    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Pages S1428-S1429]
    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 Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
           S. 762. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act
         to deny immigration benefits to aliens who carried out,
         participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise
         facilitated the October 2023 attacks against Israel; to the
         Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
           S. 763. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services
         from certain high deductible health plan rules; to the
         Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hickenlooper):
           S. 764. A bill to provide for the designation of certain
         wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and
         conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Husted, and Mr.
                 Ricketts):
           S. 765. A bill to prohibit the use of DeepSeek by the
         executive agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee
         on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
               By Ms. ERNST:
           S. 766. A bill to require an annual report of taxpayer-
         funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule; to
         the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. KELLY (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Blackburn,
                 Ms. Cortez Masto, and Ms. Klobuchar):
           S. 767. A bill to amend the Office of National Drug Control
         Prevention Act of 1998 to include new requirements for
         assessments and reports, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr.
                 Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
                 Coons, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Young, and Ms.
                 Klobuchar):
           S. 768. A bill to establish a grant program to provide
         assistance to local law enforcement agencies, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Padilla):
           S. 769. A bill to amend the Research and Development,
         Competition, and Innovation Act to clarify the definition of
         foreign country for purposes of malign foreign talent
         recruitment restriction, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
               By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley,
                 Mr. Welch, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen,
                 Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr.
                 Whitehouse):
           S. 770. A bill to enhance Social Security benefits and
         ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program;
         to the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Ms.
                 Lummis, and Mr. Sheehy):
           S. 771. A bill to terminate the Shelter and Services
         Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for
         other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
         Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Thune):
           S. 772. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to make the exclusion for certain employer payments of
         student loans under educational assistance programs
         permanent; to the Committee on Finance.
               By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Lankford):
           S. 773. A bill to amend section 324 of the Robert T.
         Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to
         incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close
         disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess
         funds for management costs for other disaster recovery
         projects; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
         Governmental Affairs.
               By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott
                 of Florida, and Mr. Cruz):
           S. 774. A bill to prohibit the use of funds to seek
         membership in the World Health Organization or to provide
         assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health
         Organization until certain conditions have been met; to the
         Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
           S. 775. A bill to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of
         2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human
         consumption; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
         Forestry.
               By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Moran):
           S. 776. A bill to provide the President with authority to
         enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the United
         Kingdom, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Scott of
                 Florida):
           S. 777. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the
         Secretary of State to monitor efforts by the People's
         Republic of China to build or buy strategic foreign ports,
         and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign
         Relations.
               By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
           S. 778. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
         require a lactation space in each medical center of the
         Department of Veterans Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans'
         Affairs.
               By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Kaine, and
                 Ms. Murkowski):
           S. 779. A bill to amend title XIX of the Public Health
         Service Act to provide for prevention and early intervention
         services under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health
         Services program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
               By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden,
                 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms.
                 Smith, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Baldwin):
           S. 780. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to address
         certain issues relating to the extension of consumer credit,
         and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
         and Urban Affairs.
               By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
                 Blumenthal, and Mr. Murphy):
           S. 781. A bill to reauthorize Long Island Sound programs,
         and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and
         Public Works.
               By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
           S. 782. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
         amend regulations to allow for certain packers to have an
         interest in market agencies, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
               By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Tillis):
           S. 783. A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural
         Development Act to provide additional assistance to rural
         water, wastewater, and waste disposal systems, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
         Forestry.
               By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Ms. Collins):
           S. 784. A bill to expand and modify the grant program of
         the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide innovative
         transportation options to veterans in highly rural areas, and
         for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
           S. 785. A bill to extend the Alaska Native Vietnam era
         Veterans Land Allotment Program; to the Committee on Energy
         and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms.
                 Klobuchar, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, and
                 Mr. Booker):
           S. 786. A bill to fully fund the Prevention and Public
         Health Fund and reaffirm the importance of prevention in the
         United States healthcare system; to the Committee on Health,
         Education, Labor, and Pensions.
               By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
           S. 787. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
         establish a commission to review operations at the Veterans
         Health Administration and submit to Congress reports with
         respect to that review, and for other programs; to the
         Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Van Hollen,
                 Mr. Gallego, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Kelly):
           S. 788. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to impose an excise tax on the failure of certain hedge funds
         owning excess single-family residences to dispose of such
         residences, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
         Finance.

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               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Young, Mr.
                 Hickenlooper, and Mr. King):
           S. 789. A bill to require reports on critical mineral and
         rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy
         for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation,
         and processing technologies, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Barrasso):
           S. 790. A bill to redesignate the National Historic Trails
         Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the ``Barbara L.
         Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center''; to the
         Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Ms. Alsobrooks):
           S. 791. A bill to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall
         National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an
         affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
               By Mr. LEE:
           S. 792. A bill to require the National Telecommunications
         Information Administration to estimate the value of
         electromagnetic spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to
         Federal entities; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
         Transportation.
               By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
           S. 793. A bill to amend the Commander John Scott Hannon
         Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 to modify
         and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide
         Prevention Grant Program of the Department of Veterans
         Affairs; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. LEE:
           S. 794. A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of
         Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal
         spectrum; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
         Transportation.
               By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Thune,
                 Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Marshall):
           S. 795. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control
         Act to exclude prior converted cropland from the definition
         of ``navigable waters'', and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Environment and Public Works.
               By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lankford,
                 Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
                 Ricketts, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Lummis):
           S. 796. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to repeal the corporate alternative minimum tax; to the
         Committee on Finance.
               By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Welch, Ms. Warren,
                 Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, and
                 Mr. Kaine):
           S. 797. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to
         protect and expand access to fertility treatment under the
         health insurance program carried out under chapter 89 of that
         title, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland
         Security and Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
           S. 798. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
         to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of
         determining gain or loss; to the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
           S. 799. A bill to establish and implement a multi-year
         Legal Gold and Mining Partnership Strategy to reduce the
         negative environmental and social impacts of illicit gold
         mining in the Western Hemisphere, and for other purposes; to
         the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. King):
           S. 800. A bill to modify the Precision Medicine for
         Veterans Initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to
         the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
               By Mr. LEE:
           S. 801. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to
         provide for fiscal accountability, to require institutions of
         higher education to publish information regarding student
         success, to provide for school accountability for student
         loans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health,
         Education, Labor, and Pensions.
               By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sullivan,
                 Mr. Wicker, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Blunt Rochester):
           S. 802. A bill to amend title 14, United States Code, to
         make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the event an
         appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new
         appropriations Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee
         on Appropriations.
               By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Coons,
                 Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Kaine,
                 Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
                 Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Ms.
                 Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
                 Warren, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Whitehouse):
           S. 803. A bill to regulate large capacity ammunition
         feeding devices; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
               By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Schiff):
           S. 804. A bill to terminate authorizations for the use of
         military force and declarations of war no later than 10 years
         after the enactment of such authorizations or declarations;
         to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Padilla, Mr.
                 Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Warnock):
           S. 805. A bill to establish in the Department of State the
         Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
               By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
           S. 806. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to
         increase the accountability of the Office of Special Counsel
         in enforcing certain provisions of that title vigorously,
         consistently, and without regard to the political
         affiliation, career status, or personal characteristics of
         individuals subject to those provisions, and for other
         purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
         Governmental Affairs.
               By Mr. LEE (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Cruz, Mr.
                 Daines, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Risch, Mr. Justice, Mr.
                 Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
                 Moran, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. Shaheen):
           S. 807. A bill to provide for the crediting of funds
         received by the National Guard Bureau as reimbursement from
         States; to the Committee on Armed Services.
               By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Sheehy, and
                 Ms. Slotkin):
           S. 808. A bill to prohibit the importation of certain
         minerals from the Russian Federation; to the Committee on
         Finance.
               By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
           S. 809. A bill to amend the Right to Financial Privacy Act
         of 1978 to preserve the confidentiality of certain records,
         and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
               By Mr. MARKEY:
           S. 810. A bill to ensure that there are no reductions in
         funding for critical education programs for fiscal years
         2025, 2026, and 2027, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
               By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Welch,
                 Mr. Budd, Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Tillis):
           S. 811. A bill to express findings relating to the
         recreational trails program, and for other purposes; to the
         Committee on Environment and Public Works.
               By Mr. RICKETTS (for himself and Mr. Budd):
           S.J. Res. 28. A joint resolution disapproving the rule
         submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
         relating to ``Defining Larger Participants of a Market for
         General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications''; to the
         Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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