[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6279-S6280]
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. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Manchin):
       S. 2687. A bill to provide the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs testimonial subpoena 
     authority, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 2688. A bill to require consultations on reuniting 
     Korean Americans with family

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     members in North Korea; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2689. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure that children in foster care who are placed in 
     a qualified residential treatment program are eligible for 
     Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Hickenlooper):
       S. 2690. A bill to require the Small Business 
     Administration to license new lending institutions to make 
     loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2691. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure adequate access to vaccines under the Medicaid 
     program and the Vaccines for Children program, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, 
             and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2692. A bill to amend title 38, United States, to modify 
     the limitation on reimbursement for emergency treatment of 
     amounts owed to a third party or for which the veteran is 
     responsible under a health-plan contract; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 2693. A bill to amend the Reclamation Projects 
     Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize 
     additional projects related to the Salton Sea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 2694. A bill to improve care furnished and to support 
     the workforce in skilled nursing facilities under the 
     Medicare program and in nursing facilities under the Medicaid 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Leahy):
       S. 2695. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prevent unjust and irrational criminal punishments; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       S. 2696. A bill to require States and local jurisdictions 
     that institute vaccine passports to require voter 
     identification in Federal elections; to the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 2697. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to remove the Medicaid coverage exclusion for inmates in 
     custody pending disposition of charges, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LUMMIS:
       S. 2698. A bill to establish a categorical exclusion to 
     improve or restore National Forest System land or public land 
     or reduce the risk of wildfire, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2699. A bill to establish a cybersecurity literacy 
     campaign, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 2700. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and 
     treatment of mental health issues among public safety 
     officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2701. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     Office for Access to Justice in the Department of Justice, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Tester, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 2702. A bill to protect the voting rights of Native 
     American and Alaska Native voters; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2703. A bill to amend the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer 
     Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 to require insurance 
     agents who sell flood insurance policies under the National 
     Flood Insurance Program to take certain continuing education 
     courses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 2704. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 to provide relief from surcharges to small businesses 
     and nonprofit organizations; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2705. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     establish Tribal Wildlife Corridors, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 2706. A bill to improve diversity in clinical trials and 
     data collection for COVID-19 and future public health threats 
     to address social determinants of health; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2707. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     improve a program that provides livestock disaster 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 2708. A bill to provide for greater consultation between 
     the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community 
     users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a 
     process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of 
     land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2709. A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 2021 to increase the fiscal year 2021 commitments to 
     guarantee certain business loans of the Small Business 
     Administration; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 2710. A bill to promote competition and reduce 
     gatekeeper power in the app economy, increase choice, improve 
     quality, and reduce costs for consumers; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 2711. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide rules of construction that nothing in those Acts 
     requires the use, teaching, promotion, or recommendation of 
     any academic discipline, program, or activity that holds that 
     the United States is a Nation founded on white supremacy and 
     oppression, or that these forces are at the root of American 
     society; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 2712. A bill to authorize appropriations for planning 
     for United States participation in the 2025 World Expo in 
     Osaka, Japan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. TOOMEY:
       S.J. Res. 23. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention relating to ``Temporary Halt in 
     Residential Evictions in Communities with Substantial or High 
     Transmission of COVID-19 To Prevent the Further Spread of 
     COVID-19''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. 
             Burr):
       S.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention relating to ``Temporary Halt in 
     Residential Evictions in Communities with Substantial or High 
     Transmission of COVID-19 To Prevent the Further Spread of 
     COVID-19''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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