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Introduction of Bills (Cong. Rec., Aug. 5, 2020)

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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated August 5, 2020, at page S4940, under the heading Introduction of Bills. It begins with executive reports of nominations to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Credit Union Administration Board, reported with a recommendation that they be confirmed. The bills introduced include S. 4445 by Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Loeffler and Mrs. Blackburn on carrying concealed firearms by prosecutors and Federal judges, S. 4446 by Mr. Bennet and others to waive affiliation rules for Tribal business concerns under the paycheck protection program, and S. 4457 by Mr. Kennedy on amplifying propaganda from the People's Republic of China.

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                                               S4940                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                          August 5, 2020
                                                 *Hester Maria Peirce, of Ohio, to be a                  S. 4444. A bill to require installation of a           S. 4455. A bill to require reporting on the
                                               Member of the Securities and Exchange                   network of soil moisture and snowpack mon-             paycheck protection program of the Small
                                               Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2025.            itoring in the Upper Missouri River Basin              Business Administration, and for other pur-
                                                 *Caroline A. Crenshaw, of the District of             and to establish a pilot program for the ac-           poses; to the Committee on Small Business
                                               Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities              quisition and use of data generated by that            and Entrepreneurship.
                                               and Exchange Commission for a term expir-               network, and for other purposes; to the Com-                 By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr.
                                               ing June 5, 2024.                                       mittee on Environment and Public Works.                        CASSIDY):
                                                 *Kyle Hauptman, of Maine, to be a Member                     By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs.                  S. 4456. A bill to amend the Public Health
                                               of the National Credit Union Administration                     LOEFFLER, and Mrs. BLACKBURN):                 Service Act to permit health information
                                               Board for a term expiring August 2, 2025.                 S. 4445. A bill to establish appropriate rules       technology systems to use the Postal Service
                                                                                                       for prosecutors and Federal judges to carry a          tool to standardize formatting in electronic
                                                 *Nomination was reported with rec-
                                                                                                       concealed firearm; to the Committee on the             health records when entering patient infor-
                                               ommendation that it be confirmed sub-                   Judiciary.                                             mation to improve match rates among pa-
                                               ject to the nominee’s commitment to                            By Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr.                 tient records; to the Committee on Health,
                                               respond to requests to appear and tes-                          BLUMENTHAL, and Ms. KLOBUCHAR):                Education, Labor, and Pensions.
                                               tify before any duly constituted com-                     S. 4446. A bill to waive affiliation rules                 By Mr. KENNEDY:
                                               mittee of the Senate.                                   under the paycheck protection program for                S. 4457. A bill to prohibit companies doing
                                                                                                       Tribal business concerns with the same em-             business in the United States from ampli-
                                                                f
                                                                                                       ployer identification number, and for other            fying propaganda originating from the Gov-
                                                  INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                            purposes; to the Committee on Small Busi-              ernment of the People’s Republic of China,
                                                       JOINT RESOLUTIONS                               ness and Entrepreneurship.                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                                                                                              By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:                            Foreign Relations.
                                                 The following bills and joint resolu-                   S. 4447. A bill to amend the Families First                By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms.
                                               tions were introduced, read the first                   Coronavirus Response Act to temporarily                        SMITH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. KING, and Mr.
                                               and second times by unanimous con-                      modify child nutrition programs due to                         CARPER):
                                               sent, and referred as indicated:                        COVID–19, and for other purposes; to the                 S. 4458. A bill to grant the authority for
                                                                                                       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and               States to enter into interstate compacts or
                                                      By Mr. LEAHY:
                                                                                                       Forestry.                                              agreements for the purpose of procuring
                                                 S. 4438. A bill to amend title 5, United
                                                                                                              By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr.              COVID–19 tests; to the Committee on the Ju-
                                               States Code, to protect Federal employees
                                                                                                               BOOKER):                                       diciary.
                                               from retaliation for the lawful use of Federal
                                                                                                         S. 4448. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI                By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms.
                                               records, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                                                                                       of the Social Security Act to give States the                  HARRIS, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr.
                                               mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
                                                                                                       option to extend the Medicaid drug rebate                      BOOKER):
                                               mental Affairs.
                                                                                                       program to the Children’s Health Insurance               S. 4459. A bill to amend the CARES Act to
                                                      By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr.
                                                                                                       Program, and for other purposes; to the                modify the membership requirements of the
                                                       MERKLEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. GILLI-
                                                                                                       Committee on Finance.                                  Congressional Oversight Commission; to the
                                                       BRAND, and Ms. HARRIS):
                                                                                                              By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr.              Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
                                                 S. 4439. A bill to require any COVID–19
                                                                                                               KAINE):                                        ernmental Affairs.
                                               drug developed in whole or in part with Fed-              S. 4449. A bill to authorize the Secretary of
                                               eral support to be affordable and accessible                                                                         By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KING,
                                                                                                       the Interior to convey to the State of Vir-                    and Mr. SULLIVAN):
                                               by prohibiting monopolies and price gouging,            ginia and the District of Columbia certain
                                               and for other purposes; to the Committee on                                                                      S. 4460. A bill to authorize the Secretary of
                                                                                                       National Park Service land for the construc-           Veterans Affairs to waive certain eligibility
                                               Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                 tion of rail and other infrastructure, and for
                                                      By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. MUR-                                                                     requirements for a veteran to receive per
                                                                                                       other purposes; to the Committee on Energy             diem payments for domiciliary care at a
                                                       PHY, Mr. KING, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms.
                                                                                                       and Natural Resources.                                 State home, and for other purposes; to the
                                                       HARRIS, Mr. CARPER, and Mr. WYDEN):                    By Mr. DURBIN:
                                                 S. 4440. A bill to authorize the Director of                                                                 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
                                                                                                         S. 4450. A bill to establish the Bronzeville-
                                               the Center for Disease Control and Preven-                                                                           By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and
                                                                                                       Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in
                                               tion to carry out a Social Determinants of                                                                             Ms. HASSAN):
                                                                                                       the State of Illinois, and for other purposes;
                                               Health Program, and for other purposes; to                                                                       S. 4461. A bill to provide for a period of
                                                                                                       to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
                                               the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,                                                                     continuing appropriations in the event of a
                                                                                                       sources.
                                               and Pensions.                                                                                                  lapse in appropriations under the normal ap-
                                                                                                              By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and
                                                      By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms.                                                                       propriations process, and establish proce-
                                                                                                               Mr. BRAUN):
                                                       CORTEZ MASTO):                                                                                         dures and consequences in the event of a fail-
                                                                                                         S. 4451. A bill to authorize the Secretary of
                                                 S. 4441. A bill to amend title XIX of the So-                                                                ure to enact appropriations; read the first
                                                                                                       Agriculture to guarantee investments that
                                               cial Security Act to encourage State Med-                                                                      time.
                                                                                                       will open new markets for forest owners in
                                               icaid programs to provide community-based               rural areas of the United States, and for                               f
                                               mobile crisis intervention services, and for            other purposes; to the Committee on Agri-
                                               other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-                                                                        SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND
                                                                                                       culture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
                                               nance.                                                         By Mr. KENNEDY:
                                                                                                                                                                     SENATE RESOLUTIONS
                                                      By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Ms.                    S. 4452. A bill to prohibit Federal employ-            The following concurrent resolutions
                                                       SMITH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HARRIS,              ees from downloading or using WeChat on                and Senate resolutions were read, and
                                                       Mr. MARKEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs.                 Government devices; to the Committee on                referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
                                                       FEINSTEIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. HEIN-                Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
                                                       RICH, and Mr. COONS):                           fairs.                                                       By Mr. CORNYN:
                                                 S. 4442. A bill to amend subtitle A of title                 By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Ms.                 S. Res. 667. A resolution calling for the im-
                                               II of division A of the CARES Act to provide                    MURKOWSKI, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. CASSIDY,             mediate release of Trevor Reed, a United
                                               Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to indi-                       Mr. BROWN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BEN-             States Citizen who was unjustly sentenced to
                                               viduals with mixed income sources, and for                      NET, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CASEY, Ms.
                                                                                                                                                              9 years in a Russian prison; to the Com-
                                               other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-                         SMITH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr.            mittee on Foreign Relations.
                                               nance.                                                          BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr.                                 f
                                                      By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself,                          REED):
                                                       Mr. MURPHY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. DUR-                  S. 4453. A bill to protect the continuity of
                                                                                                                                                                     ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                                       BIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. HARRIS, Mr.                the food supply chain of the United States in                               S. 785
                                                       COONS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HIRONO, Ms.              response to COVID–19, and for other pur-                 At the request of Mr. MORAN, the
                                                       KLOBUCHAR, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. WAR-                poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-            name of the Senator from Rhode Island
                                                       REN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs.               trition, and Forestry.
                                                       MURRAY, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLI-                     By Mr. KENNEDY:
                                                                                                                                                              (Mr. REED) was added as a cosponsor of
                                                       BRAND, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. CASEY,                   S. 4454. A bill to require the review by the         S. 785, a bill to improve mental health
                                                       Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. MENENDEZ):              Committee on Foreign Investment in the                 care provided by the Department of




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                                                 S. 4443. A bill to amend title 18, United             United States of greenfield investments by             Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
                                               States Code, to protect more victims of do-             the People’s Republic of China, and for other          poses.
                                               mestic violence by preventing their abusers             purposes; to the Committee on Banking,                                     S. 1544
                                               from possessing or receiving firearms, and              Housing, and Urban Affairs.
                                               for other purposes; to the Committee on the                    By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr.                   At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the
                                               Judiciary.                                                      UDALL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mrs. FEIN-             name of the Senator from Wyoming
                                                      By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr.                        STEIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. SMITH,               (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon-
                                                       ROUNDS):                                                Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. HEINRICH):                sor of S. 1544, a bill to amend title



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