[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4551-S4553]
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. BUDD:
       S. 4670. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act regarding employer-directed skills 
     development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. 
             Welch):
       S. 4671. A bill to limit cost sharing for prescription 
     drugs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Peters, and 
             Mr. Cramer):
       S. 4672. A bill to require the Commissioner for U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection to assess current efforts to 
     respond to hazardous weather and water events at or near 
     United States borders and, to the extent such efforts may be 
     improved, to develop a hazardous weather and water events 
     preparedness and response strategy, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 4673. A bill to require the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to issue guidance to agencies requiring 
     special districts to be recognized as local government for 
     the purpose of Federal financial assistance determinations; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
           By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. 
             Heinrich):
       S. 4674. A bill to require transparency with respect to 
     content and content provenance information, to protect 
     artistic content, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. 
             Rosen):
       S. 4675. A bill to require the United States Postal Service 
     to submit a comprehensive proposal to the Postal Regulatory 
     Commission before implementing any network changes, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kelly, and 
             Mr. Lankford):
       S. 4676. A bill to enhance the effectiveness of the Shadow 
     Wolves Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. SINEMA:
       S. 4677. An original bill making appropriations for 
     military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2025, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. REED:
       S. 4678. An original bill making appropriations for the 
     Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2025, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4679. A bill to amend title XLI of the FAST Act to 
     improve the Federal permitting process, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

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           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Schumer, 
             Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Wicker, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
             Booker, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Padilla, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Smith, Mr. King, Ms. 
             Sinema, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Rounds, 
             Mr. Thune, Ms. Collins, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Moran, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Graham, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Mullin, Mr. 
             Ricketts, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Crapo, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Grassley, 
             Mr. Welch, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
             Schatz, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Tester, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
             Warnock, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hassan, Ms. 
             Duckworth, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 4680. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jens 
     Stoltenberg, in recognition of his contributions to the 
     security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4681. A bill to ensure a timely, fair, meaningful, and 
     transparent process for individuals to seek redress because 
     they were wrongly identified as a threat under the screening 
     and inspection regimes used by the Department of Homeland 
     Security, to require a report on the effectiveness of 
     enhanced screening programs of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 4682. A bill to amend the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance 
     option, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MURPHY:
       S. 4683. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to provide for claims of ineffective assistance of 
     counsel in immigration matters, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Casey, 
             Ms. Warren, and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 4684. A bill to ensure affordable health insurance 
     coverage for low-income individuals in States that have not 
     expanded Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN:
       S. 4685. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to establish the truck fleet retreaded tire tax credit, to 
     require Federal agencies to consider the use of retreaded 
     tires, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 4686. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     to require the disclosure of the annual percentage rates 
     applicable to Federal student loans; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Bennet, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Risch, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hickenlooper, 
             Mr. Crapo, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Daines):
       S. 4687. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
     wildland firefighters in recognition of their strength, 
     resiliency, sacrifice, and service to protect the forests, 
     grasslands, and communities of the United States, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 4688. A bill to require the designation in the National 
     Security Council of a coordinator for combating foreign 
     kleptocracy and corruption, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 4689. A bill to remove aliens who fail to comply with a 
     release order, to enroll all aliens on the ICE nondetained 
     docket in the Alternatives to Detention program with 
     continuous GPS monitoring, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. HEINRICH:
       S. 4690. An original bill making appropriations for 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2025, and for other purposes; from the Committee on 
     Appropriations; placed on the calendar.
           By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, 
             Mr. King, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
             Manchin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Welch, 
             Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Hirono):
       S. 4691. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional 
     expenses for prescription drugs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 4692. A bill to require agency officials to communicate 
     with and testify before Congress regarding certain agency 
     actions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, 
             and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 4693. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an investment credit for converting non-
     residential buildings to affordable housing; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4694. A bill to provide an exemption from certain Jones 
     Act restrictions for vessels that arrive at or depart from 
     the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mrs. 
             Blackburn):
       S. 4695. A bill to repeal the District of Columbia Home 
     Rule Act; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4696. A bill to provide an exemption from certain 
     dredging restrictions for vessels that arrive at or depart 
     from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Young, and Mr. King):
       S. 4697. A bill to enhance the cybersecurity of the 
     Healthcare and Public Health Sector; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4698. A bill to authorize the Joint Task Forces of the 
     Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
       S. 4699. A bill to provide limited authority to use the 
     Armed Forces to suppress insurrection or rebellion and quell 
     domestic violence; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. LANKFORD:
       S. 4700. A bill to modify the governmentwide financial 
     management plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN:
       S. 4701. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in 
     order to protect students and taxpayers; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 4702. A bill to impose duties on electromagnets, battery 
     cells, electric storage batteries, and photovoltaic cells 
     imported from certain countries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 4703. A bill to enhance the partnership between the 
     United States and the Philippines, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 4704. A bill to authorize shoreline erosion control 
     projects to protect the infrastructure of military 
     installations from shoreline erosion; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
       S. 4705. A bill to approve the settlement of water rights 
     claims of the Yavapai-Apache Nation in the State of Arizona, 
     to authorize construction of a water project relating to 
     those water rights claims, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 4706. A bill to modernize the business of selling 
     firearms; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 4707. A bill to direct the Under Secretary for 
     Management of the Department of Homeland Security to assess 
     contracts for covered services performed by contractor 
     personnel along the United States land border with Mexico, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4708. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and 
     illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4709. A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act 
     to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board 
     with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and 
     authority over unfair labor practices; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. 
             Capito, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
             Scott of South Carolina, and Mr. Cramer):
       S. 4710. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
     private sector; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. PETERS:
       S. 4711. A bill to limit the consideration of marijuana use 
     when making an employment suitability or security clearance 
     determination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
             Hickenlooper, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Tillis, and Mr. Kelly):
       S. 4712. A bill to increase support by the United States 
     Government for critical minerals projects outside the United 
     States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
             Coons, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Klobuchar, 
             and Mr. Grassley):
       S. 4713. A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United 
     States Code, to require the voluntary collection of 
     demographic information for patent inventors, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Hirono, 
             Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse):
       S. 4714. A bill to prohibit the distribution of false AI-
     generated election media and to amend the National Voter 
     Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the removal of names 
     from voting rolls using unverified voter challenge databases; 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 4715. A bill to require the National Cyber Director to 
     submit to Congress a plan to establish an institute within 
     the Federal Government to serve as a centralized resource and 
     training center for Federal cyber workforce development; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
       S. 4716. A bill to amend section 7504 of title 31, United 
     States Code, to improve the single audit requirements; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
       S. 4717. A bill to include pregnancy and loss of pregnancy 
     as qualifying life events under the TRICARE program and to 
     require a study on maternal health in the military health 
     system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Risch, 
             and Mr. Daines):
       S. 4718. A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 to clarify the nature of public 
     involvement for purposes of certain rulemaking, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Mullin):
       S. 4719. A bill to provide the Secretary of Energy with the 
     authority to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements 
     to improve the security and resilience of defense critical 
     electric infrastructure and reduce the vulnerability of 
     critical defense facilities to the disruption of the supply 
     of energy to those facilities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 4720. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     submit annual reports on allied contributions to the common 
     defense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. 
             Cramer):
       S. 4721. A bill to make dependents of members of the Armed 
     Forces who died while serving on active duty eligible for 
     enrollment in Department of Defense Education Activity 
     schools on a tuition-free, space-available basis; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. 
             Ricketts, and Mr. Budd):
       S. 4722. A bill to prohibit the United States from 
     collaborating with certain foreign countries of concern on 
     fundamental research intended to support the military, 
     intelligence, or security capabilities of the United States, 
     to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States 
     scientific and research enterprise, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Ms. BUTLER (for herself, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, 
             Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. 
             Lujan, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. 
             Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Welch):
       S. 4723. A bill to limit the separation of families at or 
     near ports of entry; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
             Casey, Mr. Warner, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Braun):
       S. 4724. A bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health 
     Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the 
     World Trade Center Health Program; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 4725. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
     establish a criminal penalty for unauthorized access to 
     Department of Defense facilities; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Paul, and 
             Mr. Rubio):
       S. 4726. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     submit annual reports on allied contributions to the common 
     defense, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. SCHMITT (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Ernst, Mr. 
             Cruz, Mr. Braun, Mr. Budd, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
             Hagerty, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Paul):
       S. 4727. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     clarify the nature of judicial review of agency 
     interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions; read 
     the first time.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4728. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of food and limit the 
     presence of contaminants in infant and toddler food, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Lee, and Ms. 
             Lummis):
       S.J. Res. 102. A joint resolution providing for 
     congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
     States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish 
     and Wildlife Service relating to ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes 
     Sagebrush Lizard''; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.

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