[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 121 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3611-S3612]
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. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 4577. A bill to improve plain writing and public 
     experience, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, 
             and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4578. A bill to create a new Federal grant program that 
     provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with 
     summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for 
     student use during the summer months; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 4579. A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to extend 
     certain deadlines applicable to pilot projects to increase 
     Colorado River System water to address effects of historic 
     drought conditions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 4580. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require a lactation space in each medical center of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 4581. A bill to improve the public service loan 
     forgiveness program under section 455(m) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, to improve loan forgiveness 
     eligibility provisions under such Act for teachers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       S. 4582. A bill to remove obstacles to the ability of law 
     enforcement officers to enforce gun safety laws, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 4583. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
     improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability 
     insurance program, and to provide for Social Security benefit 
     protection; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 4584. A bill to prohibit the use of M-44 devices, 
     commonly known as ``cyanide bombs'', on public land, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. MARSHALL:
       S. 4585. A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, 
     Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to modify the pesticide 
     registration process, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 4586. A bill to keep schools physically secure using 
     unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of 
     Education to respond to the coronavirus; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 4587. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Benjamin Berell Ferencz, in recognition of his service to the 
     United States and international community during the post-
     World War II Nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for 
     international criminal justice and rule of law; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 4588. A bill to establish a public-private partnership 
     technology investment pilot program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 4589. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to adjust certain credits and deductions for inflation; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4590. A bill to provide requirements relating to data 
     caps on broadband internet access service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 4591. A bill to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, 
     to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely 
     impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide expungement of 
     certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 4592. A bill to encourage the migration of Federal 
     Government information technology systems to quantum-
     resistant cryptography, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 4593. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     make certain information available on a public website 
     relating to intermediate care facilities for individuals with 
     intellectual disabilities certified for participation under 
     the Medicaid program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 4594. A bill to establish a National Regulatory Budget, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 4595. A bill to support local governments for 
     jurisdictions that elect or appoint a person with a 
     disability in providing the accommodations needed for the 
     elected or appointed official to carry out their official 
     work duties, and to build the capacity of local governments 
     to have consistent and adequate funding for accommodations; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Inhofe, 
             Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Marshall, and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 4596. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Energy, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
     Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Transportation, 
     the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and the 
     Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from considering, in 
     taking any action, the social cost of carbon, the social cost 
     of methane, the social cost of

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     nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse 
     gas, unless compliant with Office of Management and Budget 
     guidance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 4597. A bill to allow individuals with disabilities to 
     campaign for elected office without losing access to 
     Federally supported benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 4598. A bill to require the Executive Office of the 
     President to provide an inflation estimate with respect to 
     executive orders with a significant effect on the annual 
     gross budget, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 4599. A bill to streamline the sharing of information 
     among Federal disaster assistance agencies, to expedite the 
     delivery of life-saving assistance to disaster survivors, to 
     speed the recovery of communities from disasters, to protect 
     the security and privacy of information provided by disaster 
     survivors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 4600. A bill to require the reimposition of sanctions 
     with respect to the FARC; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.

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