    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Pages S1344-S1346]
    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. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Gallego):
           S. 700. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to
         convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative
         Site to Gila County, Arizona; to the Committee on Energy and
         Natural Resources.
               By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Boozman, Mr.
                 Blumenthal, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker,
                 Mr. Schiff, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Welch):
           S. 701. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
         to establish the Veteran Family Resource Program, and for
         other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
                 Fetterman, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Peters, and
                 Ms. Collins):
           S. 702. A bill to require a study on the quality of care
         difference between mental health

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         and addiction therapy care provided by health care providers
         of the Department of Veterans Affairs compared to non-
         Department providers, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Lankford,
                 Mr. Justice, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lujan, Mr.
                 Moreno, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Blackburn):
           S. 703. A bill to establish a pilot program to assess the
         use of technology to speed up and enhance the cargo
         inspection process at land ports of entry along the border;
         to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
         Affairs.
               By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr.
                 Marshall):
           S. 704. A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to
         reauthorize the voluntary public access and habitat incentive
         program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
         Forestry.
               By Mr. REED (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
           S. 705. 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. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Cramer,
                 Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Schiff):
           S. 706. A bill to amend the Justice for United States
         Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to clarify and
         supplement the funding sources for United States victims of
         state-sponsored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful
         distributions from the United States Victims of State
         Sponsored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Schmitt, Mr.
                 Daines, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Banks,
                 and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
           S. 707. A bill to provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that
         provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United
         States without lawful status under the immigration laws are
         ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens;
         to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
           S. 708. A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to
         establish a rebuttable presumption that a permanent
         injunction should be granted in certain circumstances, and
         for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Rosen,
                 and Mr. Tillis):
           S. 709. A bill to provide incentives to physicians to
         practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and
         for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed,
                 and Mr. Welch):
           S. 710. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to
         prevent fraudulent transactions at virtual currency kiosks,
         and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
         and Urban Affairs.
               By Mr. MORENO (for himself, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Banks, and
                 Mr. Justice):
           S. 711. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to establish an enhanced deduction for wages paid to
         automobile manufacturing workers, and for other purposes; to
         the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lankford, and
                 Mr. Johnson):
           S. 712. A bill to require agencies to repeal ten existing
         regulations before issuing a new regulation, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
         Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Barrasso,
                 Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker,
                 and Mr. Young):
           S. 713. A bill to apply the Freedom of Information Act to
         actions and decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce
         for Communications and Information in carrying out the
         Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program; to the
         Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ossoff, Mr.
                 Cassidy, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Risch):
           S. 714. A bill to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include
         critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and
         for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural
         Resources.
               By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo,
                 Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Sheehy):
           S. 715. A bill to prohibit certain businesses and persons
         from purchasing real estate adjacent to covered Federal land
         in the United States, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
           S. 716. A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also
         known as Chai Chaowasaree); to the Committee on the
         Judiciary.
               By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
           S. 717. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
         Act to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation
         programs and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the
         Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Finance.
               By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Ricketts):
           S. 718. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to
         require the impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to
         recommend by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a
         crime punishable by death; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Heinrich):
           S. 719. A bill to amend the Tribal Forest Protection Act of
         2004 to improve that Act, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Indian Affairs.
               By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr.
                 Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen,
                 Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sanders,
                 and Mr. Whitehouse):
           S. 720. A bill to establish an Office of Environmental
         Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
                 Carolina):
           S. 721. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
         Act to establish a demonstration project to improve
         outpatient clinical care for individuals with sickle cell
         disease; to the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer,
                 and Mr. Daines):
           S. 722. A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting
         process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and
         gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Rounds):
           S. 723. A bill to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to
         process and complete all mortgage packages associated with
         residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain
         deadlines, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian
         Affairs.
               By Mr. BOOKER:
           S. 724. A bill to extend the temporary scheduling order for
         fentanyl-related substances for 6 months; to the Committee on
         the Judiciary.
               By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
                 Heinrich, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
                 Markey, Mr. Budd, Mr. King, Mr. Thune, and Mr.
                 Kelly):
           S. 725. A bill to direct the Federal Communications
         Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster
         Information Reporting System and to make improvements to
         network outage reporting, to categorize public safety
         telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under
         the Standard Occupational Classification system, and for
         other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
         Transportation.
               By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Schiff,
                 Mr. Sanders, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Lujan,
                 Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
                 Durbin, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Ms.
                 Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Hickenlooper,
                 Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Reed, Mr.
                 Wyden, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Warren, Mr. King, Mr.
                 Fetterman, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
                 Welch, and Ms. Baldwin):
           S. 726. A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United
         States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for
         other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Hawley):
           S. 727. A bill to correct the inequitable denial of
         enhanced retirement and annuity benefits to certain U.S.
         Customs and Border Protection Officers; to the Committee on
         Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
               By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
           S. 728. A bill to establish the African Burial Ground
         International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New
         York, New York, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. KENNEDY:
           S. 729. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to
         enhance compliance with hospital price transparency
         requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
               By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
           S. 730. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
         conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of
         establishing the African Burial Ground International Memorial
         Museum and Educational Center at the African Burial Ground
         National Monument, and for other purposes; to the Committee
         on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Scott
                 of Florida):
           S. 731. A bill to prohibit conflicts of interest among
         consulting firms that simultaneously contract with China or
         other covered foreign entities and the United States
         Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
                 Barrasso, and Mr. Young):
           S. 732. A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950
         with respect to foreign investments in United States
         agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
               By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Schatz):

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           S. 733. A bill to improve the cooperation between the
         United States and the authorities of Taiwan with respect to
         travel and tourism; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
                 Hickenlooper, and Mr. King):
           S. 734. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to
         Edward J. Dwight, Jr., the first African America astronaut
         candidate in the United States; to the Committee on Banking,
         Housing, and Urban Affairs.
               By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
                 Wicker, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs.
                 Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Sheehy):
           S.J. Res. 24. A joint resolution providing for
         congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United
         States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
         Protection Agency relating to ``National Emission Standards
         for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing'' ;
         to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
               By Mr. SANDERS:
           S.J. Res. 25. A joint resolution providing for
         congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military
         sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services; to
         the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. SANDERS:
           S.J. Res. 26. A joint resolution providing for
         congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military
         sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services; to
         the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. SANDERS:
           S.J. Res. 27. A joint resolution providing for
         congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military
         sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services; to
         the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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