[Pages S2584-S2586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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 Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 3792. A bill to require parity in the coverage of mental 
     health and substance use disorder services provided to 
     enrollees in private insurance plans, whether such services 
     are provided in-person or through telehealth; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mrs. 
             Feinstein, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Merkley):
       S. 3793. A bill to amend the CARES Act to modify the 
     employee retention tax credit to secure the paychecks and 
     benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit against 
     payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business 
     rebate, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Hassan):
       S. 3794. A bill to expedite transportation project 
     delivery, facilitate infrastructure improvement, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Tillis):
       S. 3795. A bill to direct the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission to revise any rules necessary to enable issuers of 
     index-linked annuities to use the securities offering forms 
     that are available to other issuers of securities; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. COTTON:
       S. 3796. A bill to withhold funding authorized under the 
     CARES Act from any State or

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     municipality that provides economic stimulus payments through 
     a program designed to exclusively assist illegal aliens; to 
     the Committee on Appropriations.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Smith, and 
             Mr. Casey):
       S. 3797. A bill to provide overtime and holiday fee relief 
     for small meat, poultry, and egg processing plants, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
           By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Tillis, 
             and Mr. Blumenthal):
       S. 3798. A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign 
     persons involved in the erosion of certain obligations of 
     China with respect to Hong Kong, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3799. A bill to expand access to health care services, 
     including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, 
     for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to 
     health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3800. A bill to provide for the enhancement of command 
     climate assessments in the Armed Forces in order to improve 
     the assessment of matters in connection with military family 
     readiness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3801. A bill to authorize use of amounts in My Career 
     Advancement Account Program accounts for fines for breaking 
     employment contracts in connection with permanent changes of 
     station; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 3802. A bill to require the imposition of sanctions with 
     respect to censorship and related activities against citizens 
     of the People's Republic of China; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 3803. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
     clarify the situations in which the Federal Communications 
     Commission may grant a request for the transfer of certain 
     permits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. CARDIN:
       S. 3804. A bill to clarify that the ``one-touch make-
     ready'' rules of the Federal Communication Commission for 
     utility pole attachments do not supersede the National Labor 
     Relations Act or collective bargaining agreements; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Tillis, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 3805. A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the 
     CARES Act to modify certain provisions related to the 
     forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program, 
     to allow recipients of loan forgiveness under the paycheck 
     protection program to defer payroll taxes, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
             Cassidy, and Mr. Peters):
       S. 3806. A bill to waive cost share requirements for 
     certain Federal assistance provided under the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Ms. Baldwin):
       S. 3807. A bill to enhance the prevention of mental health 
     discrimination against individuals during accession into the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3808. A bill to improve the affordability and 
     accessibility of child care for military families, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Kaine):
       S. 3809. A bill to require the Comptroller General of the 
     United States to conduct a study on prenatal and postpartum 
     mental health conditions among members of the Armed Forces 
     and their dependents; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for Mr. Markey (for himself and Mrs. 
             Feinstein)):
       S. 3810. A bill to provide that any termination of a 
     director of a national research institute or national center 
     of the National Institutes of Health be on the basis of 
     malfeasance, neglect of office, or incapacity only; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
       S. 3811. A bill to provide financial assistance for 
     projects to address certain subsidence impacts in the State 
     of California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Daines, 
             and Mr. Booker):
       S. 3812. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     expand eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and 
     nursing home care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
     include veterans of World War II; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman):
       S. 3813. A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
     Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie 
     National Heritage Canalway, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3814. A bill to establish a loan program for businesses 
     affected by COVID-19 and to extend the loan forgiveness 
     period for paycheck protection program loans made to the 
     hardest hit businesses, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
             Murphy):
       S. 3815. A bill to permit the search and retention of 
     certain records with respect to conducting criminal 
     background checks, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CASSIDY:
       S. 3816. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
     carry out a program to lease underused facilities of the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Coons, 
             Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
             Bennet, Ms. Smith, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Tester, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 3817. A bill to observe the lives lost in the United 
     States due to the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Cardin):
       S. 3818. A bill to protect and promote the freedom of the 
     press globally; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for Mr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
             Young, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Cramer, and Mrs. Loeffler)):
       S. 3819. A bill to encourage the protection and promotion 
     of internationally recognized human rights during the novel 
     coronavirus pandemic, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Scott 
             of Florida, and Mr. Wyden):
       S. 3820. A bill to amend the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 to authorize the Open Technology 
     Fund of the United States Agency for Global Media, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mrs. LOEFFLER:
       S. 3821. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     provide more options for affordable health insurance to 
     uninsured Americans; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BOOKER:
       S. 3822. A bill to establish DemocracyCorps to assist State 
     and local governments administer elections and to promote 
     democracy, to establish special procedures and authorize 
     funding for Federal election in 2020 in response to COVID-19, 
     to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish 
     additional permanent requirements for Federal elections, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Ms. 
             Murkowski):
       S. 3823. A bill to ensure that a portion of funds 
     appropriated to the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund for payments to eligible health care providers 
     is reserved for such providers located in rural areas, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
       S. 3824. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to 
     submit a report to Congress on scams targeting seniors, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
           By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3825. A bill to establish the Coronavirus Mental Health 
     and Addiction Assistance Network, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand):
       S. 3826. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to 
     provide additional resources, including doula support, for 
     pregnant beneficiaries under the TRICARE program, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mrs. Hyde-
             Smith):
       S. 3827. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     authorize the use of the Strategic National Stockpile to 
     enhance medical supply chain elasticity and establish and 
     maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Booker):
       S. 3828. A bill to establish an initiative for national 
     testing, contact tracing, and pandemic response, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Cardin):

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       S. 3829. A bill to advance the global health security and 
     diplomacy objectives of the United States, improve 
     coordination among the relevant Federal departments and 
     agencies implementing United States foreign assistance for 
     global health security, and more effectively enable partner 
     countries to strengthen and sustain resilient health systems 
     and supply chains with the resources, capacity, and personnel 
     required to prevent, detect, mitigate, and respond to 
     infectious disease threats before they become pandemics, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN:
       S. 3830. A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
     authorize the issuance of United States Pandemic Bonds to aid 
     in the funding of relief efforts related to coronavirus 
     disease 2019 (COVID-19); to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. 
             King):
       S. 3831. A bill to authorize the position of Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, to statutorily 
     establish the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory 
     Board, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Young):
       S. 3832. A bill to establish a new Directorate for 
     Technology in the redesignated National Science and 
     Technology Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
     program, to require a strategy and report on economic 
     security, science, research, and innovation, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
           By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Collins, 
             Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Daines, 
             Mr. Tillis, Mr. Braun, and Mrs. Blackburn):
       S. 3833. A bill to extend the loan forgiveness period for 
     the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes; read 
     the first time.


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  On page S2586, May 21, 2020, in the first column, the following 
appears: By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. 
SHAHEEN, and Mr. DURBIN): S. 3833. A bill to extend the loan 
forgiveness period for the paycheck protection program . . .
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: By Mr. RUBIO (for 
himself, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 
GARDNER, Mr. DAINES, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BRAUN, and Mrs. BLACKBURN): 
S. 3833. A bill to extend the loan forgiveness period for the 
paycheck protection program . . .


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           By Mr. BRAUN:
       S. 3834. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     provide estimates of the use of taxpayer funds by the United 
     States Government, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 3835. A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the 
     production of films by United States companies that alter 
     content for screening in the People's Republic of China, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. McSALLY:
       S. 3836. A bill to prohibit the use of funds to purchase 
     drones manufactured in the People's Republic of China or by 
     Chinese state-controlled entities; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mrs. 
             Blackburn, Ms. Ernst, Ms. McSally, Mr. Cotton, and 
             Mr. Cruz):
       S. 3837. A bill to require a thorough national security 
     evaluation and clearance by the Department of Homeland 
     Security, the Department of State, and the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation of all Chinese student visa holders currently 
     in the United States before issuing any new student visas to 
     nationals of the People's Republic of China; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Boozman, 
             Mr. Peters, Mr. King, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cramer, and 
             Mr. Markey):
       S. 3838. A bill to provide for the expansion of the Rural 
     Health Care Program of the Federal Communications Commission 
     in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Braun):
       S. 3839. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 2719 South Webster Street in 
     Kokomo, Indiana, as the ``Opha May Johnson Post Office''; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Brown, Ms. 
             Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Casey, 
             Ms. Smith, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Schumer):
       S. 3840. A bill to protect the continuity of the food 
     supply chain of the United States in response to COVID-19, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, and 
             Mr. Scott of South Carolina):
       S. 3841. A bill to protect 2020 recovery rebates for 
     individuals from assignment or garnishment, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WICKER:
       S. 3842. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
     to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to certain 
     entities in rural communities, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3843. A bill to establish a positive agenda and 
     framework for the future of arms control with the Russian 
     Federation and the People's Republic of China; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 3844. A bill to require a study conducted by the 
     Secretary of State on the future of arms control with the 
     People's Republic of China; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S.J. Res. 74. A joint resolution requesting the Secretary 
     of the Interior to authorize a unique and 1-time arrangement 
     for certain displays on Mount Rushmore National Memorial 
     relating to the centennial of the ratification of the 19th 
     Amendment to the Constitution of the United States during the 
     period beginning August 18, 2020, and ending on September 30, 
     2020; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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