[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 49 (Thursday, March 16, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S825-S826]
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. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Stabenow, and 
             Mr. Hawley):
       S. 829. A bill to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
     to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of 
     registrations under that Act; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. COLLINS:
       S. 830. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the limitation on the amount individuals filing 
     jointly can deduct for certain State and local taxes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cardin, and 
             Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 831. A bill to address transnational repression by 
     foreign governments against private individuals, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 832. A bill to amend section 70108 of title 46, United 
     States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of the Department in 
     which the United States Coast Guard is operating from 
     entering into an agreement relating to assessing the 
     effectiveness of antiterrorism measures at a foreign port 
     with any foreign government that is a state sponsor of 
     terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 833. A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal 
     court proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 834. A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to reauthorize the 
     Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, and 
             Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 835. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to 
     reaffirm the importance of, and include requirements for, 
     works incorporated by reference into law, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 836. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to 
     strike provisions that limit the disclosure of certain 
     information by the Consumer Product Safety Commission; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 837. A bill to enhance civil penalties under the Federal 
     securities laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 838. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to improve access to mental health services under the 
     Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 839. A bill to require agencies to complete a regulatory 
     impact analysis before issuing a significant rule, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 840. A bill to protect the rights of the people of the 
     United States under the Second Amendment to the Constitution 
     of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 841. A bill to authorize the Caribbean Basin Security 
     Initiative, to enhance the United States-Caribbean security 
     partnership, to prioritize natural disaster resilience, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Welch):
       S. 842. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to provide for coverage of dental and oral 
     health services, vision services, and hearing services under 
     the Medicare and Medicaid programs; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. RISCH:
       S. 843. A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and 
     Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional 
     Carey Act projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. 
             Brown):
       S. 844. A bill to authorize the declaration of a hazardous 
     train event, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Durbin, and 
             Mr. Grassley):
       S. 845. A bill to allow for expedited approval of generic 
     prescription drugs and temporary importation of prescription 
     drugs in the case of marginally competitive drug markets and 
     drug shortages; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 846. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and 
     the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow the interstate 
     sale of State-inspected meat and poultry, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.


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  On page S825, March 16, 2023, in the second column, the 
following appears: S. 846. A bill to amend the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow 
the interstate sale of State-inspired meat and poultry, and for 
other purposes.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 846. A bill to 
amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act to allow the interstate sale of State-inspected 
meat and poultry, and for other purposes.


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           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Durbin, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S. 847. A bill to establish the International Children with 
     Disabilities Protection Program within the Department of 
     State, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 848. A bill to establish competitive Federal grants that 
     will empower community colleges and minority-serving 
     institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler 
     child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and 
     in their communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 849. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law 
     enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 850. A bill to incentivize States and localities to 
     improve access to justice, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 851. A bill to include a Federal defender as a nonvoting 
     member of the United States Sentencing Commission; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Braun, and 
             Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 852. A bill to prohibit securities investments that 
     finance certain companies of the People's Republic of China 
     and to expand the Non-Specially Designated Nationals Chinese 
     Military-Industrial Complex Companies List of the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 853. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to establish the Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. 
             Vance, and Mr. Lee):
       S. 854. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
     to address the issuance of securities by Chinese entities, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Van 
             Hollen):
       S. 855. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
     to require national securities exchanges to identify issuers 
     that are consolidated variable interest entities, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Young, and 
             Mr. Kelly):
       S. 856. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to conduct a study and submit to Congress a report 
     examining the feasibility of funding the Universal Service 
     Fund through contributions supplied by edge providers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Padilla, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Lujan, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 857. A bill to encourage and facilitate efforts by 
     States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the 
     western population of monarch butterflies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Blumenthal):

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       S. 858. A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court 
     proceedings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 859. A bill to provide for the expedited consideration 
     of nominations for the Supreme Court of the United States; to 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 860. A bill to require an annual report on United States 
     portfolio investments in the People's Republic of China, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and 
             Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 861. A bill to require the United States Government to 
     obtain and maintain the capacity to transmit internet access 
     service abroad and domestically in case of emergency-related 
     disruptions, and to strengthen support for circumvention 
     technologies that allow users to evade government-backed 
     censorship; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 862. A bill to address health workforce shortages 
     through additional funding for the National Health Service 
     Corps, and to establish a National Health Service Corps 
     Emergency Service demonstration project; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Carper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Young, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Manchin, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Murkowski, and 
             Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 863. A bill to establish a temporary commission to 
     develop a consensus and actionable recommendations on a 
     comprehensive grand strategy with respect to the United 
     States relationship with the People's Republic of China for 
     purposes of ensuring a holistic approach toward the People's 
     Republic of China across all Federal departments and 
     agencies; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Braun):
       S. 864. A bill to require the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to require reporting of sourcing and due diligence 
     activities of companies involving supply chains of products 
     that are imported into the United States that are directly 
     linked to products utilizing forced labor from Xinjiang, 
     China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 865. A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to 
     promote transparency by permitting the Public Company 
     Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary 
     proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Moran, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 866. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to enhance tax benefits for research activities; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Casey, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Mr. Fetterman):
       S. 867. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to provide for grants for State firearms 
     dealer licensing programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 868. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
     officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Moran, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Menendez, and 
             Mr. Warner):
       S. 869. A bill to amend the Community Development Banking 
     and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to reauthorize and 
     improve the community development financial institutions bond 
     guarantee program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, 
             and Mr. Carper):
       S. 870. A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and 
     Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the 
     United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance 
     grant programs; read the first time.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Mullin, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 871. A bill to amend section 7014 of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 to advance toward full 
     Federal funding for impact aid, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 872. A bill to identify social media entities under the 
     influence of certain foreign entities and to take measures to 
     protect the United States from such entities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 873. A bill to improve recreation opportunities on, and 
     facilitate greater access to, Federal public land, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 874. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to modify 
     the implementation of the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A 
     nonimmigrants; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 875. A bill to prohibit the receipt of Federal funds by 
     individuals or entities conducting business with social media 
     companies associated with countries of concern, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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