[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2096-S2097]
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. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 1963. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to ensure College for All; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 1964. A bill to abolish the Office of Financial 
     Research; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Young, and 
             Mr. Lee):
       S. 1965. A bill to prohibit airport improvement grants 
     funds from being used for contracts with entities that have 
     violated intellectual property rights of United States 
     entities; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. 
             Hirono):
       S. 1966. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     increase transparency and reporting on sexual violence in the 
     Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
             Tester, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1967. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish requirements relating to the responsibility 
     of pharmacy benefit managers under Medicare part D; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1968. A bill to modify the annual and aggregate limits 
     of Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loans for graduate and 
     professional students, and to terminate Federal Direct PLUS 
     Loans for graduate and professional students, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
             Vance):
       S. 1969. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to require 
     reciprocity with respect to de minimis entries of articles, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 1970. A bill to modify requirements relating to 
     financial aid disclosures; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 1971. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to provide for loan repayment simplification and income-
     driven repayment reform; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 1972. A bill to increase college transparency and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Manchin, 
             and Mr. Peters):
       S. 1973. A bill to require the purchase of domestically 
     made flags of the United States of America for use by the 
     Federal Government; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 1974. A bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of 
     2018 to require export controls with respect to certain 
     personal data of United States nationals and individuals in 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. King, and 
             Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1975. A bill to require a GAO study on the compliance of 
     discharge review boards with statutory provisions and 
     directives related to liberal consideration of certain 
     conditions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina):
       S. 1976. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to clarify congressional intent and preserve patient 
     access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1977. A bill to modify the method for calculating the 
     basic allowance for housing to more accurately assess the 
     housing costs of junior members of the uniformed services; to 
     the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1978. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     develop requirements for military tenant advocates for 
     privatized military housing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1979. A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code 
     with respect to arbitration of disputes involving age 
     discrimination; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1980. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     provide housing accommodations for members of the Armed 
     Forces and their dependents who are on military housing 
     waitlists; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. 
             Blumenthal):
       S. 1981. A bill to modify the Iran Nuclear Weapons 
     Capability and Terrorism Monitoring Act of 2022; to the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Lujan, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 1982. A bill to amend chapter 511 of title 51, United 
     States Code, to modify the authority for space transportation 
     infrastructure modernization grants, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, 
             Mr. Welch, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. 
             Murray):
       S. 1983. A bill to require non-Federal prison, 
     correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal 
     prisoners or detainees under a contract with the Federal 
     Government to make the same information available to the 
     public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are 
     required to make available; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1984. A bill to ensure that United States currency is 
     treated as legal tender to be accepted as payment for 
     purchases of goods and services at brick-and-mortar 
     businesses throughout the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Ricketts, 
             and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 1985. A bill to prohibit the flying, draping, or other 
     display of any flag other than the flag of the United States 
     at public buildings, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 1986. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient 
     clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Plano, Texas, 
     as the ``U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic''; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 1987. A bill to provide for the settlement of the water 
     rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Tester, 
             and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 1988. A bill to expand eligibility for certain housing 
     programs for qualified volunteer first responders; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself and Ms. Smith):
       S. 1989. A bill to require training for State and regional 
     employees of the Department of Agriculture on the rural 
     housing and development programs of the Department; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 1990. A bill to impose a tax on certain trading 
     transactions to invest in our families and communities, 
     improve our infrastructure and our environment, strengthen 
     our financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market 
     volatility; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. McCONNELL:
       S. 1991. A bill to reauthorize certain programs under the 
     SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Warnock, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. 
             Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, 
             Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, 
             Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, 
             Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 1992. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 1993. A bill to waive immunity under section 230 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 for claims and charges related to 
     generative artificial intelligence; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 1994. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     require medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs to share certain data with State cancer registries, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, 
             Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, 
             Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1995. A bill to support public health infrastructure; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BUDD (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 1996. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration to allow a volunteer pilot 
     organization to reimburse a volunteer pilot for certain 
     aircraft operating expenses incurred by the pilot when making 
     a flight in support of the volunteer pilot organization's 
     mission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 1997. A bill to promote peace through strength in 
     Taiwan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. 
             Hoeven):
       S. 1998. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     include Indian Tribes in certain provisions relating to 
     priority resource concerns; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Welch, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Carper, Mr. Reed, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Booker, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Warner, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 1999. A bill to protect an individual's ability to 
     access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to 
     protect a health care provider's ability to provide 
     contraceptives, contraception, and information related to 
     contraception; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 2000. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration to establish and carry out a program 
     that assists military spouses in establishing small business 
     concerns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. 
             Moran):
       S. 2001. A bill to require certain flags of the United 
     States to be made in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 2002. A bill to establish the Interagency Group on 
     Large-Scale Carbon Management in the National Science and 
     Technology Council and a Federal Carbon Removal Initiative, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S.J. Res. 33. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of 
     slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a 
     crime; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Crapo):
       S.J. Res. 34. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States authorizing the 
     Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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