[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2468-S2469]
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. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
             Wyden, Ms. Butler, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
             Fetterman, and Mr. Welch):
       S. 3982. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 to establish the Expanding Access to Local Foods 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Butler, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Warren, and Mr. 
             Whitehouse):
       S. 3983. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize a grant program to increase capacity for providing 
     abortion services and other sexual and reproductive health 
     care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 3984. A bill to amend the State Justice Institute Act of 
     1984 to authorize the State Justice Institute to provide 
     awards to certain organizations to establish a State judicial 
     threat intelligence and resource center; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 3985. A bill to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 
     1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 3986. A bill to establish a private right of action 
     against a person who sends unsolicited visual depictions of 
     sexually explicit conduct; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, 
             Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, and 
             Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3987. A bill to protect stateless persons in the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. King):
       S. 3988. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify rules for grantor trusts; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3989. A bill to prohibit defense contracting with 
     companies that employ lobbyists who represent Chinese 
     military companies or human rights abusers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Ms. Butler):
       S. 3990. A bill to provide subsidized summer and year-round 
     employment for youth who face systemic barriers to employment 
     and viable career options and to assist local community 
     partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth 
     employment rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Smith, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. 
             Duckworth):
       S. 3991. A bill to expand the scope of the Do Not Call 
     rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include 
     all telephone subscribers , and to expand the private right 
     of action for calls in violation of those rules; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Kennedy, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
             Daines, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Budd, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Braun, 
             and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 3992. A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration from directly making loans under the 
     7(a) loan program, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 3993. A bill to require the Bureau of Prisons to issue 
     identification documents to prisoners being released from 
     Federal custody, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Kaine, and 
             Mr. Ricketts):
       S. 3994. A bill to authorize and encourage the United 
     States Agency for International Development to pursue a model 
     of locally led development and humanitarian response and 
     expanded engagement with local partners and to increase its 
     local partner base; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 3995. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to 
     award grants to create evidence-based student success 
     programs designed to increase participation, retention, and 
     completion rates of high-need students; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3996. A bill to enhance the work of the North Pacific 
     Research Board; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Duckworth, 
             Mr. Padilla, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. 
             Welch):
       S. 3997. A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and 
     sustained national investment in basic science research; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
             Padilla, Ms. Butler, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
             Mr. Schatz, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Mr. Lujan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 3998. A bill to provide for the permanent appointment of 
     certain temporary district judgeships; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 3999. A bill to require mandatory review of performance 
     improvement plans during tenure and promotion appraisal 
     process; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. PADILLA:
       S. 4000. A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian 
     Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Fetterman, 
             Ms. Collins, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 4001. A bill to establish a commission to study the 
     potential transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of 
     American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 4002. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act to improve the child and adult care food 
     program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 4003. A bill to require employers to provide paid annual 
     leave to employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Kaine, Ms. Collins, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Butler, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons,

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             Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, 
             Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
             Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. 
             Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Ms. 
             Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
             Schumer):
       S. 4004. A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to 
     designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen 
     penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of 
     Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
       S. 4005. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow an investment credit for certain domestic infant 
     formula manufacturing projects and to allow a domestic 
     production credit for certain infant formula; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 4006. A bill to reauthorize programs of the Economic 
     Development Administration, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
             Hawley):
       S. 4007. A bill to direct the Attorney General to study 
     issues relating to human trafficking, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BENNET:
       S. 4008. A bill to authorize workforce development 
     innovation grants for the implementation, expansion, and 
     evaluation of evidence-based workforce programs, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.

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