[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1422-S1423]
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. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hoeven, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 617. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lee, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Collins, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify and extend the deduction for charitable 
     contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 619. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
     officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 620. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and the 
     Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to conduct 
     studies and report to Congress on actions taken to expand 
     access to telehealth services under the Medicare, Medicaid, 
     and CHIP programs during the COVID-19 emergency; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, 
             and Mr. Sasse):
       S. 621. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to add membership in a significant transnational criminal 
     organization to the list of grounds of inadmissibility and to 
     prohibit the provision of material support or resources to 
     such organizations; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 622. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to enhance the qualifying advanced energy project credit; to 
     the Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 623. A bill to make daylight saving time permanent, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 624. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase 
     certain royalty rates, minimum bid amounts, and rental rates, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 625. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select 
     for members of the Armed Forces who retired before January 1, 
     2018; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 626. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     enhance protections against the importation, and transport 
     between States, of injurious species, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. King):
       S. 627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Paul, 
             Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Cramer, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 628. A bill to increase access to agency guidance 
     documents; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 629. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
     Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the 
     Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules 
     that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise 
     made ineffective; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include individuals receiving Social Security Disability 
     Insurance benefits under the work opportunity credit, 
     increase the work opportunity credit for vocational 
     rehabilitation referrals, qualified SSI recipients, and 
     qualified SSDI recipients, expand the disabled access credit, 
     and enhance the deduction for expenditures to remove 
     architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped 
     and elderly; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 631. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, acting through the Director of the National 
     Institute of Mental Health, to conduct or support research on 
     the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Coons, and 
             Mr. Leahy):
       S. 632. A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United 
     States Code, to require the voluntary collection of 
     demographic information for patent inventors, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 633. 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 Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Cardin):

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       S. 634. A bill to support and expand civic engagement and 
     political leadership of adolescent girls around the world, 
     and other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 635. A bill to reauthorize The Last Green Valley 
     National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 636. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report 
     on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Coons, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 637. A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by 
     establishing a temporary early career research fellowship 
     program; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 638. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     include a payment and performance security requirement for 
     certain infrastructure financing, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 639. A bill to establish a National Technical Assistance 
     Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 640. A bill to provide grants to support continuing 
     education in election administration or cybersecurity for 
     election officials and employees; to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 641. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to require the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider certain 
     factors in issuing certificates of public convenience and 
     necessity under that Act, to modify the requirements for the 
     right to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines 
     under that Act, to provide that the right of eminent domain 
     may not be exercised under that Act for projects for the 
     exportation of natural gas, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 642. A bill to protect the rights of passengers with 
     disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 643. A bill to reduce child poverty in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 644. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to restore State authority to waive for certain 
     facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
     hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
             Schatz):
       S. 645. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     levy a fee on methane emissions from oil and natural gas 
     facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 646. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment 
     under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, 
             and Mr. Daines):
       S. 647. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants 
     under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture to 
     certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or 
     managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local 
     government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, 
             and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 648. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water 
     rights settlement for Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
     Valley Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 649. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants 
     under certain programs of the Department of Transportation to 
     certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or 
     managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local 
     government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sanders, and 
             Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 650. A bill to enable the payment of certain officers 
     and employees of the United States whose employment is 
     authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred action, deferred 
     enforced departure, or temporary protected status; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 651. A bill to amend SAFETEA-LU to improve the 
     Intelligent Transportation System Program Advisory Committee, 
     to require information and resources for the development of 
     local smart communities, to help establish a 21st century 
     transportation workforce, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Burr, Ms. Sinema, 
             and Mr. Portman):
       S. 652. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
     establish the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing 
     Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote 
     technological innovation in our Nation's communities; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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