[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 158 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4759-S4760]
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. VANCE:
       S. 2962. A bill to repeal tax incentives relating to 
     electric vehicles, and to establish a tax credit to promote 
     automobile manufacturing in the United States; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Peters, 
             Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 2963. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for investment in Community Development 
     Financial Institutions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2964. A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to 
     grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real 
     Estate Professionals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2965. A bill to establish a critical mineral 
     environmental processing and mining cleanup program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2966. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     encourage programs to address college athlete mental health; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
             Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. 
             Bennet):
       S. 2967. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the treatment of moving expenses to employees and 
     new appointees in the intelligence community who move 
     pursuant to a change in assignment that requires relocation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cassidy, 
             Mr. Cruz, Mr. Rubio, and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 2968. A bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance 
     Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 2969. A bill to ensure that United States diplomats and 
     officials of the U.S. Section of the International Boundary 
     and Water Commission are able to advance efforts seeking 
     compliance by the United Mexican States with the 1944 Treaty 
     on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers 
     and of the Rio Grande; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Padilla, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 2970. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     designate Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal public holiday, 
     to replace the term ``Columbus Day'' with the term 
     ``Indigenous Peoples' Day'', and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 2971. A bill to remove barriers to the ability of 
     unhoused individuals to register to vote and vote in 
     elections for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 2972. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
     repay States for amounts expended by States to operate units 
     of the National Park System during a Government shutdown; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 2973. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social 
     Security Act to establish requirements relating to pharmacy 
     benefit managers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             Braun):
       S. 2974. A bill to require public institutions of higher 
     education to disseminate information on the rights of, and 
     accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester):
       S. 2975. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve payment and processing of payments or allowances for 
     beneficiary travel, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 2976. A bill to ensure that expenses relating to the 
     acquisition or use of devices for use in the detection of 
     fentanyl, xylazine, and other emerging adulterant substances, 
     including test strips are allowable expenses under certain 
     grant programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Wicker):
       S. 2977. A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce and the 
     Comptroller General of the United States to study the 
     feasibility of Historically Black Colleges and Universities 
     achieving a certain classification; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN:
       S. 2978. A bill to authorize funding for the establishment 
     and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in 
     standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of 
     infant mortality, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 2979. A bill to increase the rate of duty on shrimp 
     originating from India, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 2980. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     eliminate the requirement for cost-benefit analyses in the 
     establishment of minimum safety standards for pipeline 
     transportation and pipeline facilities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 2981. A bill to require review of tax regulatory actions 
     by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Coons):
       S. 2982. A bill to require a GAO study on the sale of 
     illicit drugs online, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
             Hawley, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 2983. A bill to prohibit the use of the facilities of a 
     public elementary school, a public secondary school, or an 
     institution of higher education receiving funding from the 
     Department of Education to provide shelter for aliens who 
     have not been admitted into the United States; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 2984. A bill to establish uniform accessibility 
     standards for websites and applications of employers, 
     employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-
     management committees, public entities, public 
     accommodations, testing entities, and commercial providers, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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  On page S4760, September 28, 2023, in the first column, the 
following appears: S. 2984. A bill to establish uniform 
accessibility standards for websites and applications of 
employers, employment agencies, labor organizations, joint labor-
management committees, public entities, public entities, public 
accommodations, testing entities
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 2984. A bill to 
establish uniform accessibility standards for websites and 
applications of employers, employment agencies, labor 
organizations, joint labor-management committees, public entities, 
public accommodations, testing entities


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           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Markey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2985. A bill to expand youth access to voting, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Tuberville, and 
             Mr. Barrasso):
       S. 2986. A bill to prohibit the issuance of an interim or 
     final rule, and to prohibit the inclusion in certain oil and 
     gas leases, exploration or development plans, or well permits 
     requirements or recommendations, that establish a vessel 
     speed or operational restriction in the Central or Western 
     Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico of the outer Continental 
     Shelf until the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
     of Commerce complete a study demonstrating that proposed 
     mitigation efforts would have no negative impact on supply 
     chains, United States offshore energy production and 
     generation, military activities, including readiness, and 
     United States commercial and recreational fishing maritime 
     commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 2987. A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to improve biorefinery, renewable 
     chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 2988. A bill to establish a Green New Deal for public 
     schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mrs. 
             Shaheen):
       S. 2989. A bill to provide for eligibility for E-1 and E-2 
     nonimmigrant visas for nationals of Iceland; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 2990. A bill to establish the Benjamin Harrison National 
     Recreation Area and Wilderness in the State of Indiana, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  On page S4760, September 28, 2023, in the first column, the 
following appears: S. 2990. A bill to establish the Benjamin 
Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness in the State of 
Indiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 2990. A bill to 
establish the Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and 
Wilderness in the State of Indiana, and for other purposes; to the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.


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           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. King, 
             and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 2991. A bill to improve revegetation and carbon 
     sequestration activities in the United States, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. 
             Ernst, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Tuberville):
       S. 2992. A bill to require the establishment of a joint 
     task force to identify and eliminate barriers to agriculture 
     exports of the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 2993. A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the 
     Public Health Service Act to permanently authorize certified 
     community behavioral health clinics, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
             Sullivan, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. King, Mr. Tillis, and 
             Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 2994. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric dams in order 
     to increase clean energy production, improve the resiliency 
     and reliability of the United States electric grid, enhance 
     the health of the Nation's rivers and associated wildlife 
     habitats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 2995. A bill to amend the Taiwan Allies International 
     Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 to 
     provide that the United States, as a member of any 
     international organizations, should oppose any attempts by 
     the People's Republic of China to resolve Taiwan's status by 
     distorting the decisions, language, policies, or procedures 
     of the organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations.

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