[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1396-S1397]
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. 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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