[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S425-S426]
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. KENNEDY:
       S. 426. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase and provide an inflation adjustment for the 
     limitation on distributions from qualified tuition programs 
     that may be used for elementary and secondary tuition; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 427. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from 
     constraining the range or type of investments that may be 
     offered to participants and beneficiaries of individual 
     retirement accounts who exercise control over the assets in 
     such accounts; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. 
             Britt, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Hoeven, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 428. A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to 
     prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts 
     with an entity that discriminates against firearm or 
     ammunition industries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Heinrich, 
             and Mr. Mullin):
       S. 429. A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and 
     Jobs Act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an 
     abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 430. A bill to provide authority to enter into a 
     cooperative agreement to protect civilians in Iraq and the 
     Arabian Peninsula from weaponized unmanned aerial systems; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Thune, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Budd, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 431. A bill to withhold United States contributions to 
     the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine 
     Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 432. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     designate the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in the State of 
     Vermont for potential addition to the national wild and 
     scenic rivers system, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 433. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory 
     and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Risch, and Mrs. 
             Fischer):
       S. 434. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act 
     of 1938, as amended, to modify requirements under that Act 
     relating to exemptions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Budd, 
             Mr. Tuberville, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 435. A bill to provide requirements related to the 
     eligibility of individuals who identify as transgender from 
     serving in the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Coons):
       S. 436. A bill to respond to the looming global food crisis 
     precipitated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 437. A bill to establish within the Office of Gender 
     Equality and Women's Empowerment of the United States Agency 
     for International Development a rural mobility program to 
     promote mobility in rural communities through access to 
     affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles, provide support to 
     sustainably increase access to rural areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, and 
             Mr. Kennedy):
       S. 438. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to provide for 
     expanded natural gas exports; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 439. A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5, United 
     States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain 
     financial instruments by Members of Congress; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 440. A bill to designate certain land administered by 
     the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the 
     State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, 
     to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and 
     Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, 
     appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, 
     location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and 
     operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing 
     laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 441. A bill to establish American opportunity accounts, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Hagerty, and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 442. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     prohibit former Presidential appointees from acting on behalf 
     of the Government of the People's Republic of China, the 
     Chinese Communist Party, and Chinese military companies; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, 
             Mr. Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Kelly, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
             Peters, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Capito, 
             Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, 
             Mr. Marshall, Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, 
             and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 443. A bill to treat certain liquidations of new motor 
     vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory 
     for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. 
             Hoeven, Mr. Lee, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott 
             of Florida, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 444. A bill to require any convention, agreement, or 
     other international instrument on pandemic prevention, 
     preparedness, and response reached by the World Health 
     Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Daines, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 445. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
     reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater 
     Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the 
     Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 446. A bill to provide the President with authority to 
     enter into certain plurilateral trade agreements with 
     benefits only applying to signatories of those agreements, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Sinema, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 447. A bill to establish a demonstration program for the 
     active remediation of orbital debris and to require the 
     development of uniform orbital debris standard practices in 
     order to support a safe and sustainable orbital environment, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. King, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Peters, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Casey, and 
             Mr. Lujan):
       S. 448. A bill to codify the existing Outdoor Recreation 
     Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park Service, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. STABENOW:
       S. 449. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the assignment of patient advocates at medical 
     facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 450. A bill to strengthen export controls for emerging 
     and foundational technologies that bolster the destabilizing 
     activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 451. A bill to impose sanctions and establish strict 
     conditions on the termination of sanctions in response to 
     acts of aggression by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the 
     Russian Federation against the people of Ukraine, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
             Risch):
       S. 452. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the 
     American Assured Fuel Supply Program, and submit a report on 
     a civil nuclear credit program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, Mr. Vance, Mr. Boozman, Ms. 
             Collins, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
             Risch, Mr. Young, Mr. Thune, Mr. Moran, Ms. Ernst, 
             and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 453. A bill to prohibit the implementation of new 
     requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


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  On page S426, February 15, 2023, in the first column, the 
following appears: S. 453. A bill to prohibit . . . deposits and 
withdrawals; to the Committee on Finance.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 453. A bill to 
prohibit . . . deposits and withdrawals; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.


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           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Wyden, and 
             Ms. Collins):
       S. 454. A bill to establish a competitive grant program to 
     support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness 
     programs, providing employability skills development, career 
     exploration, employment readiness training, mentoring, work-
     based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible 
     youth; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Lee, and 
             Mr. Braun):
       S. 455. A bill to terminate the requirement imposed by the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 456. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     authorize non-medical counseling services, provided by 
     certain mental health professionals, to military families; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 457. A bill to establish a Federal tort against 
     pediatric gender clinics and other entities pushing gender-
     transition procedures that cause bodily injury to children or 
     harm the mental health of children; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 458. A bill to establish a program to reduce the 
     reliance of allied and partner nations on natural gas, 
     petroleum, nuclear fuel, and minerals produced in Russia, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Hagerty, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Boozman, and 
             Mr. Budd):
       S. 459. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide enhanced penalties for convicted murderers who kill 
     or target America's public safety officers; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Mullin):
       S. 460. A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
     Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy 
     for the Department of Health and Human Services; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.

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