[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1569-S1570]
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. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 752. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an election to expense certain qualified sound 
     recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Casey):
       S. 753. A bill to reauthorize the Highlands Conservation 
     Act, to authorize States to use funds from that Act for 
     administrative purposes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Peters, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Graham, Ms. Smith, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Daines, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Braun, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 754. A bill to provide health insurance benefits for 
     outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the 
     diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth 
     defect; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH:
       S. 755. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to provide additional 
     assistance for public water systems damaged by Winter Storms 
     Uri and Viola, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 756. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to ensure that preexisting condition 
     exclusions with respect to enrollment in health insurance 
     coverage and group health plans continue to be prohibited; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER:
       S. 757. A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to ease 
     the benefits process for survivors of miners whose deaths 
     were due to pneumoconiosis; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cornyn, 
             and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 758. A bill to support financing of affordable and 
     reliable energy projects by international financial 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 759. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend the credit for production of refined coal; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Paul, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 760. A bill to require recipients of Federal funds to 
     disclose information relating to programs, projects, or 
     activities carried out using the Federal funds; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Capito, and 
             Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 761. A bill to require the publication of fossil-fuel 
     powered travel by the President, the Vice President, and 
     political appointees, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Cortez Masto):
       S. 762. A bill to provide the National Credit Union 
     Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit 
     union loan maturities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Markey, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Mrs. 
             Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 763. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their 
     abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Casey, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 764. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to encourage State Medicaid programs to provide 
     community-based mobile crisis intervention services, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Schatz, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Reed):
       S. 765. A bill to improve United States consideration of, 
     and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to 
     gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian 
     emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors 
     to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting 
     from such violence, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 766. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and 
     costs in connection with consumer claim awards; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Brown,

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             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 767. A bill to amend the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 
     1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure 
     requirements; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 768. A bill to amend section 5303 of title 49, United 
     States Code, to consider housing in metropolitan 
     transportation planning, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kaine, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 769. A bill to authorize funds to prevent housing 
     discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to 
     increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S. 770. A bill to authorize for a grant program for handgun 
     licensing programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 771. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of 
     employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Lankford, and Mr. Carper):
       S. 772. A bill to clarify responsibilities related to 
     unaccompanied alien children, to provide additional 
     protections and tracking mechanisms for such children, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Portman, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 773. A bill to enable certain hospitals that were 
     participating in or applied for the drug discount program 
     under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to 
     the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain 
     eligibility for such program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Hawley, Mr. Burr, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 774. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     punish criminal offenses targeting law enforcement officers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 775. A bill to require institutions of higher education 
     to disclose hazing-related misconduct, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 776. A bill for the relief of Rebecca Trimble; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cotton, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Lee, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 777. A bill to prohibit taxpayer-funded gender 
     reassignment medical interventions, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 778. A bill to amend chapter 110 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to prohibit gender reassignment medical 
     interventions on minors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cardin, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Reed, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Menendez, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Ms. Rosen, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 779. A bill to provide that certain rules and guidance 
     related to waivers for State innovation under the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act shall have no force or 
     effect; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wyden, 
             and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 780. A bill to provide for the admission of the State of 
     Puerto Rico into the Union; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Ernst, 
             Mr. Cruz, Mr. Braun, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. 
             Stabenow):
       S. 781. A bill to provide for the continuation of paid 
     parental leave for members of the Armed Services in the event 
     of the death of the child; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 782. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to modernize Federal nursing home protections 
     and to enhance care quality and transparency for nursing home 
     residents and their families; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Markey, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 783. A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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