[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4904-S4905]
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. HUSTED (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
S. 2529. A bill to increase the clarity and predictability
of the process for developing applications for Rx-to-
nonprescription switches; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Warnock):
S. 2530. A bill to amend the Internatl Revenue Code of 1986
to expand the ability to expense certain qualified
productions; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. ALSOBROOKS (for herself and Ms. Lummis):
S. 2531. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to award grants to increase early detection of
and intervention for uterine fibroids, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Ms. Hassan, and Mrs.
Capito):
S. 2532. A bill to reauthorize the program of first
responder training; to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Ms.
Warren):
S. 2533. A bill to require performance and security audits
of certain agency computer systems, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Rosen,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. King, Ms.
Smith, Mr. Welch, Mr. Heinrich, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Gallego, and Ms. Cortez
Masto):
S. 2534. A bill to improve the reproductive assistance
provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of
Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces,
veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 2535. A bill to enable passenger vessels that were not
built in the United States to receive coastwise endorsement,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 2536. A bill to exempt large cruise ships from certain
requirements applicable to passenger vessels, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 2537. A bill to adjust certain ownership and other
requirements for passenger vessels, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 2538. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide a credit for hazard mitigation projects in
connection with certain working waterfront property; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. King):
S. 2539. A bill to redesignate the Department of Defense
Africa Center for Strategic Studies as the James M. Inhofe
Africa Center for Strategic Studies; to the Committee on
Armed Services.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
S. 2540. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Comprehensive Opioid
Abuse Grant Program of the Department of Justice; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Scott of
Florida):
S. 2541. A bill to establish requirements for quality and
discard date phrases that are voluntarily declared on the
food label to display calendar dates; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Lankford, and Ms.
Ernst):
S. 2542. A bill to direct the Director of the Federal
Protective Service to establish guidance relating to
emergency protocols for buildings, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 2543. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
submit a report on New World screwworm readiness and
response; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
By Mrs. BRITT (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr.
Scott of Florida):
S. 2544. A bill to permit State, local, and Tribal law
enforcement agencies and grantees that receive eligible
Federal grant funds to use such funds for investigating elder
financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud,
and to clarify that Federal law enforcement agencies may
assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in
the use of tracing tools for blockchain and related
technology, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
S. 2545. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to
provide for certain ways in which credit unions may be Agent
members of the National Credit Union Administration Central
Liquidity Facility; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Schmitt, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Lummis):
S. 2546. A bill to provide for an extension of the
legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical
Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative
work in the District of Columbia and its environs; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mr. Justice, and
Mr. Ricketts):
S. 2547. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter
and reenter the United States after being removed, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DURBIN:
S. 2548. A bill to designate the Camp Hutchins Wilderness
and establish Special Management Areas in the Shawnee
National Forest in the State of Illinois, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt
Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Padilla, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 2549. A bill to provide employees with a minimum of 2
consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal
elections; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Curtis):
S. 2550. A bill to provide for international cooperation to
secure critical mineral supply chains, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 2551. A bill to provide the Secretary of Homeland
Security with the authority to temporarily extend the
duration of protections provided under the SAFETY Act, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. McCORMICK (for himself and Mr. Fetterman):
S. 2552. A bill to amend the securities laws to prohibit
brokers and dealers with certain connections to the People's
Republic of China from being members of a national securities
association, to prohibit investment advisers with certain
connections to the People's Republic of China from
registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs.
By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, Mr.
Budd, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs.
Fischer):
S. 2553. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to classify aliens who have been convicted of, or who
have committed, an offense for driving while intoxicated or
impaired as inadmissible and deportable; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 2554. A bill to provide for the recognition of certain
Alaska Native communities
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and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE:
S. 2555. A bill to improve student and exchange visitor
visa programs; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. King, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Sanders,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Warren,
Mr. Warner, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Schiff,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, Ms. Alsobrooks,
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
Warnock, Ms. Smith, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Slotkin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kim, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms.
Cantwell, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Ossoff, Ms. Hassan, and
Mr. Murphy):
S. 2556. A bill to repeal the changes made by the health
subtitle of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Heinrich, Mr.
Hickenlooper, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Gallego, Mr. Kim, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr.
Welch, Mr. Warner, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Coons,
Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Duckworth,
and Mr. Bennet):
S. 2557. A bill to direct the Attorney General to make
publicly available documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 2558. A bill to require the Subcommittee on the Economic
and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science to
assess possible migration by Federal agencies to post-quantum
cryptography, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. KIM:
S. 2559. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act to eliminate certain requirements under the
summer food service program for children, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 2560. A bill to expand the imposition of sanctions under
the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 with respect to
human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
of the People's Republic of China and to counter the
genocidal policies of the Government of the People's Republic
of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
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