[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 191 (Thursday, December 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S7070]
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              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 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 5211. A bill to authorize the use of specialized human 
     trafficking training and technical assistance grants to train 
     law enforcement personnel regarding the Interdiction for the 
     Protection of Children program; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 5212. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to 
     increase access to services provided by advanced practice 
     registered nurses under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 5213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional 
     expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine 
     delivery systems; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 5214. A bill to direct the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a measurement-
     based national methane research pilot study to quantify 
     methane emissions from certain oil and gas infrastructure, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 5215. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
     Act of 2009 to authorize the modification of transferred 
     works to increase public benefits and other project benefits 
     as part of extraordinary operation and maintenance work, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Booker, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cardin, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 5216. A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by 
     closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Reed):
       S. 5217. A bill to promote the diligent development of 
     Federal oil and gas leases, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 5218. A bill to amend the civil rights remedies 
     equalization provision of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments 
     of 1986 to clarify civil rights remedies; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 5219. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a partially refundable credit against payroll 
     taxes for certain restaurants affected by the COVID-19 
     pandemic; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 5220. A bill to reauthorize programs of the Small 
     Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
       S. 5221. A bill to reauthorize the State Trade Expansion 
     Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. 
             Stabenow, and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 5222. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric dams in order 
     to increase clean energy production, improve the resiliency 
     and reliability of the United States electric grid, enhance 
     the health of the Nation's rivers and associated wildlife 
     habitats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 5223. A bill to require Community Development Block 
     Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to 
     develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to 
     allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Warnock, 
             and Ms. Smith):
       S. 5224. A bill to exclude from gross income certain 
     assistance provided to farmers, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 5225. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West in 
     Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 5226. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     increase the punishment for human trafficking in a school 
     zone, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 5227. A bill to authorize grants to eligible entities to 
     pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for 
     individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 5228. A bill to treat activities related to fisheries in 
     the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands areas as related to an 
     exempt purpose for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 5229. A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress 
     on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in 
     the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a 
     bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or 
     on the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes; considered 
     and passed.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 5230. A bill to increase accessibility to the National 
     Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data 
     sharing between such system and the National Crime 
     Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, and for other purposes; considered and passed.

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