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Congressional Record, Senate — Page S4263, July 20, 2020

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Page S4263 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for July 20, 2020. Remarks on the USS St. Louis say the ship will represent the people of St. Louis and the Show-Me State of Missouri, and congratulate the ship's sponsor, Barbara Broadhurst Taylor. Messages from the House of Representatives report appointments of Stefan S. Marculewicz and Philip Miscimarra to the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board. Introduced bills include telehealth studies under Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance programs by Fischer and Rosen, and a paycheck protection program provision for hospitals serving rural areas by Wicker with others.

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                                             July 20, 2020                                     CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                       S4263
                                             which employs countless hard-working                     plementation Act (Public Law 116–113),                 Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
                                             Americans, is a critical component of                    the Minority Leader appoints the fol-                  sources.
                                             our national defense. Each day that the                  lowing member to the Independent                             By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms.
                                                                                                                                                                     ROSEN):
                                             USS St. Louis sails in support of her                    Mexico Labor Expert Board: Mr. Stefan                    S. 4216. A bill to direct the Secretary of
                                             missions around the world will serve as                  Marculewicz of Severna Park, Mary-                     Health and Human Services and the Comp-
                                             a testament to the hundreds of thou-                     land.                                                  troller General of the United States to con-
                                             sands of hours necessary to manufac-                       The message further announced that                   duct studies and report to Congress on ac-
                                             ture such an advanced, impressive ship.                  pursuant to section 732(a) of the United               tions taken to expand access to telehealth
                                             Without the contributions of the indus-                  States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Im-                     services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and
                                             trial base, our Navy would not be able                   plementation Act (Public Law 116–113),                 Children’s Health Insurance programs during
                                                                                                                                                             the COVID–19 emergency; to the Committee
                                             to build the fleet it needs to confront                  the Minority Leader appoints the fol-
                                                                                                                                                             on Finance.
                                             today’s challenges and prepare for fu-                   lowing member to the Independent                             By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms.
                                             ture threats.                                            Mexico Labor Expert Board: Mr. Philip                          SMITH, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Mr.
                                               For decades to come, the USS St.                       Miscimarra of Bethesda, Maryland.                              JONES):
                                             Louis will represent the people of St.                                     f                                      S. 4217. A bill to amend the Small Business
                                             Louis and the Show-Me State of Mis-                                                                             Act to include hospitals serving rural areas
                                             souri around the world. I am proud of                        MEASURES PLACED ON THE                             or areas of persistent poverty in the pay-
                                             the role she will play in defending our                               CALENDAR                                  check protection program, and for other pur-
                                                                                                                                                             poses; to the Committee on Small Business
                                             Nation and safeguarding freedom                            The following bill was read the sec-                 and Entrepreneurship.
                                             across the globe. I congratulate the                     ond time, and placed on the calendar:                        By Mr. TILLIS:
                                             ship’s sponsor, Barbara Broadhurst                         H.R. 7120. An act to hold law enforcement              S. 4218. A bill to temporarily prevent
                                             Taylor, along with the Navy and the                      accountable for misconduct in court, im-               emerging growth companies from losing
                                             officers and crew of the USS St. Louis,                  prove transparency through data collection,            their status during the COVID–19 pandemic,
                                             on this historic occasion and wish                       and reform police training and policies.               and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             them all the best as the USS St. Louis                                     f                                    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
                                                                                                                                                                   By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and
                                             enters service.∑
                                                                                                         ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED                                     Mrs. GILLIBRAND):
                                                              f                                                                                                S. 4219. A bill to extend the special air traf-
                                                                                                        The Secretary of the Senate reported                 fic rule for civil helicopters operating VFR
                                                 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE                               that on July 2, 2020, she had presented                along the North Shore, Long Island, New
                                             RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT                              to the President of the United States                  York, to require the Administrator of the
                                               Under the authority of the order of                    the following enrolled bill:                           Federal Aviation Administration to promul-
                                             the Senate of January 3, 2019, the Sec-                    S. 4116. An act to extend the authority for          gate a new special air traffic rule, and for
                                             retary of the Senate, on July 16, 2020,                  commitments for the paycheck protection                other purposes; to the Committee on Com-
                                             during the adjournment of the Senate,                    program and separate amounts authorized                merce, Science, and Transportation.
                                                                                                      for other loans under section 7(a) of the                    By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr.
                                             received a message from the House of
                                                                                                      Small Business Act, and for other purposes.                    WYDEN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. SANDERS,
                                             Representatives announcing that the                                                                                     Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms.
                                             House had passed the following bill,                                       f                                            HARRIS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOK-
                                             without amendment:                                           REPORTS OF COMMITTEES                                      ER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.
                                               S. 4209. An act to amend title IX of the So-                                                                          DURBIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. BALDWIN,
                                             cial Security Act to improve emergency un-                The following reports of committees                           Mr. KING, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HEINRICH,
                                             employment relief for governmental entities              were submitted:                                                Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. WARREN, Ms.
                                             and nonprofit organizations.                               By Mr. GRAHAM, from the Committee on                         DUCKWORTH, and Mr. BENNET):
                                                                                                                                                               S. 4220. A bill to limit the use of Federal
                                                             f                                        the Judiciary, with an amendment in the na-
                                                                                                      ture of a substitute:                                  law enforcement officers for crowd control,
                                                 MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE                                 S. 3398. A bill to establish a National Com-         and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                                                                                      mission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation            the Judiciary.
                                               At 3:02 p.m., a message from the                                                                                    By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. ALEX-
                                             House of Representatives, delivered by                   Prevention, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                                                                                     ANDER, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. MCSALLY,
                                             Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an-                                  f                                            Mr. YOUNG, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. COLLINS,
                                             nounced that the House has passed the                       INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                                   Mr. DAINES, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr.
                                             following bill, in which it requests the                         JOINT RESOLUTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                     BOOZMAN):
                                             concurrence of the Senate:                                                                                        S. 4221. A bill to provide for grants to sup-
                                               H.R. 2. An act to authorize funds for Fed-               The following bills and joint resolu-                port the provision of child care by reopening
                                                                                                      tions were introduced, read the first                  and maintaining the operation of child care
                                             eral-aid highways, highway safety programs,
                                                                                                      and second times by unanimous con-                     programs; to the Committee on Health, Edu-
                                             and transit programs, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                                                                             cation, Labor, and Pensions.
                                               The message also announced that                        sent, and referred as indicated:
                                                                                                                                                                   By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
                                             pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276L, clause 10 of                       By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr.                   S. 4222. A bill to amend chapter 8 of title 5,
                                             rule I, and the order of the House of                            HAWLEY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. COT-               United States Code, to require Federal agen-
                                                                                                              TON, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.               cies to submit to the Comptroller General of
                                             January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints
                                                                                                              GRAHAM, and Mrs. CAPITO):                      the United States a report on rules that are
                                             the following Members on the part of                       S. 4212. A bill to amend title 28, United            revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or
                                             the House of Representatives to the                      States Code, to strip foreign sovereign im-            otherwise made ineffective; to the Com-
                                             British-American lnterparliamentary                      munity of certain foreign states to secure             mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
                                             Group: Mr. ADERHOLT of Alabama, Mr.                      justice for victims of novel coronavirus in            mental Affairs.
                                             COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. LATTA of Ohio,                     the United States; to the Committee on the                   By Mr. TESTER:
                                             and Mr. THORNBERRY of Texas.                             Judiciary.                                               S. 4223. A bill to amend the Mineral Leas-
                                               The message further announced that                           By Ms. ERNST:                                    ing Act to ensure market competition in on-
                                                                                                        S. 4213. A bill to exclude from income and           shore oil and gas leasing, and for other pur-
                                             pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 276d, clause 10 of
                                                                                                      payroll taxes compensation received by                 poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
                                             rule I, and the order of the House of                    front-line employees during the COVID–19               ural Resources.
                                             January 3, 2019, the Speaker appoints                    emergency; to the Committee on Finance.                      By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr.
                                             the following Members on the part of                           By Mr. PORTMAN:                                          CORNYN):
                                             the House of Representatives to the                        S. 4214. A bill to provide a payroll tax cred-         S. 4224. A bill to require the Secretary of
                                             Canada-United States Interparliamen-                     it for certain expenses associated with pro-           Homeland Security to assess technology
                                             tary Group: Mr. BERGMAN of Michigan,                     tecting employees from COVID–19; to the                needs along the Southern border and develop




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                                             Mr. BURCHETT of Tennessee, Mr.                           Committee on Finance.                                  a strategy for bridging such gaps; to the
                                                                                                            By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr.               Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
                                             HAGEDORN of Minnesota, and Mr.
                                                                                                              LEE):                                          ernmental Affairs.
                                             STAUBER of Minnesota.                                      S. 4215. A bill to designate and adjust cer-               By Mr. ENZI (for himself and Ms. HAS-
                                               The message also announced that                        tain lands in the State of Utah as compo-                      SAN):
                                             pursuant to section 732(a) of the United                 nents of the National Wilderness Preserva-               S. 4225. A bill to establish authority to de-
                                             States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Im-                       tion System, and for other purposes; to the            stroy counterfeit devices offered for import,




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                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on                                     S. 1168                         Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) were added
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                    At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the                     as cosponsors of S. 2715, a bill to de-
                                                    By Mr. PETERS:                                    name of the Senator from Georgia                       velop and implement policies to ad-
                                               S. 4226. A bill to require the Secretary of
                                             Homeland Security to conduct an assess-
                                                                                                      (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon-                 vance early childhood development, to
                                             ment of the feasibility and advisability of es-          sor of S. 1168, a bill to amend the High-              provide assistance for orphans and
                                             tablishing a fund for the response to, and re-           er Education Act of 1965 to ensure cam-                other vulnerable children in developing
                                             covery from, a cyber state of distress, and              pus access at public institutions of                   countries, and for other purposes.
                                             for other purposes; to the Committee on                  higher education for religious groups.                                   S. 3038
                                             Homeland Security and Governmental Af-                                          S. 1357                           At the request of Mr. PETERS, the
                                             fairs.                                                     At the request of Mr. BROWN, the
                                                    By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr.
                                                                                                                                                             name of the Senator from Wyoming
                                                                                                      name of the Senator from Massachu-                     (Mr. ENZI) was added as a cosponsor of
                                                     CORNYN):
                                               S. 4227. A bill to improve access to eco-              setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co-                  S. 3038, a bill to promote innovative ac-
                                             nomic injury disaster loans and emergency                sponsor of S. 1357, a bill to amend the                quisition techniques and procurement
                                             advances under the CARES Act, and for                    Public Health Service Act to establish                 strategies, and for other purposes.
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Small                direct care registered nurse-to-patient                                  S. 3064
                                             Business and Entrepreneurship.                           staffing ratio requirements in hos-
                                                    By Ms. MCSALLY:                                                                                            At the request of Mr. WICKER, the
                                                                                                      pitals, and for other purposes.                        name of the Senator from North Caro-
                                               S. 4228. A bill to provide for the demonstra-
                                                                                                                             S. 1362                         lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co-
                                             tion and deployment of water-energy tech-
                                             nologies, and for other purposes; to the Com-              At the request of Mr. TESTER, the                    sponsor of S. 3064, a bill to oppose vio-
                                             mittee on Energy and Natural Resources.                  name of the Senator from Michigan                      lations of religious freedom in Ukraine
                                                    By Mr. WYDEN:                                     (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor                  by Russia and armed groups com-
                                               S. 4229. A bill to reaffirm the principles and         of S. 1362, a bill to make demonstration
                                             objectives set forth in the United States-
                                                                                                                                                             manded by Russia.
                                                                                                      grants to eligible local educational                                     S. 3152
                                             Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other
                                                                                                      agencies or consortia of eligible local
                                             purposes; to the Committee on the Judici-                                                                         At the request of Ms. ROSEN, the
                                             ary.                                                     educational agencies for the purpose of
                                                                                                                                                             name of the Senator from Minnesota
                                                    By Mr. WYDEN:                                     increasing the numbers of school
                                                                                                                                                             (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co-
                                               S. 4230. A bill to amend title XVIII of the            nurses in public elementary schools
                                             Social Security Act to expand access to men-
                                                                                                                                                             sponsor of S. 3152, a bill to require the
                                                                                                      and secondary schools.
                                             tal health services and certain evaluation                                                                      Federal Communications Commission
                                                                                                                             S. 1720
                                             and management services furnished through                                                                       to incorporate data on maternal health
                                                                                                        At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the                    outcomes into its broadband health
                                             telehealth under the Medicare program; to
                                             the Committee on Finance.                                name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr.                     maps.
                                                    By Mr. ALEXANDER:                                 GRASSLEY) was added as a cosponsor of                                    S. 3287
                                               S. 4231. A bill to strengthen and sustain on-          S. 1720, a bill to amend the Federal
                                                                                                                                                               At the request of Mr. ENZI, the names
                                             shore manufacturing capacity and State                   Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry
                                             stockpiles, and to improve the Strategic Na-                                                                    of the Senator from Indiana (Mr.
                                                                                                      Products Inspection Act to allow the
                                             tional Stockpile; to the Committee on                                                                           BRAUN) and the Senator from Michigan
                                                                                                      interstate sale of State-inspected meat
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                                                                         (Mr. PETERS) were added as cosponsors
                                                                                                      and poultry, and for other purposes.
                                                    By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr.                                                                     of S. 3287, a bill to modify the govern-
                                                     DAINES):                                                                S. 2022
                                                                                                                                                             mentwide financial management plan,
                                               S. 4232. A bill to amend title VI of the So-             At the request of Mr. MORAN, the                     and for other purposes.
                                             cial Security Act to extend the coverage of              name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms.                    At the request of Mr. WARNER, the
                                             Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to Tribal               MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of
                                             Governments; to the Committee on Finance.                                                                       name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms.
                                                                                                      S. 2022, a bill to amend title 38, United              SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                                              f                                       States Code, to provide for improve-                   3287, supra.
                                             SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND                             ments to the specially adapted housing
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 3393
                                                    SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                program of the Department of Veterans
                                                                                                      Affairs, and for other purposes.                         At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the
                                               The following concurrent resolutions                                                                          name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms.
                                                                                                                             S. 2570
                                             and Senate resolutions were read, and                                                                           MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of
                                             referred (or acted upon), as indicated:                    At the request of Ms. SINEMA, the
                                                                                                                                                             S. 3393, a bill to amend title 10, United
                                                                                                      names of the Senator from Wyoming
                                                   By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr.                                                                           States Code, to provide for concurrent
                                                     BROWN,    Mr.   BLUMENTHAL,     Ms.
                                                                                                      (Mr. BARRASSO), the Senator from Mis-
                                                                                                                                                             receipt of veterans’ disability com-
                                                     HIRONO, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. VAN HOL-                 souri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator from
                                                                                                                                                             pensation and retired pay for disability
                                                     LEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CASEY, Mrs.                West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO), the Sen-
                                                                                                                                                             retirees with fewer than 20 years of
                                                     FEINSTEIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. COONS,                ator from Maine (Ms. COLLINS), the
                                                                                                                                                             service and a combat-related dis-
                                                     Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. HARRIS):                      Senator from North Dakota (Mr.
                                               S. Res. 652. A resolution expressing the                                                                      ability, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                      CRAMER), the Senator from Missouri
                                             sense of the Senate regarding preconditions                                                                                       S. 3455
                                                                                                      (Mr. HAWLEY), the Senator from Vir-
                                             for the readmission of the Russian Federa-                                                                        At the request of Mr. HAWLEY, the
                                                                                                      ginia (Mr. KAINE), the Senator from
                                             tion into a reconstituted Group of Eight or                                                                     name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms.
                                             participation in the Group of Seven; to the              Washington (Mrs. MURRAY), the Sen-
                                                                                                      ator from Michigan (Mr. PETERS), the                   ERNST) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Committee on Foreign Relations.
                                                                                                      Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. REED),                  3455, a bill to prohibit certain individ-
                                                            f                                                                                                uals from downloading or using TikTok
                                                                                                      the Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
                                                   ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS                              ROUNDS), the Senator from Vermont                      on any device issued by the United
                                                                     S. 696                           (Mr. SANDERS), the Senator from New                    States or a government corporation.
                                               At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the                     York (Mr. SCHUMER), the Senator from                                     S. 3612
                                             name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                     New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN), the                        At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the
                                             ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S.                    Senator from South Dakota (Mr.                         names of the Senator from Tennessee
                                             696, a bill to designate the same indi-                  THUNE) and the Senator from Rhode Is-                  (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the Senator
                                             vidual serving as the Chief Nurse Offi-                  land (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) were added as                    from Arizona (Ms. MCSALLY) were
                                             cer of the Public Health Service as the                  cosponsors of S. 2570, a bill to award a               added as cosponsors of S. 3612, a bill to
                                             National Nurse for Public Health.                        Congressional Gold Medal to Greg                       clarify for purposes of the Internal
                                                                     S. 904                           LeMond in recognition of his service to                Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of




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                                               At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name                   the United States as an athlete, activ-                coronavirus assistance does not affect
                                             of the Senator from Georgia (Mrs.                        ist, role model, and community leader.                 the tax treatment of ordinary business
                                             LOEFFLER) was added as a cosponsor of                                           S. 2715                         expenses.
                                             S. 904, a bill to authorize the Depart-                    At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the                                       S. 3620
                                             ment of Labor’s voluntary protection                     names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.                      At the request of Mr. REED, the
                                             program.                                                 PORTMAN) and the Senator from New                      names of the Senator from New York



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