[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 40 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S635-S636]
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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. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 620. A bill to provide for the distribution of certain 
     outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 621. A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
     Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for 
     funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Kaine, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 622. A bill to improve services provided by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs for veteran families, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 623. A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled 
     Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being 
     used to determine eligibility for certain programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Thune, 
             Mr. Rubio, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Risch, 
             Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Young, Mr. Daines, Mrs. 
             Fischer, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Romney, Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Britt, and Mr. 
             Mullin):
       S. 624. A bill to amend title X of the Public Health 
     Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being 
     awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Wicker, 
             and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 625. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify and reform rules relating to investigations and 
     whistleblowers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 626. A bill to recommend that the Center for Medicare 
     and Medicaid Innovation test the effect of a dementia care 
     management model, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 627. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     limit the face value of coins;

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     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 628. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the treatment of direct primary care service 
     arrangements as medical care, to provide that such 
     arrangements do not disqualify deductible health savings 
     account contributions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 629. A bill to provide the President with authority to 
     enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the United 
     Kingdom, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 630. A bill to establish a democracy advancement and 
     innovation program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Warren, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 631. A bill to protect the privacy of personally-
     identifiable health and location data, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Crapo, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 632. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
     Explosives to establish an administrative relief process for 
     individuals whose applications for transfer and registration 
     of a firearm were denied, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 633. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Everett Alvarez, Jr., in recognition of his service to the 
     United States; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 634. A bill to develop and disseminate a civic education 
     curriculum and oral history resources regarding certain 
     political ideologies, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Vance):
       S. 635. A bill to protect children from medical malpractice 
     in the form of gender transition procedures; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 636. A bill to establish the Dolores River National 
     Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management 
     Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water 
     rights in the State, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Durbin, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 637. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to apply child labor laws to independent contractors, 
     increase penalties for child labor law violations, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 638. A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1934 to 
     require country-by-country reporting; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Cantwell, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 639. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to improve the historic rehabilitation tax credit, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 640. A bill to suspend the enforcement of certain civil 
     liabilities of Federal employees and contractors during a 
     lapse in appropriations, or during a breach of the statutory 
     debt limit, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Ricketts, and Ms. 
             Lummis):
       S. 641. 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. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 642. A bill to facilitate the development of treatments 
     for cancers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 643. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to 
     modernize the farmers' market nutrition program under the 
     special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, 
     and children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Braun, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 644. A bill to expand the take-home prescribing of 
     methadone through pharmacies; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Young, Mr. 
             Brown, Mr. Hawley, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Ossoff, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 645. A bill to require the Attorney General to propose a 
     program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress 
     disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety 
     officers, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. 
             Lujan):
       S. 646. A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
     establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry 
     Demonstration Program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. 
             Lujan):
       S. 647. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to establish a grant program to support the use of hydrogen- 
     or ammonia-fueled equipment at ports and to require the 
     Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
     operating to conduct a study, together with the Secretary of 
     Energy and the Secretary of Transportation, regarding the 
     feasibility and safety of using hydrogen and ammonia as fuels 
     in maritime applications; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 648. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to establish a 
     grant program to demonstrate the performance and reliability 
     of heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel 
     source, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 649. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a hydrogen infrastructure finance and innovation 
     pilot program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROUNDS:
       S. 650. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     extend the authority of the Federal Communications Commission 
     to grant a license or construction permit through a system of 
     competitive bidding; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Vance):
       S. 651. A bill to establish the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
             Marshall, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. 
             Capito, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Lummis, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cramer, Ms. 
             Sinema, Ms. Collins, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Wicker, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 652. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health 
     insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to 
     provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy 
     protocol, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Murphy, 
             Mr. Marshall, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 653. A bill to lift the trade embargo to Cuba; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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