[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 177 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6997-S6999]
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

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and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       S. 2951. A bill to allow a tax credit for certain 
     charitable contributions related to the evacuation of certain 
     individuals from Afghanistan; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
             Kennedy, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 2952. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to 
     use alternative testing methods to animal testing to 
     investigate the safety and effectiveness of a drug, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
             and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2953. A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service 
     from requiring financial institutions to report on the 
     financial transactions of their customers; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. 
             Baldwin):
       S. 2954. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to alter the definition of ``conviction'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 2955. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     make permanent the direct hire authority of the Secretary of 
     Defense for domestic defense industrial base facilities, the 
     Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the 
     Director of Operational Test and Evaluation; to the Committee 
     on Armed Services.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Boozman):
       S. 2956. A bill to advance targeted, high-impact, and 
     evidence-based inventions for the prevention and treatment of 
     global malnutrition, to improve the coordination of such 
     programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Merkley, and 
             Mr. Markey):
       S. 2957. A bill to ensure the digital contents of 
     electronic equipment and online accounts belonging to or in 
     the possession of United States persons entering or exiting 
     the United States are adequately protected at the border, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 2958. A bill to require the Attorney General to make 
     competitive grants to State, tribal, and local governments to 
     establish and maintain witness protection and assistance 
     programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 2959. A bill to provide that, due to disruptions caused 
     by COVID-19, applications for impact aid funding for fiscal 
     year 2023 may use certain data submitted in the fiscal year 
     2022 application; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. 
             Heinrich):
       S. 2960. A bill to encourage reduction of disposable 
     plastic products in units of the National Park System, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 2961. A bill to prohibit a State or local government 
     from using highway safety program funds for traffic control 
     or traffic enforcement if such State or local government 
     defunds the police, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, and Ms. 
             Rosen):
       S. 2962. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to ensure 
     market competition in onshore oil and gas leasing, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 2963. A bill to establish a socioeconomic labor 
     threshold and use that threshold for purposes of chapter 67 
     of title 41, United States Code; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. BALDWIN:
       S. 2964. A bill to clarify the status of the North Country, 
     Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of 
     the National Park System, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 2965. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to study the current and projected demands on 
     rural broadband networks associated with data transmission 
     due to increased network usage; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Smith, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2966. A bill to provide additional benefits to American 
     workers whose employment has been impacted as a result of the 
     transition to a clean energy economy; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. King, Mr. Cramer, 
             Ms. Collins, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 2967. A bill to establish an Assistant Secretary of 
     State for Arctic Affairs; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Daines, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 2968. A bill to increase the number of judgeships for 
     the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and 
     certain district courts of the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Daines, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 2969. A bill to establish a Commission on Structural 
     Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. 
             Murkowski, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 2970. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
     judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United 
     States into two judicial circuits, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 2971. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to revise 
     the Standard Occupational Classification System to accurately 
     count the number of emergency medical services practitioners 
     in the United States; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Hawley, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 2972. A bill to repeal section 230 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lee, 
             Mr. Tuberville, and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 2973. A bill to establish an Inspector General of the 
     National Institutes of Health; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Reed, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 2974. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide for a Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 2975. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army and the 
     Secretary of the Navy to carry out a pilot program on using 
     data recorders to improve the readiness and safety of the 
     operation of military tactical vehicles; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
             Braun):
       S. 2976. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to permit a Federal student loan borrower to elect to 
     terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and 
     repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the 
     borrower is otherwise eligible; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Inhofe):
       S. 2977. A bill to allow State manufacturing extension 
     partnerships to award grants to small- and medium-sized 
     manufacturers for the purpose of training new workers to 
     replace departing experienced workers; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 2978. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     consider certain transactions related to precious metals for 
     purposes of identifying jurisdictions of primary money 
     laundering concern, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2979. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration Organization Act to establish 
     the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 2980. A bill to authorize the voluntary donation of 
     grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 2981. A bill to amend the National Housing Act to 
     establish a mortgage insurance program for first responders, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 2982. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award grants to establish or expand 
     programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health 
     care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates 
     of covered individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 2983. A bill to provide for an accelerated approval 
     pathway for certain drugs that are

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     authorized to be lawfully marketed in other countries; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Braun, and 
             Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 2984. A bill to establish that a State-based education 
     loan program is excluded from certain requirements relating 
     to a preferred lender arrangement; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, 
             Ms. Warren, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Tester, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 2985. A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination Act 
     and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance 
     appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the 
     Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of 
     the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2986. A bill to require a review of sanctions with 
     respect to Russian kleptocrats and human rights abusers; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relative to equal 
     rights for men and women; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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