[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.
[[Page S1429]]
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.
____________________