[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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