[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7542]
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. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. 
             Schatz):
       S. 5024. A bill to establish the National Ocean Mapping, 
     Exploration, Characterization Council, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHATZ:
       S. 5025. A bill to provide competitive grants for the 
     promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a 
     means to understand the importance of democratic principles, 
     use and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the 
     importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 5026. A bill to establish the Office of Press Freedom, 
     to create press freedom curriculum at the National Foreign 
     Affairs Training Center, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 5027. A bill to authorize the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to 
     eligible State, Tribal, and territorial public health 
     agencies to develop and administer a program for digital 
     contact tracing for COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 5028. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to require each authorized committee or leadership 
     PAC of a former candidate for election for Federal office to 
     disburse all of the remaining funds of the committee or PAC 
     after the election, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 5029. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     establish and carry out two grant programs to make grants to 
     eligible institutions to plan and implement programs that 
     provide comprehensive support services and resources designed 
     to increase transfer and graduation rates at community 
     colleges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Sullivan, 
             and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 5030. A bill to provide for negotiations for the 
     establishment or designation of a trust fund administered by 
     the international community for the prevention and reduction 
     of marine debris, including marine plastic pollution, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 5031. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a progressive consumption tax and to reform 
     the income tax, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 5032. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     modify venue requirements relating to bankruptcy proceedings; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 5033. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to support college students to meet satisfactory academic 
     progress; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 5034. A bill to empower communities to establish a 
     continuum of care for individuals experiencing mental or 
     behavioral health crisis, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Casey, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 5035. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide matching payments for retirement savings 
     contributions by certain individuals; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 5036. A bill to amend the Overtime Pay for Protective 
     Services Act of 2016 to extend the Secret Service overtime 
     pay exception through 2023, and for other purposes; 
     considered and passed.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Durbin):
       S. 5037. A bill to amend subtitle A of title II of division 
     A of the CARES Act to provide a hardship waiver for certain 
     overpayments of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 5038. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to modify the definition of a household under the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. PORTMAN:
       S. 5039. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the automatic extension of certain deadlines in the 
     case of taxpayers affected by Federally declared disasters, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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