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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on pages S571-S573 on Feb. 8.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
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. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Menendez):
S. 269. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the work opportunity credit; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Carper, Mr. Moran, and
Mr. Kaine):
S. 270. A bill to amend the Act entitled ``Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in the State of Kansas, and for other purposes'' to provide for inclusion of additional related sites in the National Park System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Whitehouse, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms.
Stabenow, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Leahy, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mr. Reed, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van
Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Lujan):
S. 271. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and make the credit fully refundable; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Carper,
Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. Ernst):
S. 272. A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 273. A bill to improve the management of driftnet fishing; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Shaheen,
Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Smith):
S. 274. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for vaccines and treatment for COVID-19 for uninsured individuals without the imposition of cost sharing requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Paul):
S. 275. A bill to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Paul):
S. 276. A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to include a prohibition on the listing of a living nonnative species as a threatened species or an endangered species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 277. A bill to exempt from the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers between any of the States of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Lujan, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 278. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and socially disadvantaged groups, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 279. A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to update the national broadband plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 280. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to revise the policy of the Agency to address the threats of climate change, to include considerations of climate change in the strategic plan of the Agency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Whitehouse,
Mr. Carper, Mr. Coons, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Brown, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. King, Ms.
Rosen, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms.
Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Warner, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Leahy, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Heinrich, and Mr. Peters):
S. 281. A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cantwell,
Mr. Carper, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Heinrich,
Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen,
Mr. Wyden, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez,
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Peters, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Casey, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Durbin,
Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Hirono):
S. 282. A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 283. A bill to establish a National Climate Bank; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. REED:
S. 284. A bill to support the provision of library services and technology to meet the needs stemming from the coronavirus; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Brown):
S. 285. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during the 30-day period preceding their release; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 286. A bill to conduct or support further comprehensive research for the creation of a universal coronavirus vaccine; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 287. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States to educate providers, managed care entities, and other insurers about the value and process of delivering respectful maternal health care through diverse and multidisciplinary care provider models, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Burr, Ms. Smith, and Mr.
Scott of South Carolina):
S. 288. A bill to reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Peters):
S. 289. A bill to authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 290. A bill to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to require the President to designate an employee of the National Security Council to be responsible for pandemic prevention and response, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Blumenthal,
Ms. Warren, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Rosen, and Mr.
Wyden):
S. 291. A bill to establish the National Office of New Americans within the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. King, and Mr.
Scott of Florida):
S. 292. A bill to provide family members of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or law enforcement, with new tools to prevent gun violence; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lankford,
Mr. Thune, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Scott of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Wicker, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Young, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cotton,
Mr. Risch, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Lee, Mr.
Moran, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
S. 293. A bill to protect the dignity of fetal remains, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Rounds, Ms.
Ernst, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Moran, and Mrs.
Hyde-Smith):
S. 294. A bill to provide for parental notification and intervention in the case of an unemancipated minor seeking an abortion; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Young, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, and
Mr. Coons):
S. 295. A bill to designate residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself and Mr. Hawley):
S. 296. A bill to limit funding for the World Health Organization, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. King):
S. 297. A bill to make exclusive the authority of the Federal Government to regulate the labeling of products made in the United States and introduced in interstate or foreign commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Braun):
S. 298. A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to study the role pharmaceutical benefit managers play in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Kaine):
S. 299. A bill to amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 to reaffirm civil rights, victims' rights, and consumer protections; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. Leahy):
S. 300. A bill to address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 301. A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to provide Federal standards for mail-in ballots and reporting of election results with respect to elections for Federal office; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 302. A bill to establish a program to support county and municipal government entities in reducing the spread of COVID-19 through standardized testing and evaluation measures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr.
Markey):
S. 303. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of certain transportation workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and require the owners and operators of equipment and facilities used by passenger or freight transportation employers to clean, disinfect, and sanitize that equipment and provide personal protective equipment to certain employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Casey,
Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Ms. Smith):
S. 304. A bill to provide targeted funding for States and other eligible entities through the Social Services Block Grant program to address the increased burden that maintaining the health and hygiene of infants and toddlers, medically complex children, and low-income adults or adults with disabilities who rely on adult incontinence materials and supplies place on families in need, the resultant adverse health effects on children and families, and the limited child care options available for infants and toddlers who lack sufficient diapers and diapering supplies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin):
S. 305. A bill to establish the Springfield Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Markey, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Gillibrand,
Mr. Durbin, Ms. Warren, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Kaine, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Coons, and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 306. A bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Blunt, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Mr. Cramer):
S. 307. A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for travel promotion, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Braun, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Lankford):
S.J. Res. 7. A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act of 2020; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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