[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5175-S5177]
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. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 2528. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide a penalty for assault against journalists, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 2529. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for advance refunds of certain net operating 
     losses and research expenditures relating to COVID-19, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 2530. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions 
     to certain organizations for members of the Armed Forces; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2531. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to give States the option to extend the Medicaid 
     drug rebate program to the Children's Health Insurance 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Carper, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Warner, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 2532. A bill to provide protections for employees of, 
     former employees of, and applicants for employment with 
     Federal agencies, contractors, and grantees whose right to 
     petition or furnish information to Congress is interfered 
     with or denied; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hirono, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2533. A bill to improve mammography services furnished 
     by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. 
             Padilla):
       S. 2534. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     provide assistance for increasing the frequency and 
     availability of public transportation service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 2535. A bill to authorize additional district judges for 
     the district courts and convert temporary judgeships; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Tillis, Ms. 
             Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
             Young, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 2536. A bill to require the Government Accountability 
     Office to submit a report on the public health mitigation 
     messaging and guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 2537. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for previously-owned qualified plug-in 
     electric drive motor vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2538. A bill to reauthorize a program of grants to 
     hospitals and emergency departments to develop, implement, 
     enhance, or study alternatives to opioids for pain 
     management, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       S. 2539. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to issue rules requiring the inclusion of new safety 
     equipment in school buses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2540. A bill to make technical corrections to title XXII 
     of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 2541. A bill to authorize the reclassification of the 
     tactical enforcement officers (commonly known as the ``Shadow 
     Wolves'' ) in the Homeland Security Investigations tactical 
     patrol unit operating on the lands of the Tohono O'odham 
     Nation as special agents; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. King, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2542. A bill to require that certain agencies only 
     procure cut flowers and cut greens grown in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Lummis, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Young):
       S. 2543. A bill to require a study on the national security 
     implications of the People's Republic of China's efforts to 
     create an official digital currency; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2544. A bill to adjust the applicability of certain 
     amendments to the Truth in Lending Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 2545. A bill to establish a comprehensive United States 
     Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders 
     and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2546. A bill to require the Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs to develop standards for ``Reef Safe'' and ``Ocean 
     Safe'' labels for sunscreen; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 2547. A bill to improve the procedures for the 
     authentication and the secure and tamper-evident delivery and 
     transmission of certain court orders; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 2548. A bill to provide for fiscal gap and generational 
     accounting analysis in the legislative process, the 
     President's budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook 
     reports; to the Committee on the Budget.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 2549. A bill to authorize a grant program for 
     educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map 
     historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Hassan, and 
             Mr. Young):
       S. 2550. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide students with disabilities and their families with 
     access to critical information needed to select the right 
     college and succeed once enrolled; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 2551. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to establish or otherwise provide an 
     artificial intelligence training program for the acquisition 
     workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2552. A bill to promote long-term economic recovery and 
     job creation in underserved communities by providing for 
     investment in catalytic local predevelopment projects for 
     resilient climate infrastructure innovation and to provide 
     assistance to support State and local project development, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. 
             Murray, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2553. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     protect employees of the Federal judiciary from 
     discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2554. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a refundable tax credit to taxpayers who provide 
     reductions in rent to their tenants under State rental 
     reduction programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 2555. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     establish a task force to address the effects of the release 
     of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
     from activities of the Department of Defense, to include 
     exposure to such substances in periodic health assessments of 
     members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 2556. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other 
     orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, 
     safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic 
     care, to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to 
     orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2557. A bill to require certain transportation projects 
     to include a value-for-money analysis, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 2558. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide incentives for livestock processing facilities; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2559. A bill to establish the National Deepfake and 
     Digital Provenance Task Force, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 2560. A bill to reform the inspection process of housing 
     assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 2561. A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy 
     and Management Act of 1976 to provide that a land resource 
     management plan or land use plan approved, amended, or 
     revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a 
     continuing Federal agency action or constitute a 
     discretionary Federal involvement or control for a distinct 
     Federal purpose, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Hassan, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Ms. Lummis):
       S. 2562. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve extended care services by providing Medicare 
     beneficiaries with an option for cost effective home-based 
     extended care under the Medicare program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2563. A bill to establish a Science Advisory Board at 
     the Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, and 
             Ms. Lummis):
       S. 2564. A bill to establish a pilot program under which 
     the Chief of the Forest Service may use alternative dispute 
     resolution in lieu of judicial review for certain projects; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Baldwin, 
             and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2565. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for the testing of a community-based 
     palliative care model; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       S. 2566. A bill to require the Center for Medicare and 
     Medicaid Innovation to test allowing blood transfusions to be 
     paid separately from the Medicare hospice all-inclusive per 
     diem payment; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Fischer, 
             Mr. Rounds, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Sasse, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Ms. Lummis, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Burr):
       S. 2567. A bill to enact the definition of ``waters of the 
     United States'' into law, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 2568. A bill to establish the Open Access 
     Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Baldwin, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2569. A bill to enhance the rights of domestic workers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2570. A bill to establish grant programs to improve the 
     health of residents along the United States-Mexico and Unites 
     States-Canada borders and for all hazards preparedness in the 
     border areas, including with respect to bioterrorism, 
     infectious disease, and other emerging biothreats, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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