INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 140
(Senate - August 06, 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. 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

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     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):

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       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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