[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2364-S2365]
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 Ms. WARREN:
       S. 3906. A bill to set aside USDA rural housing funding for 
     Indian Tribes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 3907. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     carry out a grant program to assist local educational 
     agencies with ensuring that each elementary school and 
     secondary school has at least one reading, literacy, or 
     biliteracy specialist on staff; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3908. A bill to restrict United States voluntary and 
     assessed contributions to the United Nations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Thune, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 3909. A bill to require the Federal Communications 
     Commission to auction spectrum in the band between 1.3 
     gigahertz and 13.2 gigahertz, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3910. A bill to provide technical assistance and grants 
     for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher 
     education, and local governments to increase the supply of 
     affordable rental housing, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 3911. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the methods by which the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs conducts oversight of certain educational 
     institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. OSSOFF:
       S. 3912. A bill to protect election workers and polling 
     places; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3913. A bill to authorize the Director of the Office of 
     Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury to 
     use a portion of the amounts seized through the enforcement 
     of sanctions to recover the costs of such enforcement; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 3914. A bill to increase the supply of, and lower rents 
     for, affordable housing and to assess calculations of area 
     median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing 
     assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. VANCE (for himself and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 3915. A bill to prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from 
     receiving community development block grants; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Warnock, 
             Mr. Padilla,

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             Mr. King, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3916. A bill protecting the right to vote in elections 
     for Federal office, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Budd, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Braun, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 3917. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     reimpose duties on steel imported into the United States from 
     Mexico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. King):
       S. 3918. A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return 
     a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in 
     grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-
     enhancing technology, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 3919. A bill to render State or local governments with 
     certain bail and pretrial detention policies ineligible to 
     receive funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
     Assistance Grant Program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Mr. Schmitt):
       S. 3920. A bill to make permanent the authority to 
     reimburse a member of the uniformed services for spouse 
     relicensing and business costs following the relocation of 
     the member; to the Committee on Armed Services .
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Stabenow):
       S. 3921. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased 
     expenditures under Medicaid for behavioral health services 
     (including those related to mental health and substance use), 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 3922. A bill to require the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to issue an annual report to Congress projecting 
     and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly 
     caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a 
     Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Scott of South 
             Carolina, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Daines, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
             Rounds, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. 
             Graham):
       S. 3923. A bill to provide for the effective use of 
     immigration detainers to enhance public safety; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Fetterman, 
             and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 3924. A bill to establish limitations on advanced 
     payments for bus rolling stock, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY:
       S. 3925. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to increase the low-income housing credit for projects 
     designated to serve households with people with disabilities; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. ERNST:
       S. 3926. A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability 
     and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction 
     agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Scott of 
             South Carolina, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cruz, 
             Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
             Cassidy, and Mr. Graham):
       S. 3927. A bill to provide a civil remedy for individuals 
     harmed by sanctuary jurisdiction policies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3928. A bill to increase the supply of affordable homes 
     and expand housing options; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, 
             and Mr. Risch):
       S. 3929. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
     from taking certain proposed actions relating to a land 
     management plan direction for old-growth forest conditions 
     across the National Forest System; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Ms. Butler, Mr. Brown, and 
             Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 3930. A bill to provide downpayment assistance to first-
     generation homebuyers to address multigenerational inequities 
     in access to homeownership and to narrow and ultimately close 
     the racial homeownership gap in the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 3931. A bill to preserve and protect multifamily housing 
     properties assisted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. KENNEDY:
       S. 3932. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of 
     the Treasury from finalizing a rule proposing restrictions on 
     short-term limited duration insurance, and to amend title 
     XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to define such 
     insurance; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mrs. BRITT (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Budd, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
             Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
             Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
             Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
             Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Rounds, Mr. 
             Lankford, and Mr. Moran):
       S. 3933. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in 
     the United States with theft, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

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