[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4525-S4526]
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. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2798. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     clarify land eligible for enrollment in the conservation 
     reserve program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 2799. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to establish an Office of Rural Health, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. RICKETTS:
       S. 2800. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a temporary reduction of the inclusion in 
     gross income for old-age and survivors insurance benefit 
     payments under the Social Security Act, as well as tier 1 
     railroad retirement benefits; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Warnock, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Padilla, Mr. 
             Durbin, and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2801. A bill to improve the reproductive assistance 
     provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, 
     veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
             Lee, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Braun, Mr. Vance, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 2802. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 to remove a prohibition on the use of 
     funds relating to the provision of a dangerous weapon or 
     training in the use of a dangerous weapon; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2803. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     allow for the electronic request of certain records, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Casey, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2804. A bill to restore protections for Social Security, 
     Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from 
     administrative offset; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 2805. A bill to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United 
     States Code, to increase transparency and oversight of third-
     party funding by foreign persons, to prohibit third-party 
     funding by foreign states and sovereign wealth funds, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
             Marshall, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Vance, and Ms. 
             Lummis):
       S. 2806. A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to 
     taxpayer subsidies for home electrification, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. King, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 2807. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     establish and carry out a grant program to conserve, restore, 
     and manage kelp forest ecosystems, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, 
             Mr. Padilla, and Ms. Smith):
       S. 2808. A bill to provide Federal-local community 
     partnership construction funding to local educational 
     agencies eligible to receive payments under the Impact Aid 
     program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 2809. A bill ensure references to opioid overdose 
     reversal agents in certain grant programs of the Department 
     of Health and Human Services are not limited to naloxone; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Lujan, 
             and Mr. Mullin):
       S. 2810. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal 
     service programs of the Federal Communications Commission, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Barrasso, 
             Mr. Daines, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Risch, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Ricketts, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lee, and 
             Mr. Lankford):
       S. 2811. A bill to require the Director of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Assistant 
     Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed rules 
     relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mr. Welch):
       S. 2812. A bill to support carbon dioxide removal research 
     and development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
             Menendez, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2813. A bill to promote and support collaboration 
     between Hispanic-serving institutions and local educational 
     agencies with high enrollments of Hispanic or Latino 
     students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
       S. 2814. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
     make grants to support early college high schools and dual or 
     concurrent enrollment programs, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2815. A bill to provide for a wage differential program 
     to support new nursing school faculty members; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 2816. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to make all children eligible for Medicaid from birth 
     until age 19, to require States to automatically enroll 
     children under age 19 in the State Medicaid program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Warren):
       S. 2817. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the 
     garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and 
     contractors in the garment industry to register with the 
     Department of Labor, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. HAWLEY:
       S. 2818. A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
     1921, to make unlawful acquisitions that would create 
     monopolies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. 
             Rubio)):
       S. 2819. A bill to protect and expand access to 
     pasteurized, donor human milk, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Romney, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
             Sullivan, and Mr. Cruz):

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       S. 2820. A bill to amend the Antiquities Act to increase 
     congressional oversight with respect to the designation of 
     national monuments, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 2821. A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act to require group health plans and health 
     insurance issuers offering group or individual health 
     insurance coverage to provide coverage for prostate cancer 
     screenings without the imposition of cost-sharing 
     requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Markey, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 2822. A bill to strengthen and expand the Green Ribbon 
     Schools Program at the Department of Education by boosting 
     the capacity of participating States to expand the number of 
     schools, applicants, and nominees engaged around 
     environmental, environmental literacy, and environmental 
     health goals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 2823. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to safeguard beneficial tax treatment on certain expenses 
     from bolstering the research and development sectors in 
     foreign entities of concern; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Vance, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. 
             Fischer, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Kennedy, 
             Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Budd, Mr. Daines, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
             Graham, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Young, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Barrasso, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Grassley, and Mr. Thune):
       S. 2824. A bill to secure the borders of the United States, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Cruz, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Daines, Mr. Graham, Mr. Thune, 
             Mr. Welch, Mr. Moran, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, 
             Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. 
             Peters):
       S. 2825. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 
     United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, 
     collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism 
     and life-saving actions in Vietnam; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Lee):
       S. 2826. A bill to prevent energy poverty and ensure that 
     at-risk communities have access to affordable energy; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. 
             Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Carper, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Welch, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Warnock, 
             Ms. Hassan, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Murray, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             King, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
             Coons, Ms. Warren, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Mr. Schatz):
       S.J. Res. 45. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States relating to 
     contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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