[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3938-S3939]
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 Florida:
S. 4958. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 to enable schools to teach elementary
school and secondary school students about the dangers,
limitations, and responsible use of artificial intelligence
technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 4959. A bill to amend the Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 to require that States pay child care
providers on the basis of attendance, to allow States to pay
the providers through reimbursement, and to establish
requirements relating to error reports, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Mr. RISCH:
S. 4960. A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
to increase the frequency of lease sales, to require
replacement sales, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources.
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By Mr. HEINRICH:
S. 4961. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to support
the development of pre-apprenticeship programs in the
building and construction trades that serve underrepresented
populations, including individuals from low income and rural
census tracts; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Moran):
S. 4962. A bill to establish an Office of Water Supply,
Water Conservation, and Drought Resiliency within the
Directorate of Civil Works in the Corps of Engineers, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 4963. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers
under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Welch):
S. 4964. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to clarify that the exception to the general statute of
limitations for fraudulent returns applies only when a
taxpayer seeks to evade their tax obligations; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Banks,
and Mr. Kaine):
S. 4965. A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of
1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative
Account, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Schiff):
S. 4966. A bill to prohibit Federal judges from receiving
certain gifts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. Curtis):
S. 4967. A bill to amend chapter 45 of title 18, United
States Code, by providing for a sentencing enhancement for
transnational repression committed against United States
citizens or individuals who are physically present in the
United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Ossoff):
S. 4968. A bill to provide for the transmission of
emergency alerts by satellite, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. SHEEHY:
S. 4969. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
increase the amount of educational assistance paid by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to an eligible individual
during the first year of a full-time program of
apprenticeship or other on-job training; to the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Gallego):
S. 4970. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to
conduct certain wildfire risk assessments, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Gallego):
S. 4971. A bill to amend the Water Resources Development
Act of 1999 to modify the Federal share with respect to
certain Western rural water infrastructure projects, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Warren):
S. 4972. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to
provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed
debtors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. SCHMITT:
S. 4973. A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act to clarify the meaning of the Citizenship
Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 4974. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Daines):
S. 4975. A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for
certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 4976. A bill to improve outcomes for Native children by
empowering Tribal communities, strengthening families, and
increasing access to critical services, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 4977. A bill to provide a private cause of action for
exposure of personally identifiable information of victims or
victims' personal or medical files or similar files the
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy in releasing documents under the
Epstein Files Transparency Act; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Budd,
Mr. Lee, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 4978. A bill to limit donations made pursuant to
settlement agreements to which the United States is a party,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. King, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
Armstrong):
S. 4979. A bill to establish a process to assure the long-
term fiscal stability of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren):
S. 4980. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to
reauthorize emergency technical assistance, to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize emergency
technical assistance and grants, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden,
and Mr. Kim):
S. 4981. A bill to place Federal minimum wage on a durable
path toward a living wage aligned with the national median
wage, to require large, highly profitable corporations to
lead the transition, to end all subminimum wages, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Merkley,
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, and Ms. Warren):
S. 4982. A bill to require employers of airport service
workers at small, medium, and large hub airports to ensure
that airport service workers are paid the prevailing wage and
provided fringe benefits, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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