[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1119-S1120]
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 Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Portman, 
             and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 586. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to combat the opioid crisis by promoting access to non-
     opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Romney, Mr. 
             Tester, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wicker, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 587. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     to provide that the President or certain agency heads may 
     remove the Inspector General, or place an Inspector General 
     on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are satisfied, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr.

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             Schatz, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 588. A bill to establish the Advisory Committee on 
     Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 589. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
     reform the treatment of multiemployer plans, to ensure the 
     ability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to 
     provide guaranteed benefits of retirees, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tillis, 
             Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 590. A bill to establish limitations regarding Confucius 
     Institutes, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, Mr. Heinrich, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 591. A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a 
     firearm prior to the completion of a background check; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 592. A bill to establish a reserve fund for the proceeds 
     of the C-band auction conducted by the Federal Communications 
     Commission; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 593. A bill to restrict the imposition by the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs 
     applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise 
     qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, on 
     specified vessels transporting passengers between the State 
     of Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian 
     cruise ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 
     pandemic on Alaskan communities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hawley, 
             and Mr. Peters):
       S. 594. A bill to double the existing penalties for the 
     provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
     information; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 595. A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the 
     research and development, production, or deployment of the 
     nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile and its associated 
     nuclear warhead; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Capito, 
             Mr. Coons, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Ernst, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 596. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent 
     and treat obesity, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, 
             Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 597. A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other 
     discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Booker, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 598. A bill to authorize additional monies to the Public 
     Housing Capital Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 599. A bill to establish the Department of State Student 
     Internship Program as a paid internship program to provide 
     students with the opportunity to learn about a career in 
     diplomacy and foreign affairs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 600. A bill to prescribe zoning authority with respect 
     to commercial unmanned aircraft systems and to preserve 
     State, local, and Tribal authorities and private property 
     with respect to unmanned aircraft systems, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Leahy, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 601. A bill to amend section 3661 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted 
     conduct at sentencing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 602. A bill to combat forced organ harvesting and 
     trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 603. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. Young, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Bennet):
       S. 604. A bill to authorize the establishment of a 
     Technology Partnership among democratic countries, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Burr, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 605. A bill to reduce the number of preventable deaths 
     and injuries caused by underride crashes, to improve motor 
     carrier and passenger motor vehicle safety, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 606. A bill to require the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to issue an annual report to Congress projecting 
     and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly 
     caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a 
     Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 607. A bill to discourage speculative oil and gas 
     leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of 
     public land and National Forest System land, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Durbin, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Kelly, 
             Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Moran, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Peters, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Warnock, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Hawley, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 608. A bill to help small business broadband providers 
     keep customers connected; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 609. A bill to withdraw the National Forest System land 
     in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe 
     National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land 
     in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine 
     Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing 
     laws; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mr. King, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Warner, Ms. Smith, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 610. A bill to address behavioral health and well-being 
     among health care professionals; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Graham, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cortez Masto, and 
             Mr. Portman):
       S. 611. A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime 
     Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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