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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Christopher Murphy and Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on pages S1422-S1423 on March 9.
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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. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines,
Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hoeven,
Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell,
Mr. Moran, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr.
Scott of Florida, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 617. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lee, Mrs.
Shaheen, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Ms. Klobuchar,
Ms. Collins, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
S. 618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and extend the deduction for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COTTON:
S. 619. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make the murder of a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer a crime punishable by life in prison or death; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 620. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to conduct studies and report to Congress on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs during the COVID-19 emergency; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Sasse):
S. 621. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to add membership in a significant transnational criminal organization to the list of grounds of inadmissibility and to prohibit the provision of material support or resources to such organizations; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr.
Daines):
S. 622. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the qualifying advanced energy project credit; to the Committee on Finance .
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Blunt, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Hagerty):
S. 623. A bill to make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
S. 624. A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase certain royalty rates, minimum bid amounts, and rental rates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 625. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for members of the Armed Forces who retired before January 1, 2018; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 626. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance protections against the importation, and transport between States, of injurious species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schatz,
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Reed, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. King):
S. 627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credits for energy storage technologies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Paul,
Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Cramer, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cruz):
S. 628. A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 629. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 630. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits under the work opportunity credit, increase the work opportunity credit for vocational rehabilitation referrals, qualified SSI recipients, and qualified SSDI recipients, expand the disabled access credit, and enhance the deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Kaine):
S. 631. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to conduct or support research on the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Coons, and
Mr. Leahy):
S. 632. A bill to amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
S. 633. A bill to transfer antitrust enforcement functions from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Cardin):
S. 634. A bill to support and expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls around the world, and other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr.
Markey):
S. 635. A bill to reauthorize The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Braun):
S. 636. A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Coons,
Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, and Ms.
Hirono):
S. 637. A bill to forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a temporary early career research fellowship program; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 638. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. CASEY:
S. 639. A bill to establish a National Technical Assistance Center on Grandfamilies and Kinship Families; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins):
S. 640. A bill to provide grants to support continuing education in election administration or cybersecurity for election officials and employees; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr.
Booker):
S. 641. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider certain factors in issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity under that Act, to modify the requirements for the right to exercise eminent domain in construction of pipelines under that Act, to provide that the right of eminent domain may not be exercised under that Act for projects for the exportation of natural gas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Duckworth, and Ms.
Hassan):
S. 642. A bill to protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Brown):
S. 643. A bill to reduce child poverty in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Lankford):
S. 644. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive for certain facilities the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Mr.
Schatz):
S. 645. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to levy a fee on methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, and
Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 646. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month continuous enrollment under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Daines):
S. 647. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture to certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 648. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Daines):
S. 649. A bill to improve the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Transportation to certain counties in which the majority of land is owned or managed by the Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen,
Ms. Smith, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Wyden, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Warner, Mr. Sanders, and
Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 650. A bill to enable the payment of certain officers and employees of the United States whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status; to the Committee on Appropriations.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 651. A bill to amend SAFETEA-LU to improve the Intelligent Transportation System Program Advisory Committee, to require information and resources for the development of local smart communities, to help establish a 21st century transportation workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Burr, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Portman):
S. 652. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Challenge Grant Program to promote technological innovation in our Nation's communities; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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