[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7076-S7077]
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. MORAN:
       S. 4905. A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to 
     designate the Chisholm National Historic Trail and the 
     Western National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Moran, 
             and Mr. Tester):
       S. 4906. A bill to establish a portal and database to 
     receive and maintain information regarding blocked railroad-
     highway grade crossings and to require the Secretary of 
     Transportation to evaluate the requirements of the railway-
     highway crossings program; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Brown, Mr. Warner, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Reed, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Smith, Mr. Carper, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Jones, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Tester, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             King, and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 4907. A bill to nullify Executive Order 13957, entitled 
     ``Creating Schedule F In The Excepted Service''; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Booker, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 4908. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for taxpayers who remove lead-based 
     hazards; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 4909. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the collection of a health care copayment by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs from a veteran who is a member 
     of an Indian Tribe; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 4910. A bill to adjust the regulation of certain grants 
     awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during a covered 
     public health emergency to serve homeless veterans, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 4911. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the exclusion for compensation for injuries or 
     sickness to encompass posttraumatic stress disorder, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 4912. A bill to amend the Federal Cybersecurity 
     Enhancement Act of 2015 to require Federal agencies to obtain 
     exemptions from certain cybersecurity requirements in order 
     to avoid compliance with those requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 4913. A bill to require the Federal Railroad 
     Administration and the Federal Highway Administration to 
     provide recommendations for reducing the number of very rural 
     highway-rail grade crossing collisions, to authorize a public 
     outreach and educational program to reduce such collisions, 
     and to authorize grants to improve grade crossing safety; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Tester, 
             Mr. Heinrich, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 4914. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a grant program for transportation projects to 
     improve Tribal health, well-being, and youth safety, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 4915. A bill to establish the Servicemembers and 
     Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the 
     Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 4916. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     divert certain parents of minor children, expectant parents, 
     and other caregivers from incarceration and into 
     comprehensive programs providing resources, services, and 
     training to those individuals and their families; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 4917. A bill to amend the CARES Act to support States 
     and local educational agencies in responding to the COVID-19 
     pandemic so that all students, especially historically 
     underserved students, are provided with a safe, healthy, 
     equitable, and excellent education; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4918. A bill to transfer antitrust enforcement functions 
     from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of 
     Justice, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Booker, and Ms. 
             Duckworth):
       S. 4919. A bill to provide for a study by the National 
     Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the 
     potential benefits on population health outcomes of 
     incorporating into the Federal legislative process tools that 
     measure the impacts of proposed legislation (including in 
     areas outside of health care) on health and health 
     disparities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 4920. A bill to improve the cybersecurity of small 
     organizations with respect to teleworking, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 4921. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction for traveling expenses for Federal 
     disaster relief workers away from home for more than 1 year; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 4922. A bill to expand and enhance programs and 
     activities of the Department of Defense for prevention of and 
     response to domestic violence and child abuse and neglect 
     among military families, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S.J. Res. 77. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military 
     sale to the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles 
     and services; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S.J. Res. 78. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military 
     sale to the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles 
     and services; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S.J. Res. 79. A joint resolution providing congressional 
     disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the 
     United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and

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     services; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S.J. Res. 80. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military 
     sale to the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles 
     and services; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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