[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1706-S1708]
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. KING:
       S. 891. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish a refundable tax credit for the installation of 
     energy efficient air source heat pumps; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 892. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that kombucha is exempt from any excise taxes and 
     regulations imposed on alcoholic beverages; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 893. A bill to support the use of technology in maternal 
     health care; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 894. A bill to identify and refer members of the Armed 
     Forces with a health care occupation who are separating from 
     the Armed Forces for potential employment with the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Carper, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Wicker, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 895. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an exemption from gross income for mandatory 
     restitution or civil damages as recompense for trafficking in 
     persons; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 896. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to establish additional criteria for 
     determining when employers may join together in a group or 
     association of employers that will be treated as an employer 
     under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of sponsoring a 
     group health plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Tillis, and 
             Ms. Sinema):
       S. 897. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the limitation of the exclusion for dependent 
     care assistance programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Braun, Ms. Smith, and 
             Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 898. A bill to require reporting regarding certain drug 
     price increases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 899. A bill to establish the Intercity Passenger Rail 
     Trust Fund to ensure a safe, sustainable, convenient 
     transportation option for the people of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 900. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     establish a Southern New England Regional Commission, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 901. A bill to provide access to counsel for children 
     and other vulnerable populations; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.

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           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Kaine):
       S. 902. A bill to authorize a grant program for the 
     development and implementation of housing supply and 
     affordability plans, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. 
             Ernst):
       S. 903. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to require a DNA test to determine the familial relationship 
     between an alien and an accompanying minor, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Kelly, and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 904. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army for Civil Works to digitize and make publicly 
     available geographic information system mapping data relating 
     to public access to Federal land and waters for outdoor 
     recreation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Braun, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S. 905. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permit certain expenses associated with obtaining or 
     maintaining recognized postsecondary credentials to be 
     treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes 
     of 529 accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 906. A bill to expand and enhance programs and 
     activities of the Department of Defense for prevention of and 
     response to domestic abuse and child abuse and neglect among 
     military families, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 907. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the 
     Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
             Reed, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 908. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the negotiation of lower covered part D 
     drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and the 
     establishment and application of a formulary by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services under Medicare part D, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 909. A bill to significantly lower prescription drug 
     prices for patients in the United States by ending 
     government-granted monopolies for manufacturers who charge 
     drug prices that are higher than the median prices at which 
     the drugs are available in other countries; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Menendez, 
             Ms. Sinema, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Smith, Mr. King, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Tester, Ms. Rosen, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schatz, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Ms. Lummis, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 910. A bill to create protections for financial 
     institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-
     related legitimate businesses and service providers for such 
     businesses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 911. A bill to require the installation of secondary 
     cockpit barriers on existing aircraft, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 912. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide information regarding vaccines for seniors as 
     part of the Medicare & You handbook and to ensure that the 
     treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under Medicare part D 
     is consistent with the treatment of vaccines under Medicare 
     part B, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Reed, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 913. A bill to conduct a study on the spread of COVID-
     19-related disinformation and misinformation on the internet 
     and social media platforms, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, 
             Ms. Lummis, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Inhofe, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Kelly, 
             and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 914. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs 
     under those Acts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 915. A bill to repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and 
     Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 916. A bill to provide adequate funding for water and 
     sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Grassley):
       S. 917. A bill to allow for expedited approval of generic 
     prescription drugs and temporary importation of prescription 
     drugs in the case of marginally competitive drug markets and 
     drug shortages; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
       S. 918. A bill to offer financial support to health care 
     providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Bennet, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S. 919. A bill to establish duties for online service 
     providers with respect to end user data that such providers 
     collect and use; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 920. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to allow for the importation of affordable and 
     safe drugs by wholesale distributors, pharmacies, and 
     individuals; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Hawley):
       S. 921. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     further protect officers and employees of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 922. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     provide funding to States for extending broadband service to 
     unserved areas in partnership with broadband service 
     providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Peters, 
             Ms. Hassan, Mr. Young, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 923. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to establish a consumer 
     recycling education and outreach grant program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 924. A bill to establish a demonstration program to 
     provide payments on eligible loans for individuals who are 
     eligible for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment 
     Program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 925. A bill to establish the Federal Agency Sunset 
     Commission; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Smith, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 926. A bill to plan, develop, and make recommendations 
     to increase access to sexual assault examinations for 
     survivors by holding hospitals accountable and supporting the 
     providers that serve them; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. 
             Capito):
       S. 927. A bill to improve the provision of health care and 
     other benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
     veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 928. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in 
     the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison 
     inmates and that such sums shall be redirected to the 
     Department of Justice to be paid out in the form of 
     restitution to compensate victims of crime; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 929. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in 
     the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison 
     inmates convicted of murder and that such sums shall be 
     redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the 
     form of restitution to compensate victims of crime; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 930. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in 
     the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison 
     inmates convicted of rape and that such sums shall be 
     redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in the 
     form of restitution to compensate victims of crime; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 931. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that the 2021 recovery rebates as provided for in 
     the American Rescue Plan Act are not provided to prison 
     inmates convicted of child sex abuse and that such sums shall 
     be redirected to the Department of Justice to be paid out in 
     the form of restitution to compensate victims of crime; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 932. A bill to establish the Interagency Security 
     Classification Appeals Panel, to provide agency and higher 
     level reviews of classification decisions, to provide 
     expedited review of classification decisions for members of 
     Congress, and to provide protections for those challenging 
     classification decisions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 933. A bill to designate the Battleship IOWA Museum, 
     located in Los Angeles, California, as the National Museum of 
     the Surface Navy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 934. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve rural health clinic payments; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Ms. Ernst, and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 935. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to make technical corrections to rural health clinic 
     payments; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Grassley, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 936. A bill to require online marketplaces to collect, 
     verify, and disclose certain information regarding high-
     volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform 
     consumers; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and 
             Mr. Sanders):
       S. 937. A bill to facilitate the expedited review of COVID-
     19 hate crimes, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S. 938. A bill to require the President to declare a 
     national emergency relating to climate change under the 
     National Emergencies Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S.J. Res. 13. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission relating to ``Update of Commission's 
     Conciliation Procedures'' ; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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