[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2521-S2523]
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. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 1603. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 1604. A bill to codify the successes of rapid 
     development of safe vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, 
     for the next administration to use as a guide in the event of 
     another pandemic; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Padilla):
       S. 1605. A bill to designate the National Pulse Memorial 
     located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. ROMNEY:
       S. 1606. A bill to designate as wilderness certain National 
     Forest System land in the State of Illinois, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Portman, 
             and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1607. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to improve how the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     discloses to individuals entitled to educational assistance 
     from the Department risks associated with using such 
     assistance at particular educational institutions and to 
     restore entitlement of students to such assistance who are 
     pursuing programs of education at educational institutions 
     that are subject to Federal or State civil enforcement 
     action, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1608. A bill to support the sustainable aviation fuel 
     market, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Bennet):
       S. 1609. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to ensure that electrochromic glass qualifies as energy 
     property for purposes of the energy credit; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 1610. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and 
     provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by 
     law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Leahy, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Lujan, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1611. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     improve the responses of the Department of Defense to sex-
     related offenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Casey, 
             Mr. King, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1612. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1613. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to establish a grant program for 
     certain fitness facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1614. A bill to require certain grantees under title I 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to 
     submit a plan to track discriminatory land use polices, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 1615. A bill to limit the scope of regulations issued by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services to control 
     communicable diseases, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO:
       S. 1616. A bill to provide exceptions from permitting and 
     fee requirements for content creation, regardless of 
     distribution platform, including digital or analog video and 
     digital or analog audio recording activities, conducted on 
     land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1617. A bill to modify the requirements for the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating 
     to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other 
     purposes;

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     to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 1618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow first responders to continue to exclude service-
     connected disability pension payments after reaching the age 
     of retirement; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST:
       S. 1619. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide for a 2-year prohibition on employment in a career 
     civil service position for any former political appointee, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1620. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land 
     in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
             Ernst, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1621. A bill to reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster 
     mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 1622. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide States with the option to provide coordinated 
     care through a pregnancy medical home for high-risk pregnant 
     women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 1623. A bill to amend title I of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act to provide for additional grants for 
     States to conduct activities related to establishing American 
     Health Benefit Exchanges; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 1624. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a National Laboratory Biotechnology Programs to 
     address biotechnology threats, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1625. A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, 
     and to establish minimum standards for, electronic 
     notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or 
     affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to 
     recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of 
     any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations 
     performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the 
     notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, 
     record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's 
     State or when the notarization occurs in or affects 
     interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1626. A bill to award career pathways innovation grants 
     to local educational agencies and consortia of local 
     educational agencies, to provide technical assistance within 
     the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education to 
     administer the grants and support the local educational 
     agencies with the preparation of grant applications and 
     management of grant funds, to amend the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 to support community college and industry 
     partnerships, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. 
             Boozman):
       S. 1627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-
     skipping transfers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1628. A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy 
     Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to 
     the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal 
     information of children and minors, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1629. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to carry out a pilot program to develop and provide to States 
     and transportation planning organizations accessibility data 
     sets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 1630. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to 
     conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1631. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture 
     to convey certain National Forest System land in the State of 
     Arizona to the Arizona Board of Regents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1632. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
     Act to establish a program to provide loans to implement 
     cost-effective energy efficiency measures, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 1633. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement 
     of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to 
     provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1634. A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration 
     to determine whether to permit the use of enriched enrollment 
     randomized withdrawal methodology with respect to clinical 
     trials; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1635. A bill to establish a new nonimmigrant category 
     for alien relatives of United States citizens and lawful 
     permanent residents seeking to enter the United States 
     temporarily for family purposes, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
             Braun):
       S. 1636. A bill to clarify the treatment of 2 or more 
     employers as joint employers under the National Labor 
     Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. 
             Tillis):
       S. 1637. A bill to impose certain measures with respect to 
     Hizballah-dominated areas in Lebanon and to impose sanctions 
     with respect to senior foreign political figures in Lebanon 
     supporting Hizballah; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1638. A bill to protect immigrant families, combat 
     fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1639. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and 
     conservation block grant program; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 1640. A bill to establish a process for waiver of 
     coastwise endorsement requirements; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Daines, Mr. Thune, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Braun, 
             and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 1641. A bill to prohibit rescinding the recognition of 
     Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 1642. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit 
     a report on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 1643. A bill to establish the Alabama Black Belt 
     National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Murkowski, 
             and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1644. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval 
     pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs 
     and biological products, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 1645. A bill to provide for an accelerated approval 
     pathway for certain drugs that are authorized to be lawfully 
     marketed in other countries; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 1646. A bill to repeal the Jones Act restrictions on 
     coastwise trade, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 1647. A bill to authorize an exception to the 
     restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign 
     shipyards for certain construction in shipyards in North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization countries; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 1648. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Rounds, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 1649. A bill to amend section 3606 of title 18, United 
     States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest 
     hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation 
     officer in the performance of official duties; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Tillis):

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       S. 1650. A bill to protect Federal, State, and local public 
     safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 1651. A bill to impose certain measures with respect to 
     Hizballah-affected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean 
     and to impose sanctions with respect to senior foreign 
     political figures in Latin America who support Hizballah, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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