[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 152 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4993-S4996]
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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. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Moreno, and Ms.
Cantwell):
S. 5494. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to
place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring the
crew members of Zeus 95 who were killed in action on March
12, 2026, in support of Operation Epic Fury, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 5495. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act to exclude certain military housing
allowances from the calculation of household income, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry.
By Mr. WARNER:
S. 5496. A bill to expand access to and lower the cost of
health care; to the Committee on Finance.
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By Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Banks):
S. 5497. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State
homes for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain
costly medications provided to veterans who receive nursing
home care in such State homes, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. WARNER:
S. 5498. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to add alpha-gal to the definition of ``major
food allergen''; to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WARNER:
S. 5499. A bill to amend the 21st Century Cures Act to
reauthorize the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, to
reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER:
S. 5500. A bill to preserve and protect multifamily housing
properties assisted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 5501. A bill to amend the Alaska Power Administration
Asset Sale and Termination Act to modify and continue an
exemption from application of the Federal Power Act for the
Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Young):
S. 5502. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002
to provide for the protection of biotechnology and
biomanufacturing infrastructure by the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland
Security, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 5503. A bill to prohibit the salary of political
appointees from exceeding the salary for Members of Congress;
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Budd):
S. 5504. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to
establish a pilot program on Department of Defense
partnerships with institutions of higher education recognized
in the National Centers of Academic Excellence in
Cybersecurity program for Cyber Research, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 5505. A bill to ensure that elections for Federal office
are secure and fair, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Rules and Administration.
By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself and Mr. Budd):
S. 5506. A bill to authorize Secretary of Labor to develop
a comprehensive Federal Talent Strategy; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WYDEN:
S. 5507. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to expand retirement savings opportunities for more American
families; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
S. 5508. A bill to establish a public-private working group
to develop cybersecurity best practices for
telecommunications carriers and related supply chain
participants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 5509. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to
clarify the offense pertaining to illegal gratuities
concerning programs receiving Federal funds; to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 5510. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to
modify the offense of bribery of public officials and
witnesses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 5511. A bill to establish a right of action through
which citizens can enforce the public's interest in the
honest services of government officials; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, and
Ms. Smith):
S. 5512. A bill to subject certain private funds to joint
and several liability with respect to the liabilities of
firms acquired and controlled by those funds, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY:
S. 5513. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Program to establish a pilot program to incentivize certain
hospitals to purchase personal protective equipment and
medical consumables that are domestic products, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mrs. Britt):
S. 5514. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to
promulgate regulations for the development of regional
management frameworks for the take of double-crested
cormorants, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. DURBIN:
S. 5515. A bill to improve Federal efforts with respect to
the prevention of maternal mortality, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 5516. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to prohibit the introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of food packaging
containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other purposes;
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BUDD:
S. 5517. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to
convey to the State of North Carolina a certain parcel of
real property located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on which
the State shall construct a veterans' State home, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. KELLY:
S. 5518. A bill to establish the Artificial Intelligence
Horizon Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 5519. A bill to require the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service to update the Post-
deslisting Monitoring Plan for the Western Great Lakes
District Population Segment of the Gray Wolf, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
S. 5520. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to
require the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology to establish a national computable-guideline
framework for cancer screening recommendations, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 5521. A bill to provide for adjustment of status for
eligible nationals of Ukraine, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
S. 5522. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002
to require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to protect
genetic and other sensitive biometric data, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. HUSTED:
S. 5523. A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland
Security to develop performance metrics relating to the
detection, deterrence, and seizure of illicit fentanyl, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 5524. A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act to address the economic and workforce impacts
of substance use disorder; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Van Hollen, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 5525. A bill to eliminate toxic substances in beverage
containers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BOOZMAN:
S. 5526. An original bill to provide for the reform and
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2031, and for
other purposes; from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry; placed on the calendar.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina:
S. 5527. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens
seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the
United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, and
Mr. Wyden):
S. 5528. A bill to establish a process for expedited
consideration of legislation relating to decisions by the
Supreme Court of the United States; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Blackburn,
and Mr. Schiff):
S. 5529. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to
permit the owner or exclusive licensee of an exclusive right
under that title to file a petition to designate a foreign
online location as a foreign digital piracy site, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. KELLY:
S. 5530. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide a tax holiday for motor and aviation fuels; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MURPHY:
S. 5531. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to establish an excise tax on digital advertising, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Warren,
Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr.
Sanders):
S. 5532. A bill to restore protections for Social Security,
Railroad retirement, and
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Black Lung benefits from administrative offset; to the
Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 5533. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps
educational awards; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. SMITH:
S. 5534. A bill to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act to authorize a competitive grant program for
the construction of shelters and permanent supportive
housing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Young):
S. 5535. A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development to establish a national evictions database,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER:
S. 5536. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security
Act to provide flexibility in the treatment of nonpayment of
Medicare prescription drug plan premiums; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kennedy,
and Mr. Durbin):
S. 5537. A bill to authorize grants for emotional support
services for incarcerated victims of sexual abuse, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SHEEHY (for himself and Mrs. Moody):
S. 5538. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Navy to
recognize certain aspects of the National Navy UDT-SEAL
Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as a national memorial,
national memorial garden, and national K9 memorial, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms.
Hirono, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Booker, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Fetterman,
Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Reed, Ms.
Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mrs.
Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 5539. A bill to require group health plans and group or
individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for
over-the-counter contraceptives; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Ms. Collins):
S. 5540. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965
to provide for teacher and school leader quality enhancement
and to enhance institutional aid; to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 5541. A bill to establish the Cybersecurity and AI Board
of Investigations, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Hirono, Ms. Rosen, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 5542. A bill to establish objective standards,
procedural protections, and independent review for the
Secretary of Defense's removal of officers from promotion
recommendations; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. CORNYN:
S. 5543. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the residential substance
use disorder treatment program, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, and
Ms. Warren):
S. 5544. A bill to prohibit biometric surveillance by the
Federal Government without explicit statutory authorization
and to withhold certain Federal public safety grants from
State and local governments that engage in biometric
surveillance; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Padilla,
Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal,
Ms. Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Merkley, and Ms.
Baldwin):
S. 5545. A bill to provide for grants for States that
require fair and impartial police training for law
enforcement officers of that State and to incentivize States
to enact laws requiring the independent investigation and
prosecution of the use of deadly force by law enforcement
officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms.
Rosen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Schiff, and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 5546. A bill to provide women with increased access to
preventive and life-saving cancer screening; to the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Budd):
S. 5547. A bill to add the Department of State and the
Department of Homeland Security to the list of permitted
disclosures for the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. McCORMICK (for himself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Cornyn,
and Mr. Fetterman):
S. 5548. A bill to prohibit Federal procurement of certain
optical transceivers, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr.
Wyden):
S. 5549. A bill to support educators; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester):
S. 5550. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to eliminate the aggregate limitation on rollovers from a 529
program to a Roth IRA; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Warnock, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
Curtis):
S. 5551. A bill to promote United States and allied energy
and mineral security, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Schiff, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Warnock):
S. 5552. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide a tax credit for American film and television
productions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 5553. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide for an increase in housing bonds and housing
credit allocation for transit oriented developments, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself and Mrs. Britt):
S. 5554. A bill to modernize and strengthen Federal efforts
to improve ovarian cancer awareness, hereditary cancer risk
assessment, access to genetic counseling and testing, and
access to specialty care, and for other purposes; to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Slotkin,
and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 5555. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to
initiate interim remedial actions with respect to
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances at certain
installations of the Department of Defense, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
S. 5556. A bill to require all construction and renovation
projects in Ukraine receiving funding from the United States
to comply with accessibility standards that are substantively
equivalent to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, and related
regulations; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. BUDD (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester):
S. 5557. A bill to establish in the National Institute of
Standards and Technology a program of measurement research,
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr.
Merkley):
S. 5558. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation
to establish a grant program to facilitate the installation
of evidence-based suicide deterrents, including suicide
prevention nets and barriers, on certain infrastructure, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation.
By Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Van
Hollen):
S. 5559. A bill to provide for the basic needs of students
at institutions of higher education; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. King, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Murray):
S. 5560. A bill to improve fairness and accountability with
respect to the arrest and detention of noncitizens; to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SHEEHY (for himself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 5561. A bill to protect the exclusive broadcast window
of the Army-Navy college football game; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
S. 5562. A bill to develop and deploy firewall
circumvention tools for the people of Hong Kong after the
People's Republic of China violated its agreement under the
Joint Declaration, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. PADILLA:
S. 5563. A bill to direct the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to study the impacts
of the dumping of certain waste in the San Pedro Basin, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation.
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By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 5564. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to carry out activities relating to neglected
diseases of poverty; to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Ms.
Duckworth, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Schatz,
Ms. Warren, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr.
Schiff, and Mr. Lujan):
S. 5565. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
to authorize the use of Federal foreign assistance funds for
comprehensive reproductive health care services, and for
other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 5566. A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to
establish a Public Service Educational Assistance Program to
provide educational assistance to the dependents of public
service employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee
on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 5567. A bill to amend the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help
communities respond to climate change and transition to a
clean economy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
Finance.
By Mr. PAUL:
S.J. Res. 217. A joint resolution providing for
congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military
sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of certain defense
articles and services; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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