[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 155 (Wednesday, September 9, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5511]
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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. TILLIS:
       S. 4542. A bill to prohibit distribution abroad of COVID-19 
     vaccines developed with the support of Federal funding until 
     the domestic need for the vaccine has been met; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 4543. A bill to subsidize the salaries of State and 
     local law enforcement officers and promote officer hiring and 
     retention, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4544. A bill to specify the Federal share of the costs 
     of certain duty of the National Guard in connection with the 
     Coronavirus Disease 2019; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 4545. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish the Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 4546. A bill to provide for the prompt payment of United 
     States assessed contributions to international organizations, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             McSally, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 4547. A bill to improve the integrity and safety of 
     horseracing by requiring uniform safety and performance 
     standards, including a horseracing anti-doping and medication 
     control program and a racetrack safety program to be 
     developed and enforced by an independent Horseracing 
     Integrity and Safety Authority, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 4548. A bill to direct the Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development to submit to 
     Congress a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 
     global basic education programs; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 4549. A bill to give Federal courts additional 
     discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is 
     appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug 
     offenses in Federal criminal cases; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs. Loeffler):
       S. 4550. A bill to amend section 3142 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a 
     person arrested for rioting or related offenses should be 
     held pending trial; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs. Loeffler):
       S. 4551. A bill to provide a cause of action for persons 
     injured by rioting; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 4552. A bill making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Appropriations.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mrs. Loeffler):
       S. 4553. A bill to hold individuals convicted of Federal 
     offenses during public gatherings resulting in riots 
     financially liable for the cost of Federal policing, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 4554. A bill to provide compensation for United States 
     victims of Libyan state sponsored terrorism, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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