[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S397-S398]
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. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Thune, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 398. A bill to prevent the use of additional Internal 
     Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers 
     with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- 
     and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an 
     onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue 
     Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly 
     $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Warner, 
             Mr. Cardin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, 
             Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Carper):
       S. 399. A bill to place limitations on excepting positions 
     from the competitive service, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mrs. Fischer):
       S. 400. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to annually report on aviation consumer complaints related to 
     passengers with a disability; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lummis, 
             Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mr. Vance, Mr. Budd, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Moran):
       S. 401. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 402. A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964 to require the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission to approve commencing, intervening in, or 
     participating in certain litigation, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 403. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize a public education campaign across all relevant 
     programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration 
     to increase oral health literacy and awareness; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 404. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to obtain 
     the consent of affected State and local governments before 
     making an expenditure from the Nuclear Waste Fund for a 
     nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 405. A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the availability of 
     heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 406. A bill to establish the Public Health Information 
     and Communications Advisory Committee for purposes of 
     providing recommendations and reports, and to support 
     educational initiatives on communication and dissemination of 
     information during public health emergencies; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 407. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a methodology for determining State 
     allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital 
     payments that is based on State poverty levels, to require 
     States to prioritize disproportionate share hospital payments 
     on the basis of Medicaid inpatient utilization and low-income 
     utilization rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Murphy, Mr. 
             Kaine, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 408. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to impose a windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and to 
     rebate the tax collected back to individual taxpayers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 409. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
     provide student loan deferment for victims of terrorist 
     attacks; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 410. A bill to authorize a Federal report and 
     longitudinal study regarding the effects of social media on 
     users under age 18; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Manchin, Ms. 
             Collins, and Mr. King):
       S. 411. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center 
     of the Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 412. A bill to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly 
     distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless 
     disregard for the individual's lack of consent to the 
     distribution, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lujan, and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 413. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the rate of the excise tax on the repurchase of 
     corporate stock, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 414. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and 
     indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain 
     veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
             Risch, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 415. A bill to provide reliable and evidence-based food 
     and energy security; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 416. A bill to designate the Russian-based mercenary 
     Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 417. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on 
     the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase 
     Circle in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 418. A bill to provide financial assistance to schools 
     impacted by radioactive contaminants, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 419. A bill to require social media platforms to verify 
     that all individuals who create an account on the platform 
     are age 16 or older, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Vance, Mr. Braun, 
             and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 420. A bill to prohibit Federal funds from being made 
     available to facilities that refuse to provide treatment 
     based on COVID-19 vaccination status; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST:
       S. 421. A bill to prohibit Federal funding to the Wuhan 
     Institute of Virology and to require a GAO study regarding 
     Federal funds previously provided to such institute or to 
     entities affiliated with the Chinese Government; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Rounds, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 422. A bill to remove legal impediments preventing 
     construction of a border barrier along the international 
     border between the United States and Mexico, improve the 
     construction requirements for such barrier,

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     make previously appropriated funds available for constructing 
     such barrier until expanded, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       S. 423. A bill to streamline enrollment in health insurance 
     affordability programs and minimum essential coverage, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 424. A bill to protect the seniors of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; read the first time.
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S. 425. A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect 
     alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee 
     application and processing centers outside the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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