[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5919]
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              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. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 3464. A bill to support endemic fungal disease research, 
     incentivize fungal vaccine development, discover new 
     antifungal therapies and diagnostics, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3465. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to apply a 6 percent excise tax on large endowments of 
     certain private colleges and universities, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Rosen, 
             Mr. Thune, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Daines, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Rounds, and Mr. Vance):
       S. 3466. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Comptroller General of the United States to 
     submit to Congress reports regarding security and safety at 
     facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 3467. A bill to require a certain percentage of natural 
     gas and crude oil exports be transported on United States-
     built and United States-flag vessels, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 3468. A bill to require rulemaking by the Administrator 
     of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address 
     considerations in evaluating the need for public and 
     individual disaster assistance, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3469. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization 
     grant program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mrs. BRITT (for herself, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. 
             McConnell, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 3470. A bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
     Act of 1993 to permit a State to include as part of the mail 
     voter registration form a requirement that applicants provide 
     proof of citizenship, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. 
             Ernst):
       S. 3471. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     publish a report on the fertilizer industry, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 3472. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     land, Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana, to the State of 
     Indiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
       S. 3473. A bill to extend the prohibition on providing 
     airport improvement grant funds to certain entities that have 
     violated intellectual property rights of United States 
     entities; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 3474. A bill to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor 
     Center at Acadia National Park as the ``George J. Mitchell, 
     Jr., Visitor Center''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3475. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     allow the Secretary of Transportation to designate an 
     authorized operator of the commercial driver's license 
     information system, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 3476. A bill to monitor United States investments in 
     entities that are controlled by foreign adversaries, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 3477. A bill to increase access to higher education by 
     providing public transit grants; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3478. A bill to require agencies that use, fund, or 
     oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused 
     on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Padilla, 
             Ms. Butler, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 3479. A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to 
     modify certain requirements for regional commissions, to 
     reauthorize the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.

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