[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 106 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4622-S4623]
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. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 2094. A bill to provide for a new building period with 
     respect to the cap on full-time equivalent residents for 
     purposes of payment for graduate medical education costs 
     under the Medicare program for certain hospitals that have 
     established a shortage specialty program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ:
       S. 2095. A bill to expand compassionate release authority 
     and elderly home confinement access for offenders with 
     heightened coronavirus risk; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 2096. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term 
     visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of 
     such Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2097. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the permissible first-dollar coverage of 
     telehealth services for purposes of health savings accounts; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SASSE:
       S. 2098. A bill to prevent States from using or 
     distributing resources during the COVID-19 national emergency 
     in accordance with a State policy that discriminates on the 
     basis of disability, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SASSE:
       S. 2099. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow individuals who are not enrolled in a high 
     deductible health plan to have access to health savings 
     accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2100. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 2101. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow for contributions to the Alzheimer's Research and 
     Caregiving Trust Fund, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2102. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     direct the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to provide mammography screening for 
     veterans who served in locations associated with toxic 
     exposure; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PADILLA:
       S. 2103. A bill to amend the Revised Statutes of the United 
     States to hold certain public employers liable in civil 
     actions for deprivation of rights, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2104. A bill to support global labor rights, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 2105. A bill to enhance mental health and psychological 
     support within United States foreign assistance programs; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 2106. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     authorize a national network of Statewide senior legal 
     hotlines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 2107. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish the semiconductor manufacturing investment 
     credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Casey):
       S. 2108. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability 
     beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2109. A bill to prohibit allocations of Special Drawing 
     Rights at the International Monetary Fund for perpetrators of 
     genocide and state sponsors of terrorism without 
     congressional authorization; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2110. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of a virtual health pilot 
     program to facilitate utilization of remote patient 
     monitoring technology to maintain or expand access to health 
     care services for individuals in rural areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions .
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2111. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the waiver of certain telehealth 
     requirements to permit reimbursement for audio-only 
     telehealth services under the Medicare program during 
     emergency declarations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 2112. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to 
     provide for Medicare and Medicaid mental and behavioral 
     health treatment through telehealth; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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           By Mr. SASSE:
       S. 2113. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand permissible distributions from an employee's health 
     flexible spending account or health reimbursement arrangement 
     to their health savings account; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2114. A bill to expand the definition of qualified 
     persons for purposes of the Public Readiness and Emergency 
     Preparedness Act to include health professional students; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Markey, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 2115. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a 
     Federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender 
     identity; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2116. A bill to prevent mail, telemarketing, and 
     internet fraud targeting seniors in the United States, to 
     promote efforts to increase public awareness of the enormous 
     impact that mail, telemarketing, and internet fraud have on 
     seniors, to educate the public, seniors, their families, and 
     their caregivers about how to identify and combat fraudulent 
     activity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2117. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 
     to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not 
     wait in long lines in order to vote; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 2118. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean 
     energy, and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2119. A bill to provide for nonpreemption of measures by 
     State and local governments to divest from entities that 
     engage in certain boycott, divestment, or sanctions 
     activities targeting Israel or persons doing business in 
     Israel or Israeli-controlled territories, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Rosen, and 
             Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 2120. A bill to establish the United States-Israel 
     Artificial Intelligence Center to improve artificial 
     intelligence research and development cooperation; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2121. A bill to develop best practice guidelines for the 
     use of dogs in Federal courts, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 2122. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     regulate the use of cell-site simulators, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 2123. A bill to establish the Federal Clearinghouse on 
     Safety and Security Best Practices for Faith-Based 
     Organizations and Houses of Worship, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2124. A bill to prohibit the award of Federal Government 
     contracts to inverted domestic corporations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Smith, and 
             Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2125. A bill to divert Federal funding away from 
     supporting the presence of police in schools and toward 
     evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the 
     needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2126. A bill to designate the Federal Office Building 
     located at 308 W. 21st Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as the 
     ``Louisa Swain Federal Office Building'' ; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 2127. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     require that Federal children's programs be separately 
     displayed and analyzed in the President's budget, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Reed, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Leahy, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 2128. A bill to ensure the humane treatment of pregnant 
     women by reinstating the presumption of release and 
     prohibiting shackling, restraining, and other inhumane 
     treatment of pregnant detainees, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 2129. A bill to promote freedom of information and 
     counter censorship and surveillance in North Korea, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Coons, 
             Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2130. A bill to modify the disposition of certain outer 
     Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial 
     sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 2131. A bill to require a review of the effects of FHA 
     mortgage insurance policies, practices, and products on 
     small-dollar mortgage lending, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 2132. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     limit the use of taxpayer funded union time for employees of 
     the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Menendez):
       S. 2133. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 to provide for studies and reports relating to the 
     impact of legislation on spending on children, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2134. A bill to establish the Data Protection Agency; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2135. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile 
     a list of unnecessary programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 2136. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the implementation of curricula for training 
     students, teachers, parents, and school and youth development 
     personnel to understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to 
     signs of human trafficking and exploitation in children and 
     youth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2137. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     establish an Office of Rural Investment, to ensure that rural 
     communities and regions are equitably represented in Federal 
     decision-making for transportation policy, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2138. A bill to respond to international trafficking of 
     Cuban medical professionals by the Government of Cuba, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Durbin):
       S.J. Res. 21. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of 
     slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a 
     crime; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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