[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 202 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5851-S5852]
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. WYDEN:
       S. 3430. An original bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of 
     the Social Security Act to expand the mental health care 
     workforce and services, reduce prescription drug costs, and 
     extend certain expiring provisions under Medicare and 
     Medicaid, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Finance; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 3431. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
     strengthen the authorities of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection to enforce the customs and trade laws of the 
     United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 3432. A bill to permit the use of NATO and major non-
     NATO ally dredge ships in the United States; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 3433. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, 
     acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new 
     nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 3434. A bill to eliminate certain requirements with 
     respect to dredging and dredged material, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 3435. A bill to repeal the requirements of the Foreign 
     Dredge Act of 1906 with respect to dredging and dredged 
     material; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 3436. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 3437. A bill to amend the Social Security Act to 
     authorize grants and training to support area agencies on 
     aging and other community-based organizations in addressing 
     social isolation among older individuals and adults with 
     disabilities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3438. A bill to prohibit entities receiving Federal 
     assistance that are involved in adoption or foster care 
     placements from delaying or denying placements under certain 
     conditions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 3439. A bill to strengthen and enhance the 
     competitiveness of cement, concrete, asphalt binder, and 
     asphalt mixture production in the United States through the 
     research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
     application of technologies to reduce emissions from cement, 
     concrete, asphalt binder, and asphalt mixture production, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Welch, 
             Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, 
             Ms. Warren, and Mr. Markey):
       S. 3440. A bill to prohibit the sale and distribution of 
     expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene 
     loose fill, and expanded polystyrene coolers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Reed, and 
             Mr. Romney):
       S. 3441. A bill to prevent Foreign Terrorist Organizations 
     and their financial enablers, whether in currency or digital 
     assets, from accessing financial and other institutions of 
     the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 3442. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make timely 
     decisions on applications of retail food stores to accept 
     benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance 
     through on-line transactions, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 3443. A bill to prohibit institutions of higher 
     education, elementary schools, and secondary schools from 
     receiving Federal funds if those schools or institutions have 
     covered relationships with covered persons, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 3444. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     improve the accessibility of 9-8-8, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hoeven, Ms. 
             Lummis, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 3445. A bill to promote domestic energy production, to 
     require onshore and offshore oil and natural gas lease sales, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, and Mr. 
             Marshall):
       S. 3446. A bill to require Federal banking agencies to 
     report on interactions with nongovernmental international 
     organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
             Mrs. Capito, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 3447. A bill to reauthorize the program to support 
     residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum 
     women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3448. A bill to reauthorize the Director of the United 
     States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust 
     education programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Murphy, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Cortez 
             Masto):
       S. 3449. A bill to provide low-income individuals with 
     opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the 
     health professions, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 3450. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to establish a demonstration program to promote 
     collaborative treatment of mental and physical health 
     comorbidities under the Medicare program; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3451. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act to provide mental health and substance use 
     services to incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 3452. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a 
     member or former member of the Armed Forces described in 
     subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the 
     Secretary solely based on alternative sources of evidence 
     when the military service records or medical treatment 
     records of the member or former member are incomplete because 
     of damage or loss of records after being in the possession of 
     the Federal Government, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3453. A bill to establish a grant program to facilitate 
     peer-to-peer mental health support programs for secondary 
     school students, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Braun, and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 3454. A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to 
     purchase at-home tests for SARS-CoV-2 from certain foreign 
     entities; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3455. A bill to require the use of the voice and vote of 
     the United States in international financial institutions to 
     advance the cause of transitioning the global economy to a 
     clean energy economy and to prohibit United States Government 
     assistance to countries or entities to support fossil fuel 
     activity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr.ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. King, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. 
             Gillibrand, and Mr. Blumenthal)):
       S. 3456. A bill to provide a retroactive effective date for 
     the promotions of senior officers of the Armed Forces whose 
     military promotions were delayed as a result of the 
     suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 3457. A bill to promote fairness in the sale of event 
     tickets; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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