[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 66 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1293-S1294]
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. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1221. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to provide awards to recognize State 
     and local governments that improve the process of forming a 
     new business, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1222. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to encourage entrepreneurship 
     training in after school programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cotton, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Ms. Collins, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. 
             Lankford, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Thune, Mr. Boozman, and 
             Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1223. A bill to improve certain criminal provisions; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Moran, 
             and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 1224. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     modify the conservation reserve enhancement program; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 1225. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of 
     determining gain or loss; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1226. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax 
     reform law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Murkowski, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Schatz):
       S. 1227. A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and 
     unregulated fishing at its sources globally; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
       S. 1228. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     save Federal funds by authorizing changes to the composition 
     of circulating coins, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1229. A bill to establish a Green New Deal for Health to 
     prepare and empower the health care sector to protect the 
     health and wellbeing of our workers, our communities, and our 
     planet in the face of the climate crisis, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Cardin, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 1230. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     Master Sergeant Roderick ``Roddie'' Edmonds in recognition of 
     his heroic actions during World War II; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Warner, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Cortez 
             Masto):
       S. 1231. A bill to prohibit disinformation in the 
     advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1232. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to permanently extend the allowance for depreciation, 
     amortization, or depletion for purposes of determining the 
     income limitation on the deduction for business interest; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1233. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act to modify provisions relating to rural 
     decentralized water systems grants; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Lee, Mr. Thune, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Young, 
             Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 1234. A bill to apply the Freedom of Information Act to 
     actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
     for Communications and Information in carrying out the 
     Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Ms. Hassan, and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1235. A bill to establish an awareness campaign related 
     to the lethality of fentanyl and fentanyl-contaminated drugs, 
     to establish a Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl 
     Contamination of Illegal Drugs, and to provide community 
     based coalition enhancement grants to mitigate the effects of 
     drug misuse; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 1236. A bill to add suicide prevention resources to 
     school identification cards; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Grassley, 
             Ms. Lummis, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1237. A bill to restore the exemption of family farms 
     and small businesses from the definition of assets under 
     title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Braun, and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 1238. A bill to amend the Plant Protection Act for 
     purposes of mitigating the threat of invasive species, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Merkley):
       S. 1239. A bill to promote environmental literacy; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1240. A bill to modify the requirements for candidate 
     countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1241. A bill to enhance and expand cooperation between 
     the Department of Defense and the Government of Taiwan; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Vance, and 
             Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 1242. A bill to exclude critical minerals that were 
     extracted or processed in certain countries that are 
     providing insufficient levels of assistance to Ukraine from 
     being included for purposes of determining the amount of the 
     clean vehicle tax credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN:
       S. 1243. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the exclusion for gain from qualified small 
     business stock; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Daines, Ms. 
             Lummis, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1244. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prevent double dipping between tax credits and grants or 
     loans for clean vehicle manufacturers; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 1245. A bill to transfer unobligated balances made 
     available for COVID-19 emergency response and relief to the 
     Federal Communications Commission to enable the Commission to 
     carry out the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
     Reimbursement Program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Welch, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Reed, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Cardin, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 1246. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to strengthen the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation 
     Reduction Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Lee, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 1247. A bill to amend the First Step Act of 2018 to 
     permit defendants convicted of certain offenses to be 
     eligible for reduced sentences, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Booker, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Brown, and Mr. Coons):

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       S. 1248. A bill to expand eligibility for and provide 
     judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, 
     and make other technical corrections; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
             Crapo, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1249. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the procedural rules for penalties; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Braun, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Vance, and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1250. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to require that direct-to-consumer advertisements for 
     drugs and biologicals include an appropriate disclosure of 
     pricing information; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Ossoff, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Lummis, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1251. A bill to reform sentencing laws and correctional 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1252. A bill to support the human rights of Uyghurs and 
     members of other ethnic groups residing primarily in the 
     Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and safeguard their 
     distinct civilization and identity, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1253. A bill to increase the number of U.S. Customs and 
     Border Protection Customs and Border Protection officers and 
     support staff and to require reports that identify staffing, 
     infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at 
     ports of entry; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY:
       S. 1254. A bill to designate and expand wilderness areas in 
     Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to 
     designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and 
     Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Vance):
       S. 1255. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     include a public airport in use by an air reserve station as 
     a primary airport; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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