May 21, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 96 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 96
(Senate - May 21, 2020)
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[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 [[Page S2585]] 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): [[Page S2586]] 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. =========================== NOTE =========================== 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 . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= 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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