[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 80 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1623-S1624]
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. SCHATZ:
       S. 1550. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to include fees paid by airline passengers for goods and 
     services offered during the course of a flight as amounts 
     paid for taxable transportation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lujan, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
       S. 1551. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     establish an Office of Consumer Protection in the Department 
     of Transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1552. A bill to establish the Coastal Management 
     Fellowship and the Digital Coast Fellowship, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Rounds, 
             and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1553. A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing 
     permits and leases, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
             Cramer, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Fischer, Ms. 
             Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. Lujan, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Ms. Rosen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Hickenlooper, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, 
             Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Mullin):
       S. 1554. A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National 
     American Indian Veterans, Incorporated; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 1555. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to support solar projects under the 
     Rural Energy for America Program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1556. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     authorize the payment of a basic allowance for housing for 
     certain members of the uniformed services assigned to naval 
     vessels undergoing maintenance, and to amend title 5, United 
     States Code, to authorize an increase in the number of Navy 
     deployed resiliency counselors available to such members; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Wyden, and 
             Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1557. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Warren, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1558. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, 
     collectively, to the brave women who served in World War II 
     as members of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Navy Nurse 
     Corps; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lankford, 
             Mr. Young, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. Braun, and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 1559. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the corporate alternative minimum tax; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1560. A bill to require the development of a 
     comprehensive rural hospital cybersecurity workforce 
     development strategy, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Cantwell):
       S. 1561. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition 
     programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial 
     pilot courses; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1562. A bill to ensure that Federal laws that enable 
     Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to access 
     firearms apply equally to Tribal law enforcement agencies; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cruz, 
             Mr. Budd, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Daines, and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1563. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 to clarify the fiduciary duty of plan 
     administrators to select and maintain investments based 
     solely on pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1564. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management to establish, or otherwise ensure the 
     provision of, a training program on artificial intelligence 
     for Federal management officials and supervisors, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Hagerty, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Braun, 
             and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1565. A bill to require Executive agencies to submit to 
     Congress a study of the impacts of expanded telework and 
     remote work by agency employees during the COVID-19 pandemic 
     and a plan for the agency's future use of telework and remote 
     work, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1566. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     identify certain aircraft shelters for aviation assets in the 
     Indo-Pacific region and submit a plan to make improvements to 
     such shelters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 1567. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to address the teacher and school leader shortage in early 
     childhood, elementary, and secondary education, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Booker, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Warnock, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Smith, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 1568. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make 
     breakfasts and lunches free for all children, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Graham, 
             Mr. Cruz, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Boozman, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Risch, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Thune, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Budd, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Hagerty, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Tuberville, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Young, Mr. Schmitt, Ms. 
             Lummis, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 1569. A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Daines, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 1570. A bill to amend the Bottles and Breastfeeding 
     Equipment Screening Act to require hygienic handling of 
     breast milk and baby formula by security screening personnel 
     of the Transportation Security Administration and personnel 
     of private security companies providing security screening, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
       S. 1571. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to restore State authority to waive for certain 
     facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access 
     hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAGERTY:
       S. 1572. A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     to address transaction account guarantees, and for other 
     purposes;

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     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 1573. A bill to reauthorize the Prematurity Research 
     Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early 
     Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Young, and Mr. 
             Cramer):
       S. 1574. A bill to establish the Mental Health Excellence 
     in Schools Program to increase the recruitment and retention 
     of school-based mental health services providers, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
       S. 1575. A bill to authorize additional district judgeships 
     for the district of Colorado, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. King, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 1576. A bill to provide for advancements in carbon 
     removal research, quantification, and commercialization, 
     including by harnessing natural processes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 1577. A bill to require the appointment or designation 
     of emerging technology leads in certain Federal agencies; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
       S. 1578. A bill to require reports on the adoption of 
     cryptocurrency as legal tender in El Salvador; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1579. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants 
     under certain programs of the Department of Transportation to 
     certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or 
     managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local 
     government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Crapo, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 1580. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants 
     under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture to 
     certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or 
     managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local 
     government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 1581. A bill to remove college cost as a barrier to 
     every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse 
     educator workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Murphy, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 1582. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic 
     certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, 
             Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
             Daines, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Hawley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Risch, and 
             Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1583. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit 
     to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the 
     withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from 
     Afghanistan; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 1584. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a refundable tax credit for certain teachers as a 
     supplement to State efforts to provide teachers with a 
     livable wage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1585. A bill to allow Federal law enforcement officers 
     to purchase retired service weapons, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Casey, and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 1586. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a national graduate nurse education program; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Braun, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Thune, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
             Mr. Romney, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Young, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. 
             Collins):
       S. 1587. A bill to provide incentives for States to recover 
     fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment 
     compensation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Warren):
       S. 1588. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     direct the forgiveness or offset of an overpayment of retired 
     pay paid to a joint account for a period after the death of 
     the retired member of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mr. Daines, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1589. A bill to provide for transparency of funds 
     appropriated for purposes of implementing part E of title XI 
     of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 1590. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid 
     to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic 
     lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had 
     such disease prior to death, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. VANCE (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Blackburn, 
             Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Rubio):
       S.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution disapproving the action of 
     the District of Columbia Council in approving the 
     Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 
     2022; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. BUDD:
       S.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Federal 
     Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor 
     relating to ``Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements 
     Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption 
     Rule''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.

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