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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on pages S3191-S3193 on May 20.
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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 Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Romney, Ms. Klobuchar,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, and Mr.
Whitehouse):
S. 1723. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a stewardship fee on the production and importation of opioid pain relievers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Rubio,
Mr. Young, and Mr. Graham):
S. 1724. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to provide the Attorney General with greater authority to promote enforcement of disclosure requirements for agents of foreign principals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Thune, Mr.
Rubio, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Daines, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Moran):
S. 1725. A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MURPHY:
S. 1726. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popularly referred to as the Buy American Act) and certain other laws with respect to certain waivers under those laws, to provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Stabenow):
S. 1727. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for behavioral health services
(including those related to mental health and substance use), and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms.
Hirono):
S. 1728. A bill to create dedicated funds to conserve butterflies in North America, plants in the Pacific Islands, freshwater mussels in the United States, and desert fish in the Southwest United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MURPHY:
S. 1729. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal defense contract, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Daines):
S. 1730. A bill to increase portability of and access to retirement savings, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Grassley,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Brown):
S. 1731. A bill to provide certain coverage of audiologist services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASEY:
S. 1732. A bill to establish a Freight Rail Innovation Institute to carry out a research and development program to develop new technologies for freight rail locomotives; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 1733. A bill to authorize implementation grants to community-based nonprofits to operate one-stop reentry centers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 1734. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Ms.
Hirono, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 1735. A bill to establish an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. HICKENLOOPER:
S. 1736. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to address the participation of cooperatives in the program carried out under section 7(a) of that Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Graham):
S. 1737. A bill to establish a global zoonotic disease task force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 1738. A bill to provide additional funding for school-based health centers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 1739. A bill to rescind amounts appropriated for grants that are not accepted by a State or local government and use the amounts for deficit reduction; to the Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Lujan):
S. 1740. A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to make energy transition payments to States, counties, and Indian Tribes to replace Federal mineral revenues lost as a result of changes in Federal policy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. LUJAN:
S. 1741. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for alternative pathways of addressing child abuse and neglect; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Scott of
Florida, Mr. Young, and Ms. Ernst):
S. 1742. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1743. A bill to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to impose certain requirements relating to the use of market indexes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1744. A bill to improve national security at the National Institutes of Health, to address national security issues in the licensure of biological products, to address national security considerations in research at the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 1745. A bill to strengthen the requirements for reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States of covered transactions involving genetic information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1746. A bill to reform the requirements regarding the safety and security of families living in public and federally assisted housing in high-crime areas; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. SCHUMER:
S. 1747. A bill to provide for an equitable management of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
S. 1748. A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Scott of
South Carolina, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Tillis):
S. 1749. A bill to authorize the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to establish business centers at historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
S. 1750. A bill to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cotton, and
Mr. Cruz):
S. 1751. A bill to provide that funding for Gaza shall be made available instead for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Rubio,
Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith):
S. 1752. A bill to establish the National Center for Advancement of Aviation; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Ms. Collins):
S. 1753. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and update the credit for nonbusiness energy property; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COTTON:
S. 1754. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemption from registration under such Act for persons providing private and nonpolitical representation of trade and commercial interests, and the exemption from registration under such Act for persons filing disclosure reports under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, in connection with the representation of business organizations organized under the laws of or having their principal place of business in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. TILLIS:
S. 1755. A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Rubio, and
Mr. Kelly):
S. 1756. A bill to extend the commitment of the United States to the International Space Station, to develop advanced space suits, and to authorize a stepping stone approach to exploration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 1757. A bill to have education funds follow the student; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. HICKENLOOPER:
S. 1758. A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum loan amount for certain loans; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Risch):
S. 1759. A bill to establish a MicroCap small business investment company designation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Ms. HIRONO:
S. 1760. A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs planned to be built in Oahu, Hawaii, as the ``Daniel Kahikina Akaka Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer,
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Toomey, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 1761. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make changes with respect to water quality certification, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 1762. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit retirement plans to consider certain factors in investment decisions; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Burr):
S. 1763. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a high risk rural roads safety program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Grassley,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Scott of
Florida, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cornyn,
Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Wicker):
S. 1764. A bill to expand the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019 and require the reinstatement of sanctions waived with respect to Nord Stream 2 AG and corporate officers of Nord Stream 2 AG; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. INHOFE:
S. 1765. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide greater flexibility for multimodal freight improvements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr.
Cotton):
S. 1766. A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate United States Route 412 as a future part of the Interstate System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Sasse):
S. 1767. A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to modernize certain processes regarding expulsion of credit union members for cause, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr.
Coons):
S. 1768. A bill to make grants to support online training of residential contractors and rebates for the energy efficiency upgrades of homes and multifamily buildings, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 1769. A bill to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
S. 1770. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform retirement provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance .
By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
S. 1771. A bill to authorize reference to the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, as the ``National Cold War Center''; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Blumenthal, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 1772. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms. Collins):
S. 1773. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to establish internet website-based dashboards to allow the public to review information on spending for, and utilization of, prescription drugs and biologicals covered under the Medicare and Medicaid programs; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 1774. A bill to strengthen United States engagement in the Oceania region and enhance the security and resilience of allies and partners of the Oceania community, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr.
Tillis):
S. 1775. A bill to address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes; read the first time.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 1776. A bill to implement recommendations relating to military training on emerging technologies; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Barrasso,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Burr,
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst,
Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Hawley,
Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson,
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Paul, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio,
Mr. Sasse, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Shelby, Mr.
Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.
Wicker, Mr. Young, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Scott of
South Carolina):
S. 1777. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify the Trump administration rule on reporting requirements of exempt organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Ms. Warren, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 1778. A bill to prohibit transfers of individuals between ICE facilities and Federal, State, and local facilitates, to ensure physical distancing inside ICE facilitates, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Collins):
S. 1779. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren):
S. 1780. A bill to remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 1781. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to assess the quality and nutrition of food available at military installations for members of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 1782. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to facilitate tree planting that reduces residential energy consumption, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MERKLEY:
S. 1783. A bill to provide emergency loans to maintain access to essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Boozman):
S. 1784. A bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 1785. A bill to repeal the debt ceiling, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SANDERS:
S.J. Res. 19. A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed transfer to Israel of certain defense articles, including defense services and technical data; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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