[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1396-S1397]
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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. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr.
Booker):
S. 735. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to
reauthorize a sickle cell disease prevention and treatment
demonstration program; to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, and Mr. Booker):
S. 736. A bill to increase the penalty for prohibited
provision of a phone in a correctional facility, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Banks):
S. 737. A bill to require certain interactive computer
services to adopt and operate technology verification
measures to ensure that users of the platform are not minors,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 738. A bill to provide a moratorium on all Federal
research grants provided to any institution of higher
education or other research institute that is conducting
dangerous gain-of-function research; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Schumer):
S. 739. 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. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, and
Mr. Wyden):
S. 740. A bill to expand the use of open textbooks in order
to achieve savings for students and improve textbook price
information; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
By Mr. FETTERMAN (for himself and Mr. McCormick):
S. 741. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to
require research and development regarding a policy to insure
the production of mushrooms; to the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Durbin,
and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 742. A bill to extend duty-free treatment provided with
respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Boozman, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 743. A bill to require the establishment of a joint task
force to identify and eliminate barriers to agriculture
exports of the United States; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BANKS (for himself and Mr. Warner):
S. 744. A bill to amend the Export Control Reform Act of
2018 relating to licensing transparency; to the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. SCHMITT (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr.
Padilla):
S. 745. A bill to amend the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act to require notification with respect to
individualized education program teams, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mr. BANKS:
S. 746. A bill to prohibit Federal funding for National
Public Radio, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. RICKETTS (for himself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 747. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to
include information on improper payments under Federal
programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. PADILLA:
S. 748. A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian
Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Rounds,
Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Slotkin, and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 749. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid
to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had
such disease prior to death, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Lankford):
S. 750. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and
Human Services from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise
giving effect to a final rule regarding minimum staffing for
nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the
nursing home workforce; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Collins):
S. 751. A bill to prohibit discrimination based on an
individual's texture or style of hair; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Tillis,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Wicker, Mr.
Coons, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Boozman, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Fetterman, Ms. Murkowski,
Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Peters, Mr. Schmitt,
Mr. Warner, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Warren, Ms. Collins, Ms.
Duckworth, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ricketts, Mr.
Booker, and Mrs. Fischer):
S. 752. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to streamline enrollment under the Medicaid program of
certain providers across State lines; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 753. A bill to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
to exclude certain financing from the calculation of the
default rate for purposes of determining when the lending cap
under such Act applies, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Ricketts,
Mr. Tillis, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Britt):
S. 754. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
periodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and
vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical
infrastructure sector and to provide recommendations to
enhance their security and resilience, to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an annual cross-sector
simulation exercise relating to a food-related emergency or
disruption, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 755. A bill to facilitate the development of treatments
for cancers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Welch,
and Ms. Collins):
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S. 756. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to treat certain postsecondary credentialing expenses as
qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529
accounts; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Hoeven):
S. 757. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of
determining under the adoption credit whether a child has
special needs; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
S. 758. A bill to support the establishment of an
apprenticeship college consortium; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. King):
S. 759. A bill to provide for standardization, publication,
and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor
recreational use of Federal waterways, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, and Mr.
Welch):
S. 760. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security
Act to renew the application of the Medicare payment rate
floor to primary care services furnished under the Medicaid
program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz,
Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Smith, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Sanders, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 761. A bill to establish the Truth and Healing
Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United
States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
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