[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2121-S2122]
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              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. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, 
             Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1261. A bill to require the national instant criminal 
     background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law 
     enforcement agencies whenever information contained in the 
     system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully 
     in the United States attempted to receive a firearm; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, and 
             Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1262. A bill to exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old 
     individuals employed in logging operations from child labor 
     laws; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1263. A bill to establish State-Federal partnerships to 
     provide students the opportunity to attain higher education 
     at in-State public institutions of higher education without 
     debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer 
     students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1264. A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing 
     permits and leases, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Lee, Mr. Markey, Mr. Daines, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Tester, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1265. A bill to amend section 2702 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to prevent law enforcement and intelligence 
     agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in 
     exchange for anything of value, to address communications and 
     records in the possession of intermediary internet service 
     providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1266. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the renewable electricity production credit to 
     include electricity produced from hydrogen; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1267. A bill to extend certain deadlines for the 2020 
     decennial census; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1268. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to finalize rules to protect consumers from the risks of 
     motor vehicle rollaways and carbon monoxide poisoning from 
     keyless ignition motor vehicles, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1269. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior 
     and the Secretary of Agriculture to complete an interagency 
     report on the effects of special recreation permits on 
     environmental justice communities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 1270. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food 
     program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Sanders,

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             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, 
             and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 1271. A bill to reauthorize the Clean School Bus 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1272. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to promote retirement savings on behalf of small business 
     employees by making improvements to SIMPLE retirement 
     accounts and easing the transition from a SIMPLE plan to a 
     401(k) plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Lankford, 
             and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1273. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit to small employers for covering military 
     spouses under retirement plans; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1274. A bill to limit the authority of States or other 
     taxing jurisdictions to tax certain income of employees for 
     employment duties performed in other States or taxing 
     jurisdictions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1275. A bill to amend the Family Violence Prevention and 
     Services Act to make improvements; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 1276. A bill to designate certain National Forest System 
     land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, 
     Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and 
     scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological 
     connecting corridors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 1277. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to update the Lethal Means Safety and Suicide Prevention 
     training course of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1278. A bill to require the Committee on Foreign 
     Investment in the United States to review any purchase or 
     lease of real estate near a military installation or military 
     airspace in the United States by a foreign person connected 
     to or subsidized by the Russian Federation, the People's 
     Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the 
     Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1279. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for an option for any citizen or permanent 
     resident of the United States age 50 to 64 to buy into 
     Medicare; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Hassan, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1280. A bill to improve the reproductive assistance 
     provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, 
     veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 1281. A bill to update the blood donation public 
     awareness campaign of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services to include public awareness on plasma donation; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor , and Pensions.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1282. A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce 
     for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent, Federal 
     set of best available forward-looking meteorological 
     information and to require the Director of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to 
     make such set available, with advice and technical 
     assistance, to standards-developing organizations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1283. A bill to impose a tax on certain trading 
     transactions to invest in our families and communities, 
     improve our infrastructure and our environment, strengthen 
     our financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market 
     volatility; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 1284. A bill to establish the Amache National Historic 
     Site in the State of Colorado as a unit of the National Park 
     System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1285. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     authorize the debarment of certain registrants, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1286. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     provide for the modification, transfer, and termination of a 
     registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense 
     controlled substances or list I chemicals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1287. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require manufacturers of certain single-dose vial 
     drugs payable under part B of the Medicare program to provide 
     refunds with respect to amounts of such drugs discarded, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1288. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to ensure College for All; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 1289. A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
     of 1972 to reauthorize and modify the John H. Prescott Marine 
     Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1290. A bill to assist communities affected by stranded 
     nuclear waste, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Moran, 
             and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1291. A bill to provide for a standard record of service 
     on active duty for members of the reserve components of the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1292. A bill to develop a non-opioid pain management 
     directive indicating to health care professionals and 
     emergency medical services personnel that an individual with 
     respect to whom a form has been executed must not be 
     administered an opioid or offered a prescription for an 
     opioid, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 1293. A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act and 
     the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to modify the 
     offenses relating to fentanyl, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Sasse):
       S. 1294. A bill to authorize the imposition of sanctions 
     with respect to foreign persons that have engaged in 
     significant theft of trade secrets of United States persons, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Young, Ms. 
             Sinema, Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
             Warner, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cramer, and Ms. 
             Lummis):
       S. 1295. A bill to save and strengthen critical social 
     contract programs of the Federal Government; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1296. A bill to require a pilot program on activities 
     under the Transition Assistance Program for a reduction in 
     suicide among veterans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. 
             Kelly):
       S. 1297. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act to create a new national program to support 
     mid-career workers, including workers from underrepresented 
     populations, in reentering the STEM workforce, by providing 
     funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the 
     businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships 
     that lead to positions above entry level; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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