[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6585-S6586]
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. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Menendez, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 2766. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a manufacturing investment tax credit and a 
     production tax credit for manufacturing facilities that 
     produce offshore wind turbine components; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2767. A bill to authorize certain Federal departments to 
     enter into contracts to carry out existing authorities to 
     protect United States facilities from unmanned aircraft; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 2768. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a special rule for certain casualty losses of 
     uncut timber; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 2769. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric 
     physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to 
     appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII 
     of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to 
     be included under Medicare, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 2770. A bill to require the Secretary of State to 
     designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 2771. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, 
     Texas, as the ``Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell Department 
     of Veterans Affairs Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2772. A bill to provide Federal support to entities 
     performing reviews of wrongful convictions; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 2773. A bill to amend the Leahy-Smith America Invents 
     Act to address satellite offices of the United States Patent 
     and Trademark Office, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 2774. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
     address patent ownership, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Durbin, Ms. Warren, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, and 
             Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2775. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to provide for whistleblower incentives and 
     protection; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 2776. A bill to clarify that the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services has authority to implement a residential 
     eviction moratorium under the quarantine authority vested by 
     the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Hirono, 
             and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 2777. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     to make adjustments to payment rates for skilled nursing 
     facilities under the Medicare program to account for certain 
     unique circumstances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 2778. A bill to amend title II of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 to provide for teacher, principal, and other 
     school leader quality enhancement; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 2779. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for the establishment of a Task Force on Maternal 
     Mental Health, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
             Lankford, and Mr. Cruz):

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       S. 2780. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     prohibit certain adverse personnel actions taken against 
     members of the Armed Forces based on declining the COVID-19 
     vaccine; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Sasse):
       S. 2781. A bill to repeal the exception to sanctions with 
     respect to the energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors of 
     Iran relating to reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Paul):
       S. 2782. A bill to address recommendations made to Congress 
     by the Government Accountability Office and detailed in the 
     annual duplication report, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 2783. A bill to provide resettlement benefits for 
     certain nationals of Afghanistan, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 2784. A bill to amend title 46 to establish a grant 
     program for developing, offering, or improving educational or 
     career training programs for American workers related to the 
     maritime workforce; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Braun, and 
             Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2785. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for 
     gender transition in minors; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2786. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to address the inappropriate or unlawful denial by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs of benefits and services 
     for former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or 
     released from the active military, naval, or air service 
     under conditions characterized as neither dishonorable nor 
     honorable, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 2787. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     clarify the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 2788. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance 
     Program; read the first time.
           By Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. McConnell):
       S. 2789. A bill making continuing appropriations for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing 
     emergency assistance, and for other purposes; read the first 
     time.
           By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Braun, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Scott of 
             Florida):
       S. 2790. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection 
     Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.

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