[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 140 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5930-S5932]
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. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Padilla, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2616. A bill to create livable communities through 
     coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2617. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to revise the treatment of partnership interests received in 
     connection with the performance of services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Cardin):

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       S. 2618. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of dental and oral 
     health services, vision services, and hearing services under 
     the Medicare and Medicaid programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Ernst, 
             Mr. Cornyn, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2619. A bill to prevent States and local jurisdictions 
     from interfering with the production and distribution of 
     agricultural products in interstate commerce, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Boozman):
       S. 2620. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to make college affordable and accessible by expanding access 
     to dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college 
     high school programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2621. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modernize the tax treatment of derivatives and their 
     underlying investments, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2622. A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco 
     cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Lummis, 
             and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2623. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to 
     modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear 
     a ``Product of U.S.A .'' label, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2624. A bill to authorize major medical facility 
     projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
     year 2022, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Warnock, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Cardin, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2625. A bill to amend the Child Care Access Means 
     Parents in School Program under the Higher Education Act of 
     1965; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Ossoff, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2626. A bill to enhance protections for election 
     records; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2627. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve assistance for veterans with travel necessary for 
     counseling, mental health services, health care, and others 
     services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2628. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to safe disposal packaging and safe 
     disposal system requirements for certain drugs; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cornyn, and 
             Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2629. A bill to establish cybercrime reporting 
     mechanisms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Coons, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 2630. A bill to require Federal agencies to address 
     environmental justice, to require consideration of cumulative 
     impacts in certain permitting decisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2631. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to create a 
     program to provide funding for organizations that support 
     startup businesses in formation and early growth stages by 
     providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to 
     produce viable businesses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2632. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     include doping fraud as a predicate offense for racketeering 
     and money laundering offenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Padilla):
       S. 2633. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to award 
     grants to certain entities for purposes of carrying out 
     climate-resilient living shoreline projects that protect 
     coastal communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 2634. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and 
     recommendations for institutions of higher education on 
     removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their 
     application for admissions process; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. OSSOFF:
       S. 2635. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit 
     a plan to eliminate the backlog of passport applications due 
     to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. King, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2636. A bill to amend the Research Facilities Act and 
     the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
     Act of 1998 to address deferred maintenance at agricultural 
     research facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 2637. A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978 to require the consideration of a 
     standard requiring electric utilities to offer community 
     solar programs to ratepayers; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 2638. A bill to provide additional funding under the 
     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor , and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Ms. Warren, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Mr. Reed, Ms. Smith, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 2639. A bill to establish a State public option through 
     Medicaid to provide Americans with the choice of a high-
     quality, low-cost health insurance plan; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. King, and 
             Ms. Smith):
       S. 2640. A bill to establish a program for developing 
     medical countermeasures for unknown viral threats; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Daines):
       S. 2641. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for payment for services of radiologist 
     assistants under the Medicare program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2642. A bill to exempt large cruise ships from certain 
     requirements applicable to passenger vessels, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2643. A bill to adjust certain ownership and other 
     requirements for passenger vessels, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2644. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to 
     members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time 
     duty, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 2645. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish an excise tax on plastics; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2646. A bill to provide Medicaid assistance to 
     individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 2647. A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to the 
     369th Infantry Regiment, commonly known as the ``Harlem 
     Hellfighters'', in recognition of their bravery and 
     outstanding service during World War I; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 2648. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm 
     National Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2649. A bill to establish a demonstration program to 
     provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-
     stage renal disease, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2650. A bill to provide mandatory funding for hazardous 
     fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.

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           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. 
             Hickenlooper):
       S. 2651. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish 
     a procedure for the siting of certain interstate electric 
     transmission facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 2652. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify congressional intent and preserve patient 
     access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Blunt, and Mrs. 
             Capito):
       S. 2653. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Booker, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 2654. A bill to require a declassification review of 
     certain investigation documents concerning foreign support 
     for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and for 
     other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 2655. A bill to provide funding for demonstration grants 
     to support clinical training of health care providers to 
     administer medical forensic examinations and treatments to 
     survivors of interpersonal violence of all ages; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 2656. A bill to require annual reports and briefings on 
     the Global Force Management Allocation Plan; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Ms. HIRONO:
       S. 2657. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to define 
     the term ``State'' for the purposes of the microloan program 
     carried out under that Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2658. A bill to ensure that older adults and individuals 
     with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE:
       S. 2659. A bill to require the establishment of an advanced 
     energy technology research initiative and an advanced energy 
     technology and modeling grant program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Ms. Warren, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2660. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
     to authorize grants for toxic substances remediation in 
     schools, to reauthorize healthy high-performance schools, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2661. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a 
     grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, 
     preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the 
     environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Peters, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 2662. A bill to establish the Industrial Finance 
     Corporation of the United States, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2663. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve direct certification, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2664. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve program requirements, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and 
             Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 2665. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a grant program to incentivize small business 
     participation in demand side management programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2666. A bill to address threats relating to ransomware, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Smith, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2667. A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and 
     Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal a 
     certain disqualification to receive benefits under title IV 
     of the Social Security Act and benefits under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008; and to amend the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 to provide that incarcerated individuals who are 
     scheduled to be released from an institution within 30 days 
     shall be considered to be a household for purposes of such 
     Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for Ms. ROSEN):
       S. 2668. A bill to require the Office of Internet 
     Connectivity and Growth at the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration to provide assistance relating 
     to broadband access, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 2669. A bill to ban the use of ortho-phthalate chemicals 
     as food contact substances; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2670. A bill to provide for redistricting reform, and 
     for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 2671. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for 
     corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other 
     entities, and for other purposes; read the first time.

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