[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 5, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4940]
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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. LEAHY:
       S. 4438. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     protect Federal employees from retaliation for the lawful use 
     of Federal records, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, and Ms. Harris):
       S. 4439. A bill to require any COVID-19 drug developed in 
     whole or in part with Federal support to be affordable and 
     accessible by prohibiting monopolies and price gouging, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Harris, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 4440. A bill to authorize the Director of the Center for 
     Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a Social 
     Determinants of Health Program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 4441. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to encourage State Medicaid programs to provide 
     community-based mobile crisis intervention services, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Harris, Mr. Markey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 4442. A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division 
     A of the CARES Act to provide Pandemic Unemployment 
     Assistance to individuals with mixed income sources, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Ms. Harris, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Casey, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 4443. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their 
     abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 4444. A bill to require installation of a network of 
     soil moisture and snowpack monitoring in the Upper Missouri 
     River Basin and to establish a pilot program for the 
     acquisition and use of data generated by that network, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Loeffler, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 4445. A bill to establish appropriate rules for 
     prosecutors and Federal judges to carry a concealed firearm; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 4446. A bill to waive affiliation rules under the 
     paycheck protection program for Tribal business concerns with 
     the same employer identification number, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 4447. A bill to amend the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act to temporarily modify child nutrition programs 
     due to COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4448. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to give States the option to extend the Medicaid 
     drug rebate program to the Children's Health Insurance 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 4449. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to convey to the State of Virginia and the District of 
     Columbia certain National Park Service land for the 
     construction of rail and other infrastructure, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 4450. A bill to establish the Bronzeville-Black 
     Metropolis National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 4451. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to guarantee investments that will open new markets for 
     forest owners in rural areas of the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 4452. A bill to prohibit Federal employees from 
     downloading or using WeChat on Government devices; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, Ms. Smith, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
             Reed):
       S. 4453. A bill to protect the continuity of the food 
     supply chain of the United States in response to COVID-19, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 4454. A bill to require the review by the Committee on 
     Foreign Investment in the United States of greenfield 
     investments by the People's Republic of China, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Udall, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Merkley, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 4455. A bill to require reporting on the paycheck 
     protection program of the Small Business Administration, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4456. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     permit health information technology systems to use the 
     Postal Service tool to standardize formatting in electronic 
     health records when entering patient information to improve 
     match rates among patient records; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 4457. A bill to prohibit companies doing business in the 
     United States from amplifying propaganda originating from the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             King, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 4458. A bill to grant the authority for States to enter 
     into interstate compacts or agreements for the purpose of 
     procuring COVID-19 tests; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Menendez, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4459. A bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the 
     membership requirements of the Congressional Oversight 
     Commission; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. King, and Mr. 
             Sullivan):
       S. 4460. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to waive certain eligibility requirements for a 
     veteran to receive per diem payments for domiciliary care at 
     a State home, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 4461. A bill to provide for a period of continuing 
     appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations 
     under the normal appropriations process, and establish 
     procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to 
     enact appropriations; read the first time.

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