[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S74-S75]
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. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Ms. Ernst, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Tillis, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Rubio, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 27. A bill to prohibit the Department of Defense from 
     requiring contractors to provide information relating to 
     greenhouse gas emissions; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, and 
             Mr. Markey):
       S. 28. 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. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Lee, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
             Braun, Mr. Daines, Mr. Paul, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Hawley, and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 29. A bill to provide remedies to members of the Armed 
     Forces discharged or subject to adverse action under the 
     COVID-19 vaccine mandate; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 30. A bill to authorize major medical facility projects 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Daines, 
             Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. 
             Lee):
       S. 31. A bill to provide for the development and issuance 
     of a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land 
     in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Warnock, Ms. 
             Smith, and Mr. Moran):
       S. 32. A bill to increase the number of landlords 
     participating in the Housing Choice Voucher program; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 33. A bill to rescue domestic medical product 
     manufacturing activity by providing incentives in 
     economically distressed areas of the United States and its 
     possessions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 34. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a program to provide loans to manufacturers of 
     energy grid products and components; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 35. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to make available parental leave benefits to parents 
     following the birth or adoption of a child, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 36. A bill to review domestic biopharmaceutical 
     manufacturing capabilities in order to improve public health 
     and medical preparedness and response capabilities and 
     domestic biopharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 37. 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 Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 38. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to codify the 
     Boots to Business Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 39. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to modify work requirements under the supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Kaine, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Ms. Warren, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Murray):
       S. 40. A bill to address the fundamental injustice, 
     cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United 
     States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and 
     to establish a commission to study and consider a national 
     apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of 
     slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and 
     economic discrimination against African Americans, and the 
     impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make 
     recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 41. A bill to reauthorize the READ Act; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Warner):
       S. 42. A bill to improve the management and performance of 
     the capital asset programs of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs so as to better serve veterans, their families, 
     caregivers, and survivors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Braun, and 
             Mr. Hawley):
       S. 43. A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides 
     automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 44. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a program to incentivize investment in facilities 
     that carry out the metallurgy of rare earth elements and the 
     production of finished rare earth products, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 45. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and 
     reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service 
     industry; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 46. A bill to establish a small business and domestic 
     production recovery investment facility, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 47. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act 
     of 1986 to modify a provision relating to acquisition of 
     beach fill; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 48. A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act 
     to establish a grant program for community-based maternal 
     mentoring programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 49. A bill to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 
     Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on drilling off the 
     coasts of the States of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 50. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to give priority consideration to selecting 
     Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national 
     significance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Cortez

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             Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, and 
             Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 51. A bill to provide for the admission of the State of 
     Washington, D.C. into the Union; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Lummis, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 52. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to establish country of origin labeling requirements for 
     beef, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 53. A bill to identify and combat corruption in 
     countries, to establish a tiered list of countries with 
     respect to levels of corruption by their governments and 
     their efforts to combat such corruption, and to evaluate 
     whether foreign persons engaged in significant corruption 
     should be specially designated nationals under the Global 
     Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Ms. Hassan, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 54. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     increase the limitation on the credit for biomass stoves and 
     boilers; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN:
       S. 55. A bill to limit the detailing of directors of 
     medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
     different positions within the Department, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, 
             Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 56. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate 
     taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through 
     eligible scholarship-granting organizations and eligible 
     workforce training organizations, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina):
       S. 57. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to 
     be paid from a 529 account; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 58. A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
     to prohibit transactions involving certain financial 
     instruments by Members of Congress; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lankford, 
             and Mr. Carper):
       S. 59. A bill to implement merit-based reforms to the civil 
     service hiring system that replace degree-based hiring with 
     skills- and competency-based hiring; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
             and Mr. Braun):
       S. 60. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to allow parents of eligible military 
     dependent children to establish Military Education Savings 
     Accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Kelly, 
             and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 61. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     to implement a strategy to combat the efforts of 
     transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals 
     in the United States via social media platforms and other 
     online services and assess their use of such platforms and 
     services for illicit activities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution removing the deadline for 
     the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; read the 
     first time.

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