[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S567-S569]
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 Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 574. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to prevent the use of patents, trade secrets, or 
     other intellectual property to inhibit competition; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 575. A bill to require balanced budgets in concurrent 
     resolutions on the budget, to establish limits on the waiver 
     of budget points of order, and to prevent appropriations in 
     excess of the amount authorized to be appropriated; to the 
     Committee on the Budget.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Vance, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 576. A bill to enhance safety requirements for trains 
     transporting hazardous materials, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Warnock):

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       S. 577. A bill to require the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development to conduct an annual risk assessment of 
     properties receiving tenant-based or project-based rental 
     assistance for lead-based hazards, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 578. A bill to reform requirements regarding the safety 
     and security of families living in public and federally 
     assisted housing in high-crime areas; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 579. A bill to provide for a comfortable and safe 
     temperature level in dwelling units receiving certain Federal 
     housing assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tuberville, 
             and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 580. A bill to provide greater scrutiny of visas for 
     Chinese Communist Party members; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 581. A bill to provide standards for physical condition 
     and management of housing receiving assistance payments under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Markey, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 582. A bill to make daylight saving time permanent, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 583. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to 
     terminate the insured status of a depository institution that 
     refuses to provide services to certain Federal contractors, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 584. A bill to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights 
     Act of 2004, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 585. A bill to require a determination of whether 
     certain Chinese entities meet the criteria for the imposition 
     of sanctions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Braun, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. 
             Cruz):
       S. 586. A bill to modify the limitation on military-to-
     military exchanges and contacts with the People's Liberation 
     Army to cover all logistical operations and remove the 
     exception for search-and-rescue and humanitarian operations 
     and exercises; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 587. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign 
     persons responsible for the negligent creation of space 
     debris, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Lummis, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Daines, 
             Mr. Braun, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 588. A bill to impose sanctions and other measures in 
     response to the failure of the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China to allow an investigation into the origins 
     of COVID-19 at suspect laboratories in Wuhan; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 589. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide bonus depreciation for certain space launch 
     expenditures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and 
             Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 590. A bill to allow the Administrator of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into agreements 
     with private and commercial entities and State governments to 
     provide certain supplies, support, and services; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 591. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the 
     People's Republic of China in relation to activities in the 
     South China Sea and the East China Sea, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Welch):
       S. 592. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     increase the mileage rate offered by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel program for 
     health related travel, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 593. A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
     Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to establish the 
     Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte 
     National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio 
     Grande del Norte National Monument; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 594. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture and 
     the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of 
     the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 595. A bill to approve the settlement of water rights 
     claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose 
     Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio 
     Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             Rounds, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Graham, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cotton, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Moran, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Warner):
       S. 596. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible 
     for the work opportunity credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hassan, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Warren, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 597. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act 
     to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall 
     elimination provisions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 598. A bill to repeal certain impediments to the 
     administration of the firearms laws; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Markey, 
             Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 599. A bill to establish the Foundation for Digital 
     Equity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cotton, and 
             Mr. McConnell):
       S. 600. A bill to amend the Controlled Substance Act to 
     list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled 
     substances; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 601. A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 
     1968 to modify the amount by which the chargeable risk 
     premium rate for flood insurance under that Act may be 
     increased in any year; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 602. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency to take certain actions relating 
     to the National Flood Insurance Program. and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Braun, and Mr. King):
       S. 603. A bill to establish procedures regarding the 
     approval of opioid drugs by the Food and Drug Administration; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 604. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to amend the mission statement of the Food and Drug 
     Administration; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Manchin, and 
             Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 605. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to develop long-distance bike 
     trails on Federal recreational lands and waters, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 606. A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration 
     to revoke the approval of one opioid pain medication for each 
     new opioid medication approved; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 607. A bill to allow the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to deny approval of a new drug application for an 
     opioid analgesic drug on the basis of such drug not

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     being clinically superior to other commercially available 
     drugs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Mr. Welch):
       S. 608. A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
     direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
     the Deerfield River 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. CARDIN:
       S. 609. A bill to establish a pilot program awarding 
     competitive grants to organizations administering 
     entrepreneurial development programming to formerly 
     incarcerated individuals, and other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 610. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to 
     modify the frequency of board of directors meetings, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
             Warren, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 611. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the low-income housing credit for rehabilitation 
     expenditures for buildings achieving enhanced energy 
     performance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
             Rosen, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 612. A bill to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration 
     Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Budd, 
             Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Braun, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. 
             Rubio, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hawley, 
             Mr. Mullin, Mr. Graham, and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 613. A bill to provide that for purposes of determining 
     compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
     in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a 
     person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. McConnell, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Cruz, and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 614. A bill to codify the temporary scheduling order for 
     fentanyl-related substances by adding fentanyl-related 
     substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mrs. 
             Feinstein):
       S. 615. A bill to improve the safety of the air supply on 
     aircraft, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 616. A bill to amend the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 
     Reservation Restoration Act to provide for the transfer of 
     additional Federal land to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Padilla, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 617. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
     Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling 
     on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South 
     Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning 
     areas; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 618. A bill to establish the United States Foundation 
     for International Conservation to promote long-term 
     management of protected and conserved areas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Lee, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 619. A bill to require the Director of National 
     Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin 
     of COVID-19, and for other purposes; considered and passed.

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