August 6, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 140 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 140
(Senate - August 06, 2020)
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[Pages S5269-S5271] 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 Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Peters): S. 4462. A bill to establish a national integrated flood information system within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. CRAMER: S. 4463. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter dietary supplement products as qualified medical expenses; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Reed): S. 4464. A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Casey): S. 4465. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish an emergency grant aid program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Ms. SMITH: S. 4466. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to improve public safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RUBIO: S. 4467. A bill to rescue domestic medical product manufacturing activity by providing incentives in economically distressed areas of the United States and its possessions; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. Baldwin): S. 4468. A bill to increase the Federal share of operating costs for certain projects that receive grants under the Formula Grants to Rural Areas Program of the Federal Transit Administration; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Bennet, and Ms. Harris): S. 4469. A bill to ensure coverage of a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Romney, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Perdue): S. 4470. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to subsidize payments on loans made under certain rural development loan programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. By Mr. BOOKER: S. 4471. A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide requirements for [[Page S5270]] landlords and consumer reporting agencies relating to housing court records, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Johnson): S. 4472. A bill to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to include eligible telecommunications carriers and providers of educational broadband service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. WYDEN: S. 4473. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to address circumvention of copyright protection systems with respect to the maintenance or repair of critical medical infrastructure, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Paul): S. 4474. A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms. McSally): S. 4475. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Warner, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Cortez Masto): S. 4476. A bill to provide protections for employees of, former employees of, and applicants for employment with Federal agencies, contractors, and grantees whose right to petition or furnish information to Congress is interfered with or denied; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mrs. Gillibrand): S. 4477. A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for social isolation services under the Older Americans Act of 1965; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Hawley): S. 4478. A bill to amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to ensure adequate time for the preparation of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report and to require the timely provision of information to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State regarding the number and location of visa denials based on grounds related to human trafficking; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. TILLIS: S. 4479. A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to change the treatment of certain rental obligations during bankruptcy; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Ms. Smith): S. 4480. A bill to promote equity in advanced coursework and programs at elementary and secondary schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Grassley, and Ms. Ernst): S. 4481. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to update the modeling used for lifecycle greenhouse gas assessments for corn-based ethanol and biodiesel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Portman): S. 4482. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress an annual report regarding instances of Arab government retribution toward citizens and residents who engage in people-to-people relations with Israelis; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Loeffler, and Mr. Cramer): S. 4483. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure that public institutions of higher education eschew policies that improperly constrain the expressive rights of students, and to ensure that private institutions of higher education are transparent about, and responsible for, their chosen speech policies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. DURBIN: S. 4484. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a carbon fee to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Rubio): S. 4485. A bill to modify the definition of critical technologies for purposes of reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. Smith): S. 4486. A bill to establish an interactive online dashboard to allow the public to review information for Federal grant funding related to mental health programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. PAUL: S. 4487. A bill to extend limits on discretionary spending through fiscal year 2024; to the Committee on the Budget. By Mr. PAUL: S. 4488. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow deductions for unreimbursed business expenses, dependent care expenses, and elementary school education expenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. JOHNSON: S. 4489. A bill to appropriately limit forgiveness of loans under the paycheck protection program and to clarify that records in the possession, custody, or control of the Federal Government relating to borrowers and loans under the paycheck protection program are subject to disclosure in accordance with applicable law; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Markey): S. 4490. A bill to impose an emergency tax on the increase in wealth of billionaires during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to pay for all of the out of pocket healthcare expenses of the uninsured and under-insured, including prescription drugs, for one year; to the Committee on Finance. By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley): S. 4491. A bill to designate methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PETERS: S. 4492. A bill to provide the Food and Drug Administration with mandatory recall authority for all drug products; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Warner, and Ms. Hassan): S. 4493. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Inspector General of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Grassley): S. 4494. A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to extend the period with respect to which amounts under the Coronavirus Relief Fund may be expended; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Sinema): S. 4495. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for automatic advance refunds of additional stimulus tax credits for specified individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. SCHUMER: S. 4496. A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers to protect employees from injury and death related to grease trap manholes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Ms. Hassan): S. 4497. A bill to temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Ms. McSally): S. 4498. A bill to amend Public Law 106-511 to reauthorize the Navajo electrification demonstration program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Reed): S. 4499. A bill to establish an interagency COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation task force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Gardner): S. 4500. A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to preserve and protect open Government data assets; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Toomey): S. 4501. A bill to require reports on, and the coordination of trade policy with respect to, articles that may be needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Warner): S. 4502. A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to bolster fairness and transparency in the consideration of interstate natural gas pipeline permits, to provide for greater public input opportunities in the natural gas pipeline permitting process, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Cornyn): S. 4503. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic care, to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Peters): [[Page S5271]] S. 4504. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of medical nutrition therapy services under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. CRUZ: S. 4505. A bill to provide one-time grants to parents and guardians for student education expenses, to establish emergency education freedom grants, and to provide tax credits for donations to eligible scholarship-granting organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. GARDNER: S. 4506. A bill to ensure coverage of pre-existing conditions under private health insurance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South Carolina): S. 4507. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national campaign to raise awareness of the importance of seeking preventive health services and the utilization of such services; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. By Mr. ROUNDS: S. 4508. A bill to authorize a pilot program to explore the use of consumption-based solutions to address software- intensive warfighting capability; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. WYDEN: S. 4509. A bill to provide for affordable coverage of COVID-19 vaccines under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Udall): S. 4510. A bill to establish a Native American language resource center; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Daines, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Lankford): S. 4511. A bill to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to education, burial benefits, and other matters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Booker): S. 4512. A bill to establish requirements for Federal agencies to ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency and people with disabilities can access the services, activities, programs, and the benefits of those agencies; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Ms. HARRIS: S. 4513. A bill to ensure climate and environmental justice accountability, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Portman): S. 4514. A bill to prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs, including new psychoactive substances, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Cornyn): S. 4515. A bill to provide funding for internet-connected devices and associated internet connectivity services; to the Committee on Appropriations. By Mrs. SHAHEEN: S. 4516. A bill to establish a Governor's Emergency STEM Promotion Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. By Mr. RUBIO: S. 4517. A bill to provide States additional time relating to the appointment of electors and for the meeting of electors for the 2020 election for President and Vice President; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. ____________________
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