[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 76 (Thursday, May 4, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1533-S1534]
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 Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 1439. A bill to amend the National Quantum Initiative 
     Act to establish a public-private partnership for near-term 
     quantum application development and acceleration, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, 
             Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1440. A bill to establish a program to award grants to 
     entities that provide transportation connectors from 
     critically underserved communities to green spaces, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1441. A bill to establish a Center for Biomedical 
     Innovation and Development in order to accelerate innovation 
     and development of advanced medical countermeasure products; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1442. A bill to amend the Community Development Banking 
     and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to adjust for 
     inflation the maximum amount of assistance provided by the 
     Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1443. A bill to require an interagency strategy for 
     creating a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft 
     systems (C-UAS) capabilities and protections at international 
     borders of the United States; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 1444. A bill to increase the pay and enhance the 
     training of United States Border Patrol agents, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MULLIN:
       S. 1445. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     provide an affirmative defense for certain criminal 
     violations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Murray, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
             Stabenow, Mr. Welch, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kelly, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 1446. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exclude certain Nurse Corps payments from gross income; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 1447. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence 
     intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1448. A bill to provide grants to owners of 
     intergenerational dwelling units, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer, 
             Ms. Lummis, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, 
             Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1449. A bill to improve the environmental review 
     process, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1450. A bill to establish a cap on costs for covered 
     prescription drugs under Medicare parts B and D; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1451. A bill to band anticompetitive terms in facility 
     and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, 
     lower cost care; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1452. A bill to promote mental wellness and resilience 
     and prevent and heal mental health, behavioral health, and 
     psychosocial conditions through developmentally and 
     culturally appropriate community programs, and award grants 
     for the purpose of establishing, operating, or expanding 
     community-based mental wellness and resilience programs, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Braun, 
             Mrs. Britt, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Lummis, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
             Sinema, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hassan, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 1453. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reinstate advance refunding bonds; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 1454. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to disallow a deduction for charitable contributions for 
     certain purposes relating to college athletics; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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           By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Moran, and 
             Mr. Braun):
       S. 1455. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for new markets tax credit investments in the 
     Rural Jobs Zone; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Risch, 
             Mr. Lee, Mr. Daines, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 1456. A bill to provide for certain energy development, 
     permitting reforms, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Romney):
       S. 1457. A bill to authorize negotiation and conclusion and 
     to provide for congressional consideration of a tax agreement 
     between the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1458. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to establish a program to assist 
     small business concerns with purchasing cybersecurity 
     products and services, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Thune):
       S. 1459. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration to issue regulations concerning 
     accommodations for powered wheelchairs, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science , and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1460. A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to 
     remove the exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other 
     firearms from the definition of consumer product in order to 
     permit the issuance of safety standards for such articles by 
     the Consumer Product Safety Commission; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cotton, and 
             Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1461. A bill to establish vetting standards for the 
     placement of unaccompanied alien children with sponsors, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Scott 
             of Florida):
       S. 1462. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and 
     provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by 
     law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1463. A bill to establish a defense industrial base 
     advanced capabilities pilot program; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 1464. A bill to restrict the flow of illicit drugs into 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Casey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 1465. A bill to establish the Baltic Security Initiative 
     for the purpose of strengthening the defensive capabilities 
     of the Baltic countries, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for Mrs.FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. 
             Padilla)):
       S. 1466. A bill to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica 
     Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the 
     Valley Corridor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wyden, and 
             Mr. Young):
       S. 1467. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the 
     purchase of qualified access technology for the blind; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1468. A bill to ensure that Federal work-study funding 
     is available for students enrolled in residency programs for 
     teachers, principals, or school leaders, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1469. A bill to require certification of small business 
     concerns as small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     service-disabled veterans in order to be counted toward goals 
     for contract awards, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1470. A bill to amend the Small Business Act relating to 
     small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 1471. A bill to bolster the AUKUS partnership, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
       S. 1472. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     designate September 11 Day of Remembrance as a legal public 
     holiday; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Manchin, 
             and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 1473. A bill to authorize the immediate expulsion of 
     inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by 
     fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 1474. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to establish a dairy nutrition incentive program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.

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