[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S929-S930]
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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. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 532. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to collect registration fees from members of
the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker,
Mrs. Britt, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Grassley, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Ricketts, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, and Mr.
Lee):
S. 533. A bill to preserve and protect the free choice of
individual employees to form, join, or assist labor
organizations, or to refrain from such activities; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 534. A bill to amend the Act of August 25, 1958,
commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of 1958'', with
respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former
President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. BANKS:
S. 535. A bill to reauthorize the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, to improve access to
relative caregivers, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Finance.
By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Ricketts, and Ms.
Lummis):
S. 536. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to establish a tax on the sale of electric vehicles and
batteries; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Sullivan,
Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Lankford, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Lee, Mr. Boozman,
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Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Wicker, Mrs.
Fischer, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Britt, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Justice, Mr. Hagerty, Mr.
Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Capito, and
Mr. Budd):
S. 537. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the use of
lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 538. A bill to reduce Federal spending and the deficit
by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election
campaigns; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs.
Blackburn, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Hawley, and Mr.
Durbin):
S. 539. A bill to reauthorize the PROTECT Our Children Act
of 2008, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE:
S. 540. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
require the consideration of continuity of health care in
determining best medical interest under the Veterans
Community Care Program, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cotton,
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Cramer,
Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Scott of
Florida):
S. 541. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to repeal the credit for new clean vehicles, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MORENO:
S. 542. A bill to declare English as the official language
of the United States, to establish a uniform English language
rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the
English language texts of the laws of the United States,
pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule
of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the
Constitution; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr.
Wyden):
S. 543. A bill to prohibit certain discrimination against
athletes on the basis of sex by State athletic associations,
intercollegiate athletic associations, and covered
institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Crapo, and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 544. A bill to provide for the location of multiple
hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned
Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms.
Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Young, Mr.
Kelly, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 545. A bill to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 546. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management
Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water
rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck
Valley Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Indian Affairs.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
S. 547. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and
issue a report on grant programs to support the nursing
workforce; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 548. A bill to amend the Office of National Drug Control
Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 to require a Caribbean
border counternarcotics strategy, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr.
Sullivan):
S. 549. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to extend the exemption from the excise tax on alternative
motorboat fuels sold as supplies for vessels or aircraft to
include certain vessels serving only one coast; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. Durbin):
S. 550. A bill to provide for the equitable settlement of
certain Indian land disputes regarding land in Illinois, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, and Ms.
Murkowski):
S. 551. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to provide for the application of a cost-of-living
adjustment to the non-labor related portion for hospital
outpatient department services furnished in Alaska and
Hawaii; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 552. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to provide for the treatment of critical access hospital
services furnished by a critical access hospital located in a
noncontiguous State; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, and Ms.
Murkowski):
S. 553. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to establish a floor on payments to sole community
hospitals located in Alaska and Hawaii under the hospital
outpatient prospective payment system; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Ricketts, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 554. A bill to enhance bilateral defense cooperation
between the United States and Israel, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Kelly, and Mr. Ricketts):
S. 555. A bill to direct the Secretary of State to
establish a national registry of Korean American divided
families, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Cornyn, and Mr. Ricketts):
S. 556. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to persons
engaged in logistical transactions and sanctions evasion
relating to oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and related
petrochemical products from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms.
Ernst, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Rounds, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Cruz):
S. 557. A bill to repeal the small business loan data
collection requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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