[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 68 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2872-S2873]
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. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4156. A bill to require the Bureau of Prisons to submit 
     to Congress an annual summary report of disaster damage, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 4157. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1986 to improve compensatory mitigation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
             Cardin):
       S. 4158. A bill to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to take certain actions to increase diversity of 
     ownership in the broadcasting industry, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Murphy):
       S. 4159. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     encourage qualified individuals to enter the forensic 
     pathology workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Barrasso, 
             and Mrs. Shaheen):
       S. 4160. A bill to limit the closure or consolidation of 
     any United States Postal Service processing and distribution 
     center in States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. ROSEN:
       S. 4161. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make 
     grants to States, units of local government, and Indian 
     Tribes to reduce the financial and administrative burden of 
     expunging convictions for cannabis offenses, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
       S. 4162. A bill to ensure that certain permit approvals by 
     the Environmental Protection Agency have the force and effect 
     of law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
             Cassidy, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
             Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Scott of Florida, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 4163. A bill to require a report on the United States 
     supply of nitrocellulose; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4164. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
     to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds and 
     surrounding land in the States of Illinois and Missouri, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Ernst, Ms. 
             Lummis, and Mr. Boozman):
       S. 4165. A bill to require the national instant criminal 
     background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement and the relevant State and local law 
     enforcement agencies whenever information contained in the 
     system indicates that an alien who is illegally or unlawfully 
     in the United States attempted to receive a firearm; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 4166. A bill to authorize reimbursement to applicants 
     for uniformed military service for co-payments of medical 
     appointments required as part of the Military Entrance 
     Processing Station (MEPS) process; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Booker):
       S. 4167. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to 
     provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BUTLER (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Heinrich, Mr. Booker, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 4168. A bill to amend the Specialty Crops 
     Competitiveness Act of 2004 to extend and enhance the 
     specialty crop block grants program, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. KAINE:
       S. 4169. A bill to establish and support primary care team 
     education centers, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNOCK:
       S. 4170. A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to 
     modify provisions relating to base acres, loan rates, and 
     textile mills, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 4171. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to protect 
     consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
             Heinrich, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 4172. A bill to provide for water conservation, drought 
     operations, and drought resilience at water resources 
     development projects, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
       S. 4173. A bill to establish effluent limitations 
     guidelines and standards and water

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     quality criteria for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. SCHMITT (for himself and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 4174. A bill to amend title IV of the Public Health 
     Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to establish a clearinghouse on intellectual 
     disabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Romney):
       S. 4175. A bill to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure 
     Compensation Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
             Cornyn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
             Cortez Masto, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, 
             and Ms. Butler):
       S. 4176. A bill to authorize major medical facility 
     projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
     year 2024, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 4177. A bill to implement the recommendations of the 
     final report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic 
     Posture of the United States, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 4178. A bill to establish artificial intelligence 
     standards, metrics, and evaluation tools, to support 
     artificial intelligence research, development, and capacity 
     building activities, to promote innovation in the artificial 
     intelligence industry by ensuring companies of all sizes can 
     succeed and thrive, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Coons, 
             and Mr. Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 4179. A bill to extend and modify the lend-lease 
     authority to Ukraine; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 4180. A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to allow 
     for brownfield revitalization funding eligibility for Alaska 
     Native Tribes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4181. A bill to require the development of a workforce 
     plan for the Federal Emergency Management Agency; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 4182. A bill to authorize appropriations for certain 
     agricultural research of the Department of Agriculture, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Casey):
       S. 4183. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue 
     functions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4184. A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of the 
     Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
     cooperative agreements with States to provide for State 
     administration of allotment management plans; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mr. 
             Sanders):
       S. 4185. A bill to authorize appropriations for climate 
     financing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, and 
             Mr. Van Hollen):
       S. 4186. A bill to eliminate toxic substances in beverage 
     containers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 4187. A bill to phase out production of nonessential 
     uses of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, to 
     prohibit releases of all perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, 
             and Mr. Sanders):
       S. 4188. A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to 
     prohibit trading of water and water rights for future 
     delivery, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Ms. BUTLER (for herself and Mr. Markey):
       S. 4189. A bill to establish youth advisory councils for 
     the purpose of providing recommendations to the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of 
     Energy, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce 
     with respect to environmental issues as those issues relate 
     to youth communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 4190. A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission to promulgate regulations that accelerate the 
     interconnection of electric generation and storage resources 
     to the transmission system through more efficient and 
     effective interconnection procedures; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
       S. 4191. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to 
     create regional wildland fire research centers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Ms. Collins):
       S. 4192. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to permit disabled individuals to elect to receive 
     disability insurance benefits during the disability insurance 
     benefit waiting period, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 4193. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
     improve wildlife habitat connectivity and wildlife migration 
     corridors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Welch, and Mr. 
             Markey):
       S. 4194. A bill to require the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain 
     activities to protect communities from the harmful effects of 
     plastics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
           By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
             Welch):
       S. 4195. A bill to require warning labels on sugar-
     sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing 
     non-sugar sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high 
     in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, 
     or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 4196. A bill to amend the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding 
     within the Corporation for National and Community Service, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Marshall, 
             Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. 
             Hyde-Smith, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S.J. Res. 73. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the multiple agencies 
     relating to ``Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood 
     Organizations''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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