[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 122 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4220-S4222]
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. REED (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 4150. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     provide assistance to certain providers of transportation 
     services affected by the novel coronavirus; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 4151. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to allow payments under the Medicare program for certain 
     items and services furnished by off-campus outpatient 
     departments of a provider to be determined under the 
     prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Smith, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 4152. A bill to provide for the adjustment or 
     modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for 
     critical rural utility service providers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 4153. A bill to require the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency to evaluate the National Response Framework based on 
     lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Jones):
       S. 4154. A bill to amend the Bank Service Company Act to 
     provide improvements with respect to State banking agencies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. 
             Boozman):
       S. 4155. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide or 
     assist in providing an additional vehicle adapted for 
     operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible 
     persons; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 4156. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide relief from hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 
     agricultural producers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 4157. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to expand the authority of the National Infrastructure 
     Simulation and Analysis Center, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 4158. A bill to examine the extent of the reliance of 
     the United States on foreign producers for personal 
     protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic and produce 
     recommendations to secure the supply chain of personal 
     protective equipment; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Young):
       S. 4159. A bill to amend the Electronic Signatures in 
     Global and National Commerce Act to accommodate emerging 
     technologies; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Portman, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 4160. A bill to enable certain hospitals that were 
     participating in or applied for the drug discount program 
     under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to 
     the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain 
     eligibility for such program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mrs. Loeffler):
       S. 4161. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for inadmissibility for certain aliens seeking 
     citizenship for children by giving birth in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Cruz, and 
             Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4162. A bill to provide certainty for airport funding; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Romney, 
             and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 4163. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for timely and effective systematic testing to 
     improve biosurveillance activities and practices; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 4164. A bill to authorize emergency housing voucher 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 4165. A bill to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina 
     Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 4166. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-
     connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine 
     whether their service-connected disabilities were the 
     principal or contributory cases of death, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 4167. A bill to set the interest rate applicable to 
     certain economic injury disaster loans, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 4168. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award additional funding through the 
     Sanitation Facilities Construction Program of the Indian 
     Health Service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4169. A bill to establish a National Commission on 
     United States Counterterrorism Policy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 4170. A bill to reform pattern or practice 
     investigations conducted by the Department of Justice, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 4171. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to establish or certify a calculator 
     to assist lenders and recipients with paycheck protection 
     program loan forgiveness, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Harris, Mr. Casey, and 
             Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 4172. A bill to provide emergency funding for child 
     welfare services provided under parts B and E of title IV of 
     the Social Security Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 4173. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to small employers for covering military 
     spouses under retirement plans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Tester):
       S. 4174. A bill to provide emergency appropriations to the 
     United States Postal Service to cover losses related to the 
     COVID-19 crisis and to direct the Board of Governors of the 
     United States Postal Service to develop a plan for ensuring 
     the long term solvency of the Postal Service; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 4175. A bill to secure the supply of drugs in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. 
             Tester, and Mr. Moran)):
       S. 4176. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand eligibility for home loans from the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to certain members of the reserve components 
     of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             and Mr. Wyden):

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       S. 4177. A bill to authorize supplemental funding for 
     supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 4178. A bill to provide for a credit against employment 
     taxes for certain workplace safety expenses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 4179. A bill to update the blood donation public 
     awareness campaign of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services to include public awareness on plasma donation; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4180. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that the national average wage index for any 
     year shall not be less than the amount of the national 
     average wage index for the preceding year; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Udall, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 4181. A bill to establish a Library Stabilization Fund 
     to respond to and accelerate the recovery from coronavirus; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Daines, and Ms. 
             McSally):
       S. 4182. A bill to provide nursing homes with resources for 
     responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency to protect 
     the health and safety of residents and workers, to 
     reauthorize funding for programs under the Elder Justice Act 
     of 2009, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 4183. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require organizations that spend more than $50,000 
     on Federal judicial nomination communications to file 
     statements disclosing donors and certain other information 
     with the Federal Election Commission; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 4184. A bill to require States to meet assisted living 
     facility reporting requirements to qualify for future COVID-
     19 response funds; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 4185. A bill to establish an independent dispute 
     resolution process for surprise air ambulance bills, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 4186. A bill to provide grants to States that do not 
     suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of a 
     person or refuse to renew a registration of a motor vehicle 
     for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Udall):
       S. 4187. A bill to establish the Intercity Passenger Rail 
     Trust Fund to ensure a safe, sustainable, convenient 
     transportation option for the people of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. HARRIS:
       S. 4188. A bill to provide for drought preparedness and 
     improved water supply reliability, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 4189. A bill to provide for drought preparedness and 
     improved water supply reliability; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources .
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 4190. A bill to authorize the Director of the United 
     States Geological Survey to establish a regional program to 
     assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of saline lakes in 
     the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other wildlife 
     dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. WARREN:
       S. 4191. A bill to require a report on foreign investment 
     in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 4192. A bill to increase portability of and access to 
     retirement savings, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Casey, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Warner, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 4193. A bill to develop and nationally disseminate 
     accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote 
     understanding about African-American history; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4194. A bill to establish the National Institute of 
     Manufacturing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4195. A bill to authorize the Cybersecurity Education 
     Training Assistance Program; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
             Enzi, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 4196. A bill to modify, consolidate, or repeal 
     unnecessary agency major rules, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lankford, 
             and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 4197. A bill to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-
     Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Ms. McSally):
       S. 4198. A bill to require health plans to provide coverage 
     for COVID-19 serology testing; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Daines, Ms. Collins, Ms. Ernst, Ms. McSally, Mr. 
             Braun, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 4199. A bill to amend titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the 
     Social Security Act to lower prescription drug prices in the 
     Medicare and Medicaid programs, to improve transparency 
     related to pharmaceutical prices and transactions, to lower 
     patients' out-of-pocket costs, and to ensure accountability 
     to taxpayers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 4200. A bill to establish a program to facilitate the 
     adoption of modern technology by executive agencies, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Braun, and Mr. Jones):
       S. 4201. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to take certain actions to accelerate the Rural 
     Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4202. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to expand online benefit redemption options under the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 4203. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to issuers of American Infrastructure 
     bonds; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON:
       S. 4204. A bill to establish an Interagency Task Force to 
     analyze preparedness for national pandemics, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 4205. A bill to establish the Homeland Security Higher 
     Education Advisory Council; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 4206. A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Finance 
     and Innovation Act of 2014 to authorize the interest rate to 
     be used on a secured loan to be the interest rate for United 
     States Treasury securities of a similar maturity on the date 
     of first disbursement of the loan, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             and Mr. Sasse):
       S. 4207. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration 
     Act of 1938, as amended to require news outlets that are 
     agents of a foreign principal to provide adequate disclosure 
     of their status; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Harris, Mr. Schumer, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 4208. A bill to require the Minority Business 
     Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote 
     and administer programs in the public and private sectors to 
     assist the development of minority business enterprises, to 
     ensure that such Agency has the necessary supporting 
     resources, particularly during economic downturns, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Casey, Mr. Perdue, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. 
             Loeffler, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. King, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Booker, Mr. Graham, 
             Ms. Smith, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.

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             Blumenthal, Mr. Romney, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Reed, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 4209. A bill to amend title IX of the Social Security 
     Act to improve emergency unemployment relief for governmental 
     entities and nonprofit organizations; considered and passed.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 4210. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     to authorize the transfer of certain equipment during a 
     public health emergency, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 4211. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to expand access in frontier States to mental health 
     services furnished through telehealth, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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