[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1602-S1603]
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. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1508. A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the 
     Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1509. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     extend and reform the conservation reserve program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1510. A bill to amend provisions relating to the Office 
     of the Inspector General of the Government Accountability 
     Office, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mr. Daines, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt, 
             Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Budd, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Cramer):
       S. 1511. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to ensure that public institutions of higher education eschew 
     policies that improperly constrain the expressive rights of 
     students, and to ensure that private institutions of higher 
     education are transparent about, and responsible for, their 
     chosen speech policies; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Welch):
       S. 1512. A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
     and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow for the 
     interstate internet sales of certain State-inspected meat and 
     poultry, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1513. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to seek to 
     enter into negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
     Representative Office to rename its office the ``Taiwan 
     Representative Office'', and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Warnock, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1514. A bill to amend the National Housing Act to 
     establish a mortgage insurance program for first responders, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
             Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, 
             Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1515. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     permit retired members of the uniformed services who have a 
     service-connected disability to receive both disability 
     compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
     their disability and either retired pay by reason of their 
     years of military service of Combat-Related Special 
     Compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Ms. SMITH:
       S. 1516. A bill to authorize funding to expand and support 
     enrollment at institutions of higher education that sponsor 
     construction and manufacturing-oriented registered 
     apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
       S. 1517. A bill to extend and modify a pilot program to 
     improve cyber cooperation with foreign military partners in 
     Southeast Asia; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Wyden, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 1518. A bill to improve the classification and 
     declassification of national security information, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1519. A bill to require a United States security 
     strategy for the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1520. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
     purchase, procure, or distribute pipes or cylindrical objects 
     intended to be used to smoke or inhale illegal scheduled 
     substances; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 1521. A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to modernize 
     and improve the licensing of non-Federal hydropower projects, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MARSHALL:
       S. 1522. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to conduct a study on the designation of 
     biosimilar biological products as interchangeable; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 1523. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow rehabilitation expenditures for public school 
     buildings to qualify for rehabilitation credit; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1524. A bill to ensure that whistleblowers, including 
     contractors, are protected from retaliation when a Federal 
     employee orders a reprisal, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHMITT:
       S. 1525. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     address governmental interference in content moderation 
     decisions by providers of interactive computer services, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.

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           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1526. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration Organization Act to establish 
     the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Hirono, 
             Ms. Warren, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Smith, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1527. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families 
     have access to the contraception they need in order to 
     promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Mr. 
             Lankford):
       S. 1528. A bill to streamline the sharing of information 
     among Federal disaster assistance agencies, to expedite the 
     delivery of life-saving assistance to disaster survivors, to 
     speed the recovery of communities from disasters, to protect 
     the security and privacy of information provided by disaster 
     survivors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1529. A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide 
     for greater protection of roosters, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1530. A bill to permit COPS grants to be used for the 
     purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law 
     enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
             Stabenow, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1531. A bill to designate certain National Forest System 
     land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in 
     the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming 
     as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery 
     areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Hagerty, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1532. A bill to suspend the entry of covered aliens in 
     response to the fentanyl public health crisis; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 1533. A bill to amend the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 to authorize grants to assist in 
     redeveloping abandoned shopping centers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Hirono, 
             and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 1534. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     to make adjustments to payment rates for skilled nursing 
     facilities under the Medicare program to account for certain 
     unique circumstances; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 1535. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration to promulgate regulations to allow 
     the transport of firefighters on board a covered aircraft 
     operated on a mission to suppress a wildfire, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Tester, Ms. Smith, 
             and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 1536. A bill to ensure that all federally recognized 
     Indian Tribes that are eligible for gaming in the United 
     States are regulated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 1537. A bill to require the imposition of additional 
     duties with respect to articles imported from the People's 
     Republic of China until trade between the United States and 
     the People's Republic of China comes into balance; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 1538. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants for outdoor learning spaces and to develop 
     living schoolyards; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1539. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and 
     the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to 
     make the native sod provisions applicable to the United 
     States and to modify those provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1540. A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
     Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy 
     and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under 
     which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a 
     land and resource management plan or land use plan under 
     those Acts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. King, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Casey, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1541. A bill to provide for a system to classify 
     information in the interests of national security and a 
     system to declassify such information, and for other 
     purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Kaine, and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1542. A bill to improve services provided by pharmacy 
     benefit managers; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARSHALL:
       S. 1543. A bill to require regulations concerning the 
     disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities 
     providing pharmacy benefit management services or third party 
     administration services; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 1544. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to ensure equitable payment for, and preserve Medicare 
     beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under 
     the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cramer, 
             and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 1545. A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     to carry out a pilot program to improve the ability of 
     veterans to access medical care in medical facilities of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs and in the community by 
     providing veterans the ability to choose health care 
     providers; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
             Warren, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 1546. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational 
     programs that include the history of peoples of Asian, Native 
     Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander descent in the settling and 
     founding of America, the social, economic, and political 
     environments that led to the development of discriminatory 
     laws targeting Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific 
     Islanders and their relation to current events, and the 
     impact and contributions of Asian Americans, Native 
     Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the development and 
     enhancement of American life, United States history, 
     literature, the economy, politics, body of laws, and culture, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wicker, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 1547. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     to implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, 
     and child deaths globally; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. King, Mr. Heinrich, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 1548. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
     establish a program to encourage deployment of electric 
     school buses and vehicle-to-grid technologies and 
     applications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1549. A bill to provide the Congressional Budget Office 
     with necessary authorities to expedite the sharing of data 
     from executive branch agencies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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