[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 23 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S494-S495]
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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. TILLIS (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. 
             Cornyn):
       S. 3767. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     create or enhance penalties for murder and assault committed 
     against a law enforcement officer, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. King):
       S. 3768. A bill to extend and modify the transportation 
     grant program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. LUJAN:
       S. 3769. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Act to provide for alternative pathways of 
     addressing child abuse and neglect; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Welch, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             King, Mr. Booker, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Sanders, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 3770. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize grants to support schools of nursing in increasing 
     the number of nursing students and faculty and in program 
     enhancement and infrastructure modernization, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Casey):
       S. 3771. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     provide increased locality pay rates to certain Bureau of 
     Prisons employees whose duty stations are located in the pay 
     locality designated as ``Rest of U.S.'', and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Budd, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Rubio):
       S. 3772. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to require 
     that plain writing statements regarding the solicitation of 
     subcontractors be included in certain subcontracting plans, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Tillis, and 
             Ms. Hassan):
       S. 3773. A bill to require the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate the 
     cybersecurity practices and protocols of the Department, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Casey, and Mr. 
             Heinrich):
       S. 3774. A bill to provide additional funding under the 
     Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. 
             Capito, and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3775. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
             Murphy, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 3776. A bill to establish a safe-to-report policy within 
     the Coast Guard, and for other

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     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 3777. A bill to require Congress to budget in advance 
     for disasters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kelly, 
             and Mr. King):
       S. 3778. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
     modify eligibility for the State response to contaminants 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kaine, 
             Mr. Brown, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3779. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to award grants to establish or expand 
     programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health 
     care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates 
     of covered individuals, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Mr. Braun, and Mr. 
             Wicker):
       S. 3780. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     provide for additional prohibitions and enhanced penalties 
     for providing or possessing wireless communications devices 
     in detention facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 3781. A bill to amend the National Telecommunications 
     and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the 
     Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the 
     Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
     Information to establish an initiative to support the 
     development of emergency communication and tracking 
     technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3782. A bill to require regular briefings on efforts to 
     capture or kill the leadership of the Jalisco New Generation 
     Cartel; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CRAMER:
       S. 3783. A bill to require the Committee on Foreign 
     Investment in the United States to respond to the Governor of 
     a State who requests a determination with respect to whether 
     a transaction would trigger a review by the Committee; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith, Mr. 
             Wyden, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 3784. A bill to provide requirements for the bulk 
     auction or group sale of certain non-performing loans, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI:
       S. 3785. A bill to support rural coastal and maritime 
     economic development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 3786. A bill to provide for the standardization, 
     publication, and accessibility of data relating to public 
     outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3787. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the credit for employers establishing workplace 
     child care facilities, to increase the child care credit to 
     encourage greater use of quality child care services, to 
     provide incentives for students to earn child care-related 
     degrees and to work in child care facilities, and to increase 
     the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care 
     assistance; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
       S. 3788. A bill to reauthorize the National Landslide 
     Preparedness Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3789. A bill to make additional Federal public land 
     available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era 
     veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3790. A bill to make additional Federal public land 
     available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era 
     veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, 
             Mr. Boozman, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Whitehouse, 
             Mr. Mullin, and Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 3791. A bill to reauthorize the America's Conservation 
     Enhancement Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Schmitt):
       S. 3792. A bill to expand the functions of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology to include workforce 
     frameworks for critical and emerging technologies, to require 
     the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology to develop an artificial intelligence workforce 
     framework, and periodically review and update the National 
     Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Workforce Framework 
     for Cybersecurity, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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