[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 27 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S705]
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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. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 308. A bill to establish a pilot program to address 
     shortages of testing equipment and personal protective 
     equipment through enhanced domestic production, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 309. 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. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 310. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to include 
     hospitals serving rural areas or areas of persistent poverty 
     in the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 311. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     include certain employment as a health care practitioner as 
     eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Booker, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 312. A bill to expand eligibility for and provide 
     judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, 
     provide for compassionate release based on COVID-19 
     vulnerability, shorten the waiting period for judicial review 
     during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make other technical 
     corrections; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Smith, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 313. 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. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 314. A bill to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund 
     Act; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 315. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to ensure quality care for residents of skilled 
     nursing facilities and nursing facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 316. A bill to establish a temperature checks pilot 
     program for air transportation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 317. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to improve the quality of care for residents of 
     and workers in skilled nursing facilities and nursing 
     facilities during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, and 
             Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 318. A bill to require the publication of the name of 
     any person pardoned by the President, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 319. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
     of 1938, as amended, to strengthen the conspicuous statement 
     required on certain informational materials, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 320. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide that the authority of the Director of the National 
     Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make 
     certain research endowments applies with respect to both 
     current and former centers of excellence, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 321. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 
     6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the ``Six 
     Triple Eight'' ; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Young):
       S. 322. A bill to amend the Health Insurance Portability 
     and Accountability Act; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 323. A bill to terminate the Department of Education; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Casey, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Brown, 
             Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 324. A bill to report data on COVID-19 in Federal, 
     State, and local correctional facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 325. A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 
     Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the 
     deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 
     Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. King, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 326. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of 
     broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 327. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to establish a border closure 
     recovery loan program for small businesses located near the 
     United States border, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 328. A bill to establish procedures related to the 
     coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in correctional 
     facilities; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Young):
       S. 329. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     conduct an assessment and analysis relating to the decline in 
     the business formation rate in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 330. A bill to appropriate amounts to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to fund State home construction projects 
     that have been approved before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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