[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1740-S1741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the 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. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Murphy, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King):
       S. 3451. A bill to improve the health and safety of 
     Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, 
     including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food 
     protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic 
     gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3452. A bill to make housing affordable, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cotton, 
             Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Rubio, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 3453. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require program participation agreements between 
     institutions of higher education and Hanban if a Confucius 
     Institute operates on the campus of the institution; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Wicker):
       S. 3454. A bill to amend the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 to allow participants in specified service 
     positions to transfer national service educational awards to 
     family members; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and 
             Mr. Cotton):
       S. 3455. A bill to prohibit certain individuals from 
     downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by the 
     United States or a government corporation; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MORAN:
       S. 3456. A bill to protect the privacy of consumers; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 3457. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify congressional intent and preserve patient 
     access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 3458. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to submit to Congress a plan to address certain high risk 
     areas identified by the Comptroller General of the United 
     States regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 
     2019 High-Risk List of the Government Accountability Office, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 3459. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     deny Federal retirement benefits to Members of Congress 
     convicted of a felony; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 3460. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to disqualify certain convicted felons from eligibility in 
     the supplemental nutrition assistance program; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 3461. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in 
     Greenville, Texas, as the ``Audie Murphy Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 3462. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in 
     Fate, Texas, as the ``Ralph Hall Post Office'' ; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 3463. A bill to authorize appropriations for highway-
     rail grade crossing improvement projects; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 3464. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges 
     presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for 
     Veterans Claims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 3465. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Federal land to Lander County, Nevada, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 3466. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate cost sharing for biosimilar biological 
     products furnished under part B of the Medicare program 
     during the first 5 years such products are marketed; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 3467. A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to share with State, local, and regional fusion 
     centers release information from a Federal correctional 
     facility, including name, charging date, and expected place 
     and date of release, of certain individuals who may pose a 
     terrorist threat, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3468. A bill to require the manufacturers of certain 
     essential medical devices to notify the Food and Drug 
     Administration when such manufacturers become aware of a 
     circumstance that could lead to a shortage of such devices, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 3469. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign 
     telecommunications companies engaged in economic or 
     industrial espionage against United States persons, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 3470. A bill to establish the National Office of New 
     Americans, to reduce obstacles to United States citizenship, 
     to support the integration of immigrants into the social, 
     cultural, economic, and civic life of the United States, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Romney, Mr. Young, Mr. Daines, 
             Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 3471. A bill to ensure that goods made with forced labor 
     in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's 
     Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3472. A bill to increase the authorization of 
     appropriations for the Keweenaw National Historical Park 
     Advisory Commission; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 3473. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     improve the accessibility of airline information and 
     entertainment programming provided by air carriers on 
     passenger flights, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Braun, and Ms. 
             McSally):
       S. 3474. A bill to authorize the Women Who Worked on the 
     Home Front Foundation to establish a commemorative work in 
     the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Reed, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 3475. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue 
     an emergency temporary standard that requires certain 
     employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious 
     disease exposure control plan to protect employees in the 
     health care sectors and

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     other employees at elevated risk from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Romney, Mr. Schatz, 
             and Mr. Young):
       S. 3476. A bill to provide for unemployment benefits to 
     workers affected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 3477. A bill to establish a matched savings program for 
     low-income students; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Romney, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Reed, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 3478. A bill to require a report to assess, evaluate, 
     and address the dependence of the United States on critical 
     drugs and devices sourced or manufactured outside of the 
     United States; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3479. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to 
     encourage the planting of cover crops following prevented 
     planting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Carper, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Reed, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Coons, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 3480. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
     additional assistance to address pollution from 
     perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalklyl substances and other 
     emerging contaminants, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3481. A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to 
     provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of 
     a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of 
     residence before incarceration, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3482. A bill to provide full Federal funding for regular 
     unemployment compensation for the first week of otherwise 
     compensable unemployment in areas; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3483. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to establish the Scale-Up Manufacturing Investment 
     Company (``SUMIC'') Program; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 3484. A bill to authorize the establishment of HOPE 
     Account Pilot Projects, HOPE Action Plans Pilot Projects, and 
     competitive grants for pilot projects; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 3485. A bill to expand the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to expand revenue sharing for offshore wind, to 
     reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. UDALL:
       S. 3486. A bill to improve State, local, and tribal public 
     health security; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 3487. A bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
     to provide for the compensation of elderly victims of 
     property damage, to provide increased funding for the crime 
     victim compensation fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 3488. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal 
     a provision relating to the suspension, waiver, or reduction 
     of rents or royalties by the Secretary of the Interior to 
     promote development or operation, to amend the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the authority of the 
     Secretary to reduce or eliminate certain royalties and net 
     profit shares, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 3489. A bill to support children and students in 
     responding to safety and health risks presented by qualifying 
     emergencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3490. A bill for the relief of Rebecca Trimble; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 3491. A bill to prohibit adverse employment actions 
     against quarantined or isolated individuals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 3492. A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction 
     over certain Bureau of Land Management land from the 
     Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs for use as a national cemetery, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Braun, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
             Thune, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 3493. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide that a member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of 
     that member shall have the same rights regarding the receipt 
     of firearms at the location of any duty station of the 
     member; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 3494. A bill to provide for temporary financing of 
     short-time compensation programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3495. A bill to reduce the excessive appreciation of 
     United States residential real estate due to foreign 
     purchases; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 3496. A bill to provide for Federal financing of short-
     time compensation programs during public health emergencies; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Reed, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Casey, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 3497. A bill to provide unemployment assistance to 
     individuals affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.


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  On page S1741, March 12, 2020, in the third column, the 
following appears: By Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Markey, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tester, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, and Mrs. Shaheen): S. 3497.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: By Mr. Peters (for 
himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Tester, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Mrs. 
Shaheen, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Blumenthal): S. 3497.


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           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 3498. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to reimburse States for the cost of operating 
     drive-through sites for COVID-19 testing; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Tester, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Murphy, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Schatz, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
             Harris, Mr. Udall, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Carper, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, and 
             Mr. Menendez):
       S. 3499. A bill to amend coverage requirements to ensure 
     that no person incurs cost-sharing when receiving a test to 
     confirm a COVID-19 infection; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 3500. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to codify and permanently extend the Medicare hospital 
     wage index imputed rural floor; to the Committee on Finance.

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