[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1805-S1806]
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 Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, and 
             Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3515. A bill to establish the Innovation and Startups 
     Equity Investment Program in the Department of the Treasury, 
     through which the Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate 
     money to certain States to assist high-potential scalable 
     startups access venture capital to commercialize innovations, 
     create jobs, and accelerate economic growth, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 3516. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide emergency family relief in response to the 
     outbreak of the NCOV-19; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3517. A bill to increase the ability of nursing 
     facilities to access to telehealth services and obtain 
     technologies to allow virtual visits during the public health 
     emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 
     (COVID-19), and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3518. A bill to provide grants to small business 
     concerns, private nonprofit organizations, and small 
     agricultural cooperatives affected by COVID-19, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Tester, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. King, Ms. Hirono, 
             and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 3519. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to subsidize payments on loans 
     guaranteed under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs or made using 
     funds under the microloan program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 3520. A bill to waive, for 1 year, the cost sharing 
     requirements of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnership, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3521. A bill to provide assistance through tax rebates, 
     certain Federal assistance programs, and business loans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3522. A bill to extend and expand the temporary 
     assistance for needy families (TANF) program and related 
     programs to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3523. A bill to provide for the temporary funding of the 
     expansion of eligibility of unemployment compensation to 
     respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3524. A bill to modify terms related to the economic 
     injury disaster loan program of the Small Business 
     Administration for applicants affected by COVID-19, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 3525. A bill to allow a tax credit for certain 
     coronavirus-related charitable contributions for taxable year 
     2020; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 3526. A bill to restrict the authority of the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to purchase or guarantee assets in response 
     to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 3527. A bill to waive required minimum distribution 
     rules for retirement plans in 2020; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 3528. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to suspend the inclusion in gross income of Social Security 
     benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Jones, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Peters, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Warner, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Udall, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3529. A bill to require States to establish contingency 
     plans for the conduct of elections for Federal office in 
     response to national disasters and emergencies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 3530. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 
     to require the President to designate an employee of the 
     National Security Council to be responsible for pandemic 
     prevention and response, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 3531. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to ensure 
     small businesses affected by the onset of communicable 
     diseases are eligible for disaster relief; to the Committee 
     on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 3532. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to provide coverage of prescription digital 
     therapeutics for the treatment of mental health and substance 
     use disorders under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       S. 3533. A bill authorize and establish minimum standards 
     for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or 
     affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court 
     located in a State to recognize notarizations performed by a 
     notary public commissioned by another State when the 
     notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and to 
     require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a 
     notary public commissioned by another State when the 
     notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce or when 
     the notarization was performed under or relates to a public 
     act, record, or judicial proceeding of the State in which the 
     notary public was commissioned; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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