[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3191-S3193]
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. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Romney, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 1723. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish a stewardship fee on the production and 
     importation of opioid pain relievers, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio, 
             Mr. Young, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1724. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration 
     Act of 1938 to provide the Attorney General with greater 
     authority to promote enforcement of disclosure requirements 
     for agents of foreign principals, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1725. A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National 
     American Indian Veterans, Incorporated; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 1726. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United 
     States Code (popularly referred to as the Buy American Act) 
     and certain other laws with respect to certain waivers under 
     those laws, to provide greater transparency regarding 
     exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 1727. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased 
     expenditures under Medicaid for behavioral health services 
     (including those related to mental health and substance use), 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 1728. A bill to create dedicated funds to conserve 
     butterflies in North America, plants in the Pacific Islands, 
     freshwater mussels in the United States, and desert fish in 
     the Southwest United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 1729. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require contracting officers to consider information 
     regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal 
     defense contract, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1730. A bill to increase portability of and access to 
     retirement savings, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1731. A bill to provide certain coverage of audiologist 
     services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 1732. A bill to establish a Freight Rail Innovation 
     Institute to carry out a research and development program to 
     develop new technologies for freight rail locomotives; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1733. A bill to authorize implementation grants to 
     community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry 
     centers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 1734. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use 
     of prescribed

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     fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the 
     Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National 
     Forest System in the western United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Ms. 
             Hirono, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1735. A bill to establish an Office of Native American 
     Affairs within the Small Business Administration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER:
       S. 1736. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to address 
     the participation of cooperatives in the program carried out 
     under section 7(a) of that Act, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Graham):
       S. 1737. A bill to establish a global zoonotic disease task 
     force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1738. A bill to provide additional funding for school-
     based health centers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 1739. A bill to rescind amounts appropriated for grants 
     that are not accepted by a State or local government and use 
     the amounts for deficit reduction; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 1740. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     make energy transition payments to States, counties, and 
     Indian Tribes to replace Federal mineral revenues lost as a 
     result of changes in Federal policy, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 1741. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to provide for alternative pathways of 
     addressing child abuse and neglect; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Young, and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1742. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be 
     invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign 
     exchanges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1743. A bill to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 
     to impose certain requirements relating to the use of market 
     indexes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1744. A bill to improve national security at the 
     National Institutes of Health, to address national security 
     issues in the licensure of biological products, to address 
     national security considerations in research at the 
     Department of Health and Human Services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1745. A bill to strengthen the requirements for reviews 
     by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 
     of covered transactions involving genetic information, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1746. A bill to reform the requirements regarding the 
     safety and security of families living in public and 
     federally assisted housing in high-crime areas; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1747. A bill to provide for an equitable management of 
     summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic 
     data, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1748. A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by 
     United States courts of certain rights relating to certain 
     marks, trade names, or commercial names; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1749. A bill to authorize the Minority Business 
     Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to establish 
     business centers at historically Black colleges and 
     universities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 1750. A bill to redesignate land within certain 
     wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cotton, and 
             Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1751. A bill to provide that funding for Gaza shall be 
     made available instead for the Iron Dome short-range rocket 
     defense system; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Rubio, 
             Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 1752. A bill to establish the National Center for 
     Advancement of Aviation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1753. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to extend and update the credit for nonbusiness energy 
     property; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 1754. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration 
     Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption from registration under 
     such Act for persons providing private and nonpolitical 
     representation of trade and commercial interests, and the 
     exemption from registration under such Act for persons filing 
     disclosure reports under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
     in connection with the representation of business 
     organizations organized under the laws of or having their 
     principal place of business in the People's Republic of 
     China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 1755. A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 
     to include the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the 
     Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Kelly):
       S. 1756. A bill to extend the commitment of the United 
     States to the International Space Station, to develop 
     advanced space suits, and to authorize a stepping stone 
     approach to exploration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 1757. A bill to have education funds follow the student; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER:
       S. 1758. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to increase the maximum loan amount for certain 
     loans; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1759. A bill to establish a MicroCap small business 
     investment company designation, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 1760. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs planned to be 
     built in Oahu, Hawaii, as the ``Daniel Kahikina Akaka 
     Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient 
     Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mrs. Capito, Mr. Toomey, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 1761. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act to make changes with respect to water quality 
     certification, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1762. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to permit retirement plans to consider 
     certain factors in investment decisions; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Burr):
       S. 1763. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     establish a high risk rural roads safety program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 1764. A bill to expand the Protecting Europe's Energy 
     Security Act of 2019 and require the reinstatement of 
     sanctions waived with respect to Nord Stream 2 AG and 
     corporate officers of Nord Stream 2 AG; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. INHOFE:
       S. 1765. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     provide greater flexibility for multimodal freight 
     improvements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Cotton):
       S. 1766. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate United 
     States Route 412 as a future part of the Interstate System, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Sasse):
       S. 1767. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
     modernize certain processes regarding expulsion of credit 
     union members for cause, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. 
             Coons):
       S. 1768. A bill to make grants to support online training 
     of residential contractors

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     and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and 
     multifamily buildings, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 1769. A bill to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica 
     Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the 
     Valley Corridor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 1770. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform retirement provisions, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance .
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1771. A bill to authorize reference to the museum 
     located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, 
     Arkansas, as the ``National Cold War Center''; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1772. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, 
     widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1773. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to establish internet website-based dashboards to allow 
     the public to review information on spending for, and 
     utilization of, prescription drugs and biologicals covered 
     under the Medicare and Medicaid programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 1774. A bill to strengthen United States engagement in 
     the Oceania region and enhance the security and resilience of 
     allies and partners of the Oceania community, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. 
             Tillis):
       S. 1775. A bill to address gun violence, improve the 
     availability of records to the National Instant Criminal 
     Background Check System, address mental illness in the 
     criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and 
     trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes; read 
     the first time.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 1776. A bill to implement recommendations relating to 
     military training on emerging technologies; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr, 
             Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, 
             Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hawley, 
             Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Paul, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, 
             Mr. Sasse, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Young, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina):
       S. 1777. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to codify the Trump administration rule on reporting 
     requirements of exempt organizations, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1778. A bill to prohibit transfers of individuals 
     between ICE facilities and Federal, State, and local 
     facilitates, to ensure physical distancing inside ICE 
     facilitates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1779. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1780. A bill to remove college cost as a barrier to 
     every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse 
     educator workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1781. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to assess the quality and nutrition of food 
     available at military installations for members of the Armed 
     Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1782. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a grant program to facilitate tree planting that 
     reduces residential energy consumption, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 1783. A bill to provide emergency loans to maintain 
     access to essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1784. A bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens 
     Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens 
     prescriptions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1785. A bill to repeal the debt ceiling, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS:
       S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to Israel 
     of certain defense articles, including defense services and 
     technical data; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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