INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 129
(Senate - July 22, 2020)

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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. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 4258. A bill to establish a grant program for small live 
     venue operators and talent representatives; to the Committee 
     on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. 
             Warner):
       S. 4259. A bill to codify a statutory definition for long-
     term care pharmacies; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ:
       S. 4260. A bill to promote access to mortgage credit during 
     the COVID-19 pandemic by preventing restrictions on providing 
     Federal backing for single-family mortgage loans in 
     forbearance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. PERDUE:
       S. 4261. A bill to establish a grant program to assist 
     elementary and secondary schools with reopening after 
     closures related to COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Warren, 
             Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Ms. Smith, Mr. Booker, 
             Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
             Sanders, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
             Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Warner, and Ms. Klobuchar):
       S. 4262. A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services to develop an action plan, make targeted grants, and 
     develop public awareness campaigns with respect to COVID-19 
     and the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 
     racial and ethnic minorities and other vulnerable 
     populations; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
     and Pensions.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, 
             Mr. Jones, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Coons, Ms. Harris, Mr. 
             Whitehouse, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
             Reed, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, 
             Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hassan, 
             Mrs. Murray, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
             Hirono, Mr. King, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van 
             Hollen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Warner, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
             Bennet, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, Ms. 
             Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
             Peters, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Manchin):
       S. 4263. A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to 
     revise the criteria for determining which States and 
     political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. 
             Rounds):
       S. 4264. A bill to require personal protective equipment to 
     be acquired from domestic producers for the Strategic 
     National Stockpile; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LEE:
       S. 4265. A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 to require the submission of certain reports, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
           By Mr. CRUZ:
       S. 4266. A bill to provide civil liability for injuries in 
     law enforcement free zones, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rubio, and 
             Mr. Durbin):
       S. 4267. A bill to designate the area between the 
     intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, 
     Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, 
     Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Oswaldo 
     Paya Way''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Burr):

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       S. 4268. A bill to improve coordination between the 
     paycheck protection program and employee retention tax 
     credit; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
       S. 4269. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve maternal health and promote safe motherhood; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. TILLIS:
       S. 4270. A bill to amend the CARES Act to ensure that the 
     temporary relief from CECL standards does not terminate in 
     the middle of a company's fiscal year; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner):
       S. 4271. A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Romney, and 
             Mr. Young):
       S. 4272. A bill to advance a policy for managed strategic 
     competition with the People's Republic of China; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.
           By Ms. HARRIS (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 4273. A bill to amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II 
     Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 
     to provide for additional areas to be added to the park, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. PAUL:
       S. 4274. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
     Act to exclude discounts for covered part D drugs from the 
     anti-kickback prohibition, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Enzi):
       S. 4275. A bill to require recipients of Pandemic 
     Unemployment Assistance to provide employment documentation, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Daines):
       S. 4276. A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to 
     establish a program for providing portable benefits to 
     eligible workers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 4277. A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
     to reauthorize healthy high-performance schools, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 4278. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation 
     to carry out a grant program to support efforts to provide 
     fare-free transit service, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
       S. 4279. A bill to require the disclosure to Congress of 
     presidential emergency action documents; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. MARKEY:
       S. 4280. A bill to reduce the health risks of heat by 
     authorizing the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
     System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat 
     preparedness and response, requiring a study, and 
     establishing a grant program to address heat effects, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mr. GRASSLEY:
       S. 4281. A bill to require a report to Congress on certain 
     efforts in connection with the financial management systems 
     of the Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Gardner):
       S. 4282. A bill to amend the Community Mental Health 
     Service Block Grant to authorize a set-aside for crisis care 
     services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
             Van Hollen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cortez 
             Masto, and Ms. Rosen):
       S. 4283. A bill to provide funding for States to improve 
     their unemployment insurance technology systems, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. 
             Alexander, and Mr. Cruz):
       S. 4284. A bill to provide for emergency education freedom 
     grants, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
     establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate 
     taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through 
     eligible scholarship-granting organizations, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Crapo, 
             and Mr. Tester):
       S. 4285. A bill to establish a pilot program through which 
     the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall allocate 
     funds to States for the provision of Internet-connected 
     devices to libraries; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Peters, and 
             Mr. Gardner):
       S. 4286. A bill to authorize appropriations for offsetting 
     the costs related to reductions in research productivity 
     resulting from the coronavirus pandemic; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
             Blumenthal, and Mr. Rounds):
       S. 4287. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     establish presumptions of service-connection for members of 
     the Armed Forces who contract Coronavirus Disease 2019 under 
     certain circumstances, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. TESTER:
       S. 4288. A bill to establish the Badger-Two Medicine 
     Cultural Heritage Area in the State of Montana, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. King):
       S. 4289. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to collect, analyze, and report qualitative 
     and quantitative data on the use of telehealth during the 
     COVID-19 public health emergency; to the Committee on 
     Finance.

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