[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1678-S1679]
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. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. 
             Hassan):
       S. 1607. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to permit a private cause of action for damages in the 
     case of a group health plan which fails to provide for 
     primary payment or appropriate reimbursement; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 1608. A bill to provide for the expansion of the Starr-
     Camargo Bridge near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Welch, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 1609. A bill to direct the Election Assistance 
     Commission to establish a program to make grants to States to 
     provide increased pay for election workers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. King, 
             Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
             Brown, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Markey, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Smith, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. 
             Cortez Masto):
       S. 1610. A bill to authorize administrative absences and 
     travel and transportation allowances for members of the Armed 
     Forces to travel and obtain reproductive health care; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. SMITH:
       S. 1611. A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936 to reauthorize the Community Connect Grant Program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1612. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to publish a rule to implement the requirement that 
     the Secretary be permitted to waive the limitation in law on 
     reimbursement of veterans receiving domiciliary care in State 
     homes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Tuberville, 
             and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 1613. A bill to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
     2018 to reauthorize the feral swine eradication and control 
     pilot program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1614. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     enhance protections against the importation, and transport 
     between States, of injurious species, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Johnson, 
             and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 1615. A bill to improve agency rulemaking, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 1616. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     allow for 12 associate justices of the Supreme Court of the 
     United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 1617. A bill to protect Federal, State, and local public 
     safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Young, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1618. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act 
     of 1958 to establish an employee equity investment facility, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 1619. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 1620. A bill to amend the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to extend the 
     authorization for a construction project at Fort Gillem, 
     Georgia; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1621. A bill to provide for an exemption from authorized 
     strength limitations for licensed behavioral health 
     providers; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 1622. A bill to discourage speculative oil and gas 
     leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of 
     public land and National Forest System land, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 1623. A bill to extend the authority of the Department 
     of the Army to carry out a child development center project 
     in Fort Gordon, Georgia; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Rubio, Ms. Smith, Mr. Daines, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Capito, 
             Mr. Budd, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 1624. A bill to require certain civil penalties to be 
     transferred to a fund through which amounts are made 
     available for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric 
     Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1625. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for an election to expense certain qualified sound 
     recording costs otherwise chargeable to capital account; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
       S. 1626. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission, in consultation with the Federal Trade 
     Commission, to issue rules prohibiting entities from offering 
     minor consumers artificial intelligence features in the 
     products of those entities without parental consent, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 1627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to create a tax credit for nurse preceptors; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 1628. A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and 
     sustained national investment in agriculture research; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 1629. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     increase the accountability of the Office of Special Counsel 
     in enforcing certain provisions of that title vigorously, 
     consistently, and without regard to the political 
     affiliation, career status, or personal characteristics of 
     individuals subject to those provisions, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. Risch, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Tester, and Mr. 
             Rounds):
       S. 1630. A bill to modify the procedures for issuing 
     special recreation permits for certain public land units, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Sinema, 
             and Mr. Hoeven):
       S. 1631. A bill to enhance the authority granted to the 
     Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice 
     with respect to unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned 
     aircraft, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S.J. Res. 29. A joint resolution providing for the 
     reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S.J. Res. 30. A joint resolution providing for the 
     appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.

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