[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5680-S5682]
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. KING (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4871. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a credit for hazard mitigation projects in 
     connection with certain working waterfront property; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
       S. 4872. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to exempt sports betting from the tax on authorized wagers; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Scott of 
             Florida, and Mr. Ossoff):
       S. 4873. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to prohibit allowance of the advanced manufacturing 
     production credit for components produced by foreign entities 
     of concern; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 4874. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the employer-provided child care credit and the 
     dependent care assistance exclusion; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 4875. A bill to protect intellectual property rights in 
     the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, 
             and Mr. Booker):
       S. 4876. A bill to create a new Federal grant program that 
     provides grants to State libraries to allow schools with 
     summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for 
     student use during the summer months; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. 
             Smith):
       S. 4877. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
     improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability 
     insurance program; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
       S. 4878. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of abbreviated new drug 
     applications; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, and Mr. Brown):
       S. 4879. A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and 
     sustained national investment in biomedical research; to the 
     Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mrs. Britt):
       S. 4880. A bill to implement or strengthen programs that 
     increase the supply of quality child care services by 
     enhancing the wages of child care workers, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Paul, and Ms. Lummis):
       S. 4881. A bill to repeal the Military Selective Service 
     Act; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 4882. A bill to establish a pilot program for tracking 
     awards made through other transaction authority; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.

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           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 4883. A bill to require the Director of National 
     Intelligence to issue a report on interference by Islamic 
     Republic of Iran in United States domestic politics, and for 
     other purposes; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
           By Mr. MERKLEY:
       S. 4884. A bill to require that all new washing machines 
     sold or offered for sale in the United States contain a 
     microfiber filtration system; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
       S. 4885. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     require that additional factors be included in the design of 
     counseling pathways under the Transition Assistance Program 
     of the Department of Defense; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 4886. A bill to amend the American Indian, Alaska 
     Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act 
     to modify the program for Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native 
     culture and arts development, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Indian Affairs.
           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. 
             Gillibrand):
       S. 4887. A bill to protect certain victims of human 
     trafficking by expanding the authority of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security to grant such aliens continued presence in 
     the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Ricketts):
       S. 4888. A bill to include Czechia in the list of foreign 
     states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the 
     United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals 
     are treated similarly by the Government of Czechia; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. 
             Klobuchar):
       S. 4889. A bill to remove educational barriers to Federal 
     employment for workers who are skilled through alternative 
     routes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DAINES:
       S. 4890. A bill to permit a registered investment company 
     to omit certain fees from the calculation of acquired fund 
     fees and expenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 4891. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Defense to limit copayments for 
     outpatient visits for mental health or behavioral health 
     under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Hawley):
       S. 4892. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for first 
     responder mental health and wellness, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Schmitt):
       S. 4893. A bill to require online service providers to 
     disclose their acceptable use policies, provide users with 
     written notice before the termination of a user's account, 
     and publish an annual report detailing actions taken to 
     enforce their acceptable use policies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 4894. A bill to urge the United Nations to abolish the 
     position of Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive 
     measures and to withhold United States funding for such 
     position; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. WYDEN:
       S. 4895. A bill to establish a program to disseminate 
     technical and other assistance to small and rural electric 
     cooperatives to support expanding electric transmission 
     capacity and hardening electric transmission and distribution 
     infrastructure against cyberattacks and threats from natural 
     hazards, with a focus on threats from wildfire, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
       S. 4896. A bill to authorize the National Science 
     Foundation to support research on the development of 
     artificial intelligence-enabled efficient technologies; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Ms. BUTLER (for herself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. 
             Hickenlooper):
       S. 4897. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to 
     include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency 
     measures, storm water management measures, and waste-water 
     management measures; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. ROSEN:
       S. 4898. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat 
     in the definition of a major disaster; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. BUTLER:
       S. 4899. A bill to establish a grant program for States 
     that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. BUTLER:
       S. 4900. A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize certain 
     preparedness measures, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Marshall):
       S. 4901. A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce 
     for Oceans and Atmosphere to maintain the National Mesonet 
     Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Butler, Mr. 
             Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, 
             Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lujan, 
             Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. 
             Wyden):
       S. 4902. A bill to prevent discrimination, including 
     harassment, in employment; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. BUTLER (for herself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 4903. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act to require youth representation on each State 
     workforce development board, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 4904. A bill to establish the National Fab Lab Network, 
     a nonprofit organization consisting of a national network of 
     local digital fabrication facilities providing universal 
     access to advanced manufacturing tools for workforce 
     development, STEM education, developing inventions, creating 
     businesses, producing personalized products, mitigating 
     risks, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. REED (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
       S. 4905. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act with respect to molecularly targeted pediatric 
     cancer investigations, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 4906. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation 
     security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation 
     security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion 
     of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited 
     in the general fund of the Treasury; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
       S. 4907. A bill to improve weather research and forecasting 
     by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Cruz, and 
             Mr. Manchin):
       S. 4908. A bill to designate the checkpoint of the United 
     States Border Patrol located on United States Highway 90 West 
     in Uvalde County, Texas, as the ``James R. Dominguez Border 
     Patrol Checkpoint''; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4909. A bill to clarify the use of direct deposit for 
     contributions to ABLE programs; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4910. A bill to direct Federal agencies to provide 
     information on ABLE accounts and to provide grants for 
     increasing awareness of ABLE accounts; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
             Welch, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Sanders, 
             and Ms. Duckworth):
       S. 4911. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow 
     employers to contribute to ABLE accounts in lieu of 
     retirement plan contributions; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. LUMMIS:
       S. 4912. A bill to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve 
     and other programs to ensure the transparent management of 
     Bitcoin holdings of the Federal Government, to offset costs 
     utilizing certain resources of the Federal Reserve System, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. RUBIO:
       S. 4913. A bill to provide for the imposition of sanctions 
     on members of certain organizations of the Chinese Communist 
     Party, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Marshall, 
             and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 4914. A bill to provide for the imposition of sanctions 
     with respect to forced organ

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     harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. CANTWELL:
       S. 4915. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to modify the low-income housing credit and to reauthorize 
     and reform the Generalized System of Preferences, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
       S. 4916. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to 
     address the placement of security freezes for protected 
     consumers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BRITT (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cassidy, 
             and Mr. Warnock):
       S. 4917. A bill to amend the Federal securities laws to 
     enhance 403(b) plans, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing , and Urban Affairs.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Brown, 
             Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, 
             and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 4918. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of safe 
     and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4919. A bill to establish a regulatory sandbox program 
     under which agencies may provide waivers of agency rules and 
     guidance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Risch):
       S. 4920. A bill to establish a task force for regulatory 
     oversight and review; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs .
           By Mr. GRAHAM:
       S.J. Res. 106. A joint resolution to authorize the use of 
     United States Armed Forces against the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran for threatening the national security of the United 
     States through the development of nuclear weapons; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

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