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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley was published in the Senate section on pages S821-S822 on Feb. 23.
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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. CRAPO (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 357. A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to consider establishing a process under which the Commission would maintain a list of numbers that a voice service provider cannot block, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 358. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the distribution of funds under the tribal transportation program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 359. A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify prevented planting coverage; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 360. A bill to amend title 51, United States Code, to modify the national space grant college and fellowship program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
S. 361. A bill to establish a 90-day limit to file a petition for judicial review of a permit, license, or approval for a highway or public transportation project, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cotton):
S. 362. A bill to amend the FAST Act to improve the Federal permitting process, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Peters,
Mr. Portman, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 363. A bill to amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, to increase the requirement for American-made content, to strengthen the waiver provisions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Daines,
Ms. Lummis, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, and Mr.
Wicker):
S. 364. A bill to prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms.
Hassan, and Mr. Hawley):
S. 365. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require a provider of a report to the CyberTipline related to online sexual exploitation of children to preserve the contents of such report for 180 days, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 366. A bill to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America from display in the United States Capitol; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms.
Baldwin):
S. 367. A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Schatz, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Tester, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr.
Marshall, and Mrs. Shaheen):
S. 368. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TESTER:
S. 369. A bill to authorize and appropriate funding for grants to Amtrak for the restoration of long-distance routes and the rehiring of employees furloughed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Collins,
Mr. King, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cramer, and Mr.
Casey):
S. 370. A bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 371. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land located in Pinal County, Arizona, into trust for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Grassley, Mr.
Boozman, and Mrs. Capito):
S. 372. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract or other agreement with a third party to review appointees in the Veterans Health Administration who had a license terminated for cause by a State licensing board for care or services rendered at a non-Veterans Health Administration facility and to provide individuals treated by such an appointee with notice if it is determined that an episode of care or services that they received was below the standard of care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
S. 373. A bill to strengthen the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van
Hollen, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Warnock, and Mr.
Brown):
S. 374. A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the submission by issuers of data relating to diversity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Rubio, and Ms. Stabenow):
S. 375. A bill to impose requirements on the payment of compensation to professional persons employed in voluntary cases commenced under title III of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act (commonly known as
``PROMESA'' ); to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Markey, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 376. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on motor vehicle recalls, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Cotton):
S. 377. A bill to promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CASEY:
S. 378. A bill to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Murphy, and
Mr. Rubio):
S. 379. A bill to advance a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Libya and support the people of Libya; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
Carolina):
S. 380. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Schatz,
Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 381. A bill to establish the National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Van
Hollen):
S. 382. A bill to establish the Office of the Ombudsperson for Immigrant Children in Government Custody, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Brown, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, Mr.
Carper, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 383. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 384. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to encourage entrepreneurship training in after school programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr.
Casey):
S. 385. A bill to improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Warnock, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith,
Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Peters):
S. 386. A bill to establish a public health plan; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Kelly):
S. 387. A bill to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and
Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 388. A bill to suspend certain United States assistance for the Government of Honduras until corruption, impunity, and human rights violations are no longer systemic, and the perpetrators of these crimes are being brought to justice; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
Carolina):
S. 389. A bill to establish a Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps program within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Burr):
S. 390. A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvement to network outage reporting; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Cortez
Masto, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Manchin, Ms.
Collins, and Ms. Hassan):
S. 391. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Warner):
S. 392. A bill to require Federal agencies to conduct a benefit-cost analysis on relocations involving the movement of employment positions to different areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell,
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Ms.
Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich,
Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly,
Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lujan, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen,
Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 393. A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Heinrich, Mr. Booker, Mr. Markey, Mr. Leahy, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Casey, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez, and
Ms. Cortez Masto):
S. 394. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require reporting to the Federal Election Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of offers by foreign nationals to make prohibited contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Sanders,
Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. Leahy):
S. 395. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain tax credits related to electric cars, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Moran, and
Mr. Brown):
S. 396. A bill to promote registered apprenticeships, including registered apprenticeships within in-demand industry sectors, through the support of workforce intermediaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Blunt):
S. 397. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to include an act of unregulated custody transfer in the definition of child abuse and neglect, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. KENNEDY:
S. 398. A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Collins):
S. 399. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from charging veterans copayments for preventive services relating to COVID-19; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
S.J. Res. 8. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Barbara M. Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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