[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2067-S2068]
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. DAINES (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1221. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management to create a classification that more 
     accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 1222. A bill to designate and adjust certain lands in 
     the State of Utah as components of the National Wilderness 
     Preservation System, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1223. A bill to revise the treatment of urbanized areas 
     experiencing population changes following a major disaster; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 1224. A bill to reauthorize, and increase the total 
     funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage 
     Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural 
     Heritage Partnership as the ``Silos & Smokestacks National 
     Heritage Area'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 1225. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require institutions of higher education to report revenue 
     generated by each sports team, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey):
       S. 1226. A bill to designate the United States courthouse 
     located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 
     as the ``Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse'', and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Tillis):
       S. 1227. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to set the rate of pay for employees of the 
     Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection in accordance with 
     the General Schedule; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 1228. A bill to provide for equitable treatment for 
     Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and American Samoa; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Daines, 
             Mr. Risch, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Crapo, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 1229. A bill to modify the procedures for issuing 
     special recreation permits for certain public land units, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Lummis, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1230. A bill to amend the Bank Service Company Act to 
     provide improvements with respect to State banking agencies, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1231. A bill to amend the Construction Consensus 
     Procurement Improvement Act of 2020 to correct a provision on 
     the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       S. 1232. A bill to modify the maximum paycheck protection 
     program loan amount for farmers and ranchers, sole 
     proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed 
     individuals; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1233. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, 
     and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty 
     service industry; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1234. A bill to support States in their work to end 
     preventable morbidity and mortality in maternity care by 
     using evidence-based quality improvement to protect the 
     health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the 
     postpartum period and to reduce neonatal and infant 
     mortality, to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health 
     outcomes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 1235. A bill to establish a United States Commission on 
     Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the 
     prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1236. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to develop best practices for incorporating resilience into 
     emergency relief projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1237. A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by 
     prohibited purchasers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, 
             Ms. Hassan, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Leahy, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tester, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Carper, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Cortez 
             Masto):
       S. 1238. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families 
     have access to the contraception they need in order to 
     promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 1239. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an exclusion from gross income for certain waste 
     water management subsidies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blunt):
       S. 1240. A bill to expand and enhance the Manufacturing USA 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Braun, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 1241. A bill to provide for the discharge of parent 
     borrower liability if a student on whose behalf a parent has 
     received certain student loans becomes disabled; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1242. A bill to establish the Office of Intelligence in 
     the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 1243. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the equal employment opportunity functions of 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Booker):

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       S. 1244. A bill to amend the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help 
     communities respond to climate change and transition to a 
     clean economy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 1245. A bill to combat the theft of trade secrets by 
     China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1246. A bill to amend the Reclamation Project Act of 
     1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development 
     utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1247. A bill to impose certain limitations on consent 
     decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require 
     the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the 
     terms thereof, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1248. A bill to establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund 
     for restoration and resilience projects, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Marshall):
       S. 1249. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to modify 
     the maximum paycheck protection program loan amount for 
     farmers and ranchers, sole proprietors, independent 
     contractors, and self-employed individuals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 1250. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     postpone the effective date of high-impact rules pending 
     judicial review; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Fischer, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Ernst, Mr. Coons, Mr. Thune, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, 
             Ms. Rosen, Mr. Young, Mr. Brown, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Romney, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1251. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, 
     ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary 
     markets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 1252. A bill to require each agency to repeal or amend 2 
     or more rules before issuing or amending a rule; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 1253. A bill to cap noninterest Federal spending as a 
     percentage of potential GDP to right-size the Government, 
     grow the economy, and balance the budget; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 1254. A bill to improve the processes by which 
     environmental documents are prepared and permits and 
     applications are processed and regulated by Federal 
     departments and agencies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Padilla, 
             Ms. Rosen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Wyden, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1255. A bill to require the Minority Business 
     Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote 
     and administer programs in the public and private sectors to 
     assist the development of minority business enterprises, to 
     ensure that such Agency has the necessary supporting 
     resources, particularly during economic downturns, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 1256. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for investors in start-up businesses, 
     to provide a credit for wages paid by start-up businesses to 
     their first employees, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1257. A bill to establish a Federal artificial 
     intelligence scholarship-for-service program; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1258. A bill to extend the authorization of each of the 
     National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National 
     Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Portman, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1259. A bill to provide that crib bumpers shall be 
     considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the 
     Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Hassan, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Portman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Daines, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Romney, and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 1260. A bill to establish a new Directorate for 
     Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, 
     to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a 
     strategy and report on economic security, science, research, 
     innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a 
     critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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