill to establish an Election Security grant program; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. SHELBY:
S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States during the previous calendar year; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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