On the recordApril 11, 2019
Senator Reed and I are today introducing, by request, the Administration's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. As is the case with any bill that is introduced by request, we introduce this bill for the purpose of placing the Administration's proposals before Congress and the public without expressing our own views on the substance of these proposals. As Chairman and Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, we look forward to giving the Administration's requested legislation our most careful review and thoughtful consideration. ______ By Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Braun, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Inhofe, Ms. McSally, Mr. Thune, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Romney, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Scott, of South Carolina, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Graham): S. 1170. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish additional criteria for determining when employers may join together in a group or association of employers that will be treated as an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of sponsoring a group health plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
