Introduction of Bills (Cong. Rec., March 18, 2020)

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Congressional Record — Senate for March 18, 2020, beginning at page S1805, with executive communications, petitions and memorials, and introduced bills. Executive communication EC–4344, from the Secretary of Commerce, transmits a report entitled "Section 102 of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018". Petition POM–191 is a joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Maine about the Maine lobster industry and the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. Bills introduced include S. 3515 by Ms. KLOBUCHAR and others, which would establish an Innovation and Startups Equity Investment Program in the Department of the Treasury, and S. 3532, on Medicare and Medicaid coverage of prescription digital therapeutics.

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March 18, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1805
President of the Senate on March 17, 2020; to EC–4343. A communication from the Sec- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and retary of Transportation, transmitting, pur- tion take the lives of the men and women of
Urban Affairs. suant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Annual Re- the Maine lobster industry into account in
EC–4335. A communication from the Chief port on Disability-Related Air Travel Com- the agency’s decision making and under-
of the Forest Service, Department of Agri- plaints Received During Calendar Year 2018’’; stand that the agency’s proposed changes to
culture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- to the Committee on Commerce, Science, the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction
port relative to the management of the and Transportation. Plan will not save one right whale in Maine
Greater Sage-Grouse habitat on Federal EC–4344. A communication from the Sec- waters but will put many human lives in
lands; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- retary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant danger: and be it further
ural Resources. to law, a report entitled ‘‘Section 102 of the Resolved, That suitable copies of this reso-
EC–4336. A communication from the Chief Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Manage- lution, duly authenticated by the Secretary
of the Publications and Regulations Branch, ment Act of 2018’’; to the Committee on of State, be transmitted to the Honorable
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Donald J. Trump, President of the United
Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the EC–4345. A communication from the Dep- States, to the President of the United States
report of a rule entitled ‘‘User Fee for Offers uty Chief Counsel for Regulations and Secu- Senate, to the Speaker of the United States
in Compromise’’ ((RIN1545–BN38) (TD 9894)) rity Standards, Transportation Security Ad- House of Representatives, to Dr. Neil Jacobs,
received in the Office of the President of the ministration, Department of Homeland Se- acting Under Secretary of Commerce for
Senate on March 17, 2020; to the Committee curity, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- Oceans and Atmosphere, and to each Member
on Finance. port of a rule entitled ‘‘Security Training for of the Maine Congressional Delegation.
EC–4337. A communication from the Assist- Surface Transportation Employees’’
ant Attorney General, Office of Legislative (RIN1652–AA55) received in the Office of the POM–192. A petition from a citizen of the
Affairs, Department of Justice, transmit- President of the Senate on March 10, 2020; to State of Texas relative to H.R. 5383 the ‘‘New
ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘The the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Way Forward Act’’; to the Committee on the
Department of Justice Freedom of Informa- Transportation. Judiciary.
tion Act 2019 Litigation and Compliance Re- f f
port,’’ and the Uniform Resource Locator
(URL) for all federal agencies’ Freedom of PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND
Information Act reports; to the Committee The following petitions and memo- JOINT RESOLUTIONS
on the Judiciary.
EC–4338. A communication from the Prin- rials were laid before the Senate and The following bills and joint resolu-
cipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Of- were referred or ordered to lie on the tions were introduced, read the first
fice of Legislative Affairs, Department of table as indicated: and second times by unanimous con-
Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- POM–191. A joint resolution adopted by the sent, and referred as indicated:
port relative to the implementation of the Legislature of the State of Maine respect- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr.
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for fully urging and requesting the National COONS, Mr. KING, and Mr. KAINE):
the period from October 1, 2018, through Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration S. 3515. A bill to establish the Innovation
March 31, 2019; to the Committees on Home- take the lives of the men and women of the and Startups Equity Investment Program in
land Security and Governmental Affairs; Se- Maine lobster industry into account in the the Department of the Treasury, through
lect Committee on Intelligence; and the Ju- agency’s decision making and understand which the Secretary of the Treasury shall al-
diciary. that the agency’s proposed changes to the locate money to certain States to assist
EC–4339. A communication from the Prin- Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan high-potential scalable startups access ven-
cipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Of- will not save one right whale in Maine ture capital to commercialize innovations,
fice of Legislative Affairs, Department of waters but will put many human lives in create jobs, and accelerate economic growth,
Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- danger; to the Committee on Commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on
port relative to the implementation of the Science, and Transportation. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for SENATE PAPER 762 By Mr. HAWLEY:
the period from April 1, 2019, through Sep- We, your Memorialists, the Members of the S. 3516. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
tember 30, 2019; to the Committees on Home- One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Legislature enue Code of 1986 to provide emergency fam-
land Security and Governmental Affairs; Se- of the State of Maine now assembled in the ily relief in response to the outbreak of the
lect Committee on Intelligence; and the Ju- Second Regular Session, most respectfully NCOV–19; to the Committee on Finance.
diciary. present and petition the National Oceanic By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and
EC–4340. A communication from the Prin- Mr. CASEY):
and Atmospheric Administration as follows:
cipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Of- Whereas, the men and women who work in S. 3517. A bill to increase the ability of
fice of Legislative Affairs, Department of the Maine lobster industry are constantly at nursing facilities to access to telehealth
Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- risk of injury and loss of life; and services and obtain technologies to allow
port relative to the implementation of the Whereas, the safety of these workers must virtual visits during the public health emer-
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for be the primary concern of all government gency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus
the period from April 1, 2018, through Sep- agencies that regulate the ocean; and disease 2019 (COVID–19), and for other pur-
tember 30, 2018; to the Committees on Home- Whereas, the Maine lobster industry has poses; to the Committee on Finance.
land Security and Governmental Affairs; Se- made many changes to help protect the right By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms.
lect Committee on Intelligence; and the Ju- whale; and CANTWELL):
diciary. Whereas, no right whales have been killed S. 3518. A bill to provide grants to small
EC–4341. A communication from the Dep- by Maine lobster gear and deaths in 2019 business concerns, private nonprofit organi-
uty Chief, Consumer and Governmental Af- were predominantly by ship strikes in Cana- zations, and small agricultural cooperatives
fairs Bureau, Federal Communications Com- dian waters or in one instance due to Cana- affected by COVID–19, and for other pur-
mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the dian fishing gear entanglements; and poses; to the Committee on Small Business
report of a rule entitled ‘‘Structure and Whereas, the National Oceanic and Atmos- and Entrepreneurship.
Practices of the Video Relay Service Pro- pheric Administration has stated that right By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr.
gram; Telecommunications Relay Services whales likely are not traveling in the waters CARDIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms.
and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individ- in which Maine lobster fishing occurs; and DUCKWORTH, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MAR-
uals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Whereas, the proposal to modify the exist- KEY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. TESTER, Mrs.
Order on Reconsideration and Order Sus- ing Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction GILLIBRAND, Mr. KING, Ms. HIRONO,
pending Compliance Deadline’’ (CG Docket Plan developed by the National Oceanic and and Ms. HASSAN):
Nos. 10–51 and 03–123) received in the Office of Atmospheric Administration will not save S. 3519. A bill to authorize the Adminis-
the President of the Senate on March 12, any right whales in Maine waters but will trator of the Small Business Administration
2020; to the Committee on Commerce, put the lives of workers in the Maine lobster to subsidize payments on loans guaranteed
Science, and Transportation. industry at great risk; and under the 7(a) and 504 loan programs or made
EC–4342. A communication from the Chair- Whereas, the lobster industry is one of using funds under the microloan program,
man of the Office of Proceedings, Surface Maine’s core traditional natural resource in- and for other purposes; to the Committee on

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Transportation Board, Department of Trans- dustries and has employed generations of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
portation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Maine’s citizens; and By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. GARD-
report of a rule entitled ‘‘Exclusion of De- Whereas, the lobster industry contributes NER, Mr. KAINE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms.
murrage Regulation from Certain Class Ex- $1.5 billion to Maine’s economy and entire HASSAN, and Mr. PETERS):
emptions’’ (Docket No. EP 760) received dur- communities depend upon the work that the S. 3520. A bill to waive, for 1 year, the cost
ing adjournment of the Senate in the Office lobster industry provides; Now, therefore, be sharing requirements of the Hollings Manu-
of the President of the Senate on March 13, it facturing Extension Partnership, and for
2020; to the Committee on Commerce, Resolved, That We, your Memorialists, re- other purposes; to the Committee on Com-
Science, and Transportation. spectfully urge and request that the Na- merce, Science, and Transportation.

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S1806 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 18, 2020
By Mr. COTTON: By Mr. CRAMER: sess, evaluate, and address the depend-
S. 3521. A bill to provide assistance S. 3533. A bill authorize and establish min- ence of the United States on critical
through tax rebates, certain Federal assist- imum standards for electronic and remote drugs and devices sourced or manufac-
ance programs, and business loans, and for notarizations that occur in or affect inter-
other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- tured outside of the United States.
state commerce, to require any Federal
nance. court located in a State to recognize S. 3502
By Mr. COTTON: notarizations performed by a notary public At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the
S. 3522. A bill to extend and expand the commissioned by another State when the no- name of the Senator from South Caro-
temporary assistance for needy families tarization occurs in or affects interstate lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon-
(TANF) program and related programs to re- commerce, and to require any State to rec-
spond to the COVID–19 public health emer- sor of S. 3502, a bill to delay the imple-
ognize notarizations performed by a notary
gency, and for other purposes; to the Com- mentation date of the current expected
public commissioned by another State when
mittee on Finance. the notarization occurs in or affects inter- credit losses methodology for esti-
By Mr. COTTON: state commerce or when the notarization mating allowances for credit losses,
S. 3523. A bill to provide for the temporary was performed under or relates to a public and for other purposes.
funding of the expansion of eligibility of un- act, record, or judicial proceeding of the f
employment compensation to respond to the
State in which the notary public was com-
COVID–19 public health emergency, and for SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
missioned; to the Committee on the Judici-
other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-
ary.
nance.
By Mr. COTTON: f SENATE RESOLUTION 546—RECOG-
S. 3524. A bill to modify terms related to
SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND NIZING THE WEEK OF MARCH 15
the economic injury disaster loan program of
the Small Business Administration for appli- SENATE RESOLUTIONS THROUGH MARCH 21, 2020, AS
cants affected by COVID–19, and for other ‘‘NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION
The following concurrent resolutions WEEK’’ AND ENCOURAGING COM-
purposes; to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship. and Senate resolutions were read, and MUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED
By Mrs. SHAHEEN: referred (or acted upon), as indicated: STATES TO RAISE AWARENESS
S. 3525. A bill to allow a tax credit for cer- By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. OF THE DANGERS OF POISONING
tain coronavirus-related charitable contribu- SCOTT of South Carolina):
tions for taxable year 2020; to the Committee
AND PROMOTE POISONING PRE-
S. Res. 546. A resolution recognizing the
on Finance. VENTION
week of March 15 through March 21, 2020, as
By Mr. REED: ‘‘National Poison Prevention Week’’ and en- Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr.
S. 3526. A bill to restrict the authority of couraging communities across the United SCOTT of South Carolina) submitted
the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase or States to raise awareness of the dangers of the following resolution; which was re-
guarantee assets in response to the poisoning and promote poisoning prevention;
coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak; to ferred to the Committee on Health,
to the Committee on Health, Education,
the Committee on Finance. Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. DUR- By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. S. RES. 546
BIN, and Mr. DAINES): JONES, Ms. WARREN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. Whereas the designation of National Poi-
S. 3527. A bill to waive required minimum BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. son Prevention Week was first authorized by
distribution rules for retirement plans in BOOKER, Mr. BENNET, Ms. Congress and President Kennedy in 1961 in
2020; to the Committee on Finance. DUCKWORTH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. Public Law 87–319 (75 Stat. 681);
By Mr. MARKEY: MENENDEZ, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CARPER, Whereas National Poison Prevention Week
S. 3528. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
and Ms. SMITH): occurs during the third full week of March
enue Code of 1986 to suspend the inclusion in
S. Res. 547. A resolution encouraging the each year;
gross income of Social Security benefits; to
President to use authorities provided by the Whereas the American Association of Poi-
the Committee on Finance.
Defense Production Act of 1950 to scale up son Control Centers (referred to in this pre-
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr.
the national response to the coronavirus cri- amble as the ‘‘AAPCC’’) works with the 55
WYDEN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. BALDWIN,
sis; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, poison control centers in the United States—
Mr. COONS, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MAR-
and Urban Affairs. (1) to track more than 1,000 commonly used
KEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BOOKER,
household and workplace products; and
Ms. SMITH, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. JONES, f (2) to track poisonings and the sources of
Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS those poisonings;
DURBIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY,
Whereas 2,000,000 people call the poison
Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. S. 3056 help line annually to reach a poison control
WARNER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. HEINRICH,
At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the center;
Mr. UDALL, Ms. WARREN, Ms.
name of the Senator from New York Whereas, as reported to the AAPCC, more
DUCKWORTH, and Ms. CANTWELL):
S. 3529. A bill to require States to establish (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- than 90 percent of poison exposures reported
to local poison control centers occur in the
contingency plans for the conduct of elec- sponsor of S. 3056, a bill to designate as
tions for Federal office in response to na- home;
wilderness certain Federal portions of Whereas local poison control centers save
tional disasters and emergencies, and for the red rock canyons of the Colorado
other purposes; to the Committee on Rules the people of the United States $1,800,000,000
Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in in medical costs per year;
and Administration.
By Mr. MARKEY: the State of Utah for the benefit of Whereas the AAPCC and poison control
S. 3530. A bill to amend the National Secu- present and future generations of peo- centers partner with the Centers for Disease
rity Act of 1947 to require the President to ple in the United States. Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug
designate an employee of the National Secu- Administration, and State and local health
S. 3190
rity Council to be responsible for pandemic departments to monitor occurrences of envi-
At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the ronmental, biological, and emerging threats
prevention and response, and for other pur-
poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. in communities across the United States, in-
rity and Governmental Affairs. BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. cluding food poisoning, botulism, and
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and 3190, a bill to authorize dedicated do- vaping-associated lung injury;
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): mestic terrorism offices within the De- Whereas, in the United States—
S. 3531. A bill to amend the Small Business partment of Homeland Security, the (1) more than 300 children 19 years of age
Act to ensure small businesses affected by and younger are treated in emergency de-
Department of Justice, and the Federal
the onset of communicable diseases are eligi- partments for poisoning every day; and
ble for disaster relief; to the Committee on
Bureau of Investigation to analyze and (2) 980 children 19 years of age and younger
Small Business and Entrepreneurship. monitor domestic terrorist activity die as a result of being poisoned each year;
and require the Federal Government to

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By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mrs. Whereas children younger than 6 years of
SHAHEEN): take steps to prevent domestic ter- age constitute nearly 1⁄2 of all poison expo-
S. 3532. A bill to amend titles XVIII and rorism. sures each year;
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide S. 3478
Whereas, from 2010 to 2018, data from poi-
coverage of prescription digital therapeutics son control centers revealed a significant in-
for the treatment of mental health and sub- At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the crease of 9.9 percent in the number of inten-
stance use disorders under the Medicare and name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. tional suicide patients who were adolescents
Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of 10 to 19 years of age, and that increase dis-
to the Committee on Finance. S. 3478, a bill to require a report to as- proportionately occurred among females;

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