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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on pages S1025-S1026 on March 3.
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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. LEE:
S. 553. A bill to require the National Telecommunications and 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 Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 554. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest System in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. HAWLEY:
S. 555. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage for employers with at least $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Menendez,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Wyden,
Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Smith, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Booker):
S. 556. A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. Cantwell):
S. 557. A bill to establish a pilot program for native plant species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 558. A bill to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 559. A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Ms. STABENOW:
S. 560. A bill to improve coverage of maternal oral health care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Brown,
Ms. Hirono, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Merkley, and Mr.
Sanders):
S. 561. A bill to increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.2 percent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Rubio):
S. 562. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to citizen petitions; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Daines,
Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr.
Sullivan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Braun, Mr.
Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Crapo, and Mrs. Fischer):
S. 563. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Warnock, and Mr.
Brown):
S. 564. A bill to prohibit Members of Congress from purchasing or selling certain investments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Leahy, Ms.
Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Markey, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Collins, and
Ms. Baldwin):
S. 565. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 566. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ``Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office'' ; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 567. A bill to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Hawley, and Mr. Rubio):
S. 568. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to certify, before removing an entity from the entity list, that the entity is no longer involved in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States and that removing the entity from the list does not pose a threat to allies of the United States; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 569. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System land to the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Braun, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Sasse):
S. 570. A bill to prohibit the trading of the securities of certain Communist Chinese military companies on a national securities exchange, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith, Mr. Casey, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 571. 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 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 572. A bill to provide for the water quality restoration of the Tijuana River and the New River, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Portman, Mr. Lankford, and
Mr. Lee):
S. 573. A bill to require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reverse System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr.
Cornyn):
S. 574. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to promote the investigation of fraudulent claims against certain trusts, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties against fraudulent claims against certain trusts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 575. A bill to provide Federal criminal penalties for lynching; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Young, and Mr.
Peters):
S. 576. A bill to amend title 14, United States Code, to require the Coast Guard to conduct icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes to minimize commercial disruption in the winter months, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cotton, and
Mr. Hagerty):
S. 577. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to limit the exemption from the registration requirements of such Act for persons engaging in activities in furtherance of bona fide religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or the fine arts to activities which do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the disclosures of foreign gifts by institutions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Murphy, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Marshall, and Mr.
Warnock):
S. 578. A bill to improve the health and safety of Americans living with food allergies and related disorders, including potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, and eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cotton, and
Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 579. A bill to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019; considered and passed.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
S. 580. A bill to reauthorize the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BROWN:
S. 581. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve access to adult vaccines under Medicaid; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Ossoff, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 582. A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr. Carper):
S. 583. A bill to promote innovative acquisition techniques and procurement strategies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mrs.
Capito):
S. 584. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
S. 585. A bill to reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Lee, Mr. Coons, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Paul, and Mr.
Durbin):
S.J. Res. 10. A joint resolution to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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