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Congressional Record — Senate, December 21, 2020, Page S7939

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Page S7939 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for December 21, 2020, listing enrolled acts, bills introduced and additional cosponsors. The enrolled acts include S. 4996 on funding of the United States trustees and temporary bankruptcy judgeships, S. 2216 on recognition of caregivers of veterans and S. 2174 on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. At 11:30 p.m. a House message reports that the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. Beyer, signed the enrolled bill H.R. 1520. New bills include S. 5080 from Mr. Menendez and others on oil polluters paying for spills and S. 5079 from Mr. Casey on student aid eligibility.

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                                             December 21, 2020                                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                     S7939
                                               S. 4996. An act to ensure funding of the               nance, and expansion of the National Missing           ance for drug-related offenses; to the Com-
                                             United States trustees, extend temporary                 and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)                mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and
                                             bankruptcy judgeships, and for other pur-                for the purpose of carrying out this Act.              Pensions.
                                             poses.                                                     S. 2216. An act to require the Secretary of                By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.
                                                             ENROLLED BILL SIGNED                     Veterans Affairs to formally recognize care-                   BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED,
                                                                                                      givers of veterans, notify veterans and care-                  Mr. MARKEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs.
                                               At 11:30 p.m., a message from the
                                                                                                      givers of clinical determinations relating to                  FEINSTEIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. DURBIN,
                                             House of Representatives, delivered by                   eligibility for the family caregiver program,                  and Mrs. GILLIBRAND):
                                             Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an-                and temporarily extend benefits for veterans             S. 5080. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                             nounced that the Speaker pro tempore                     who are determined ineligible for the family           enue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to
                                             (Mr. BEYER) has signed the following                     caregiver program, and for other purposes.             pay the full cost of oil spills, and for other
                                             enrolled bill: H.R. 1520. An act making                    S. 2472. An act to redesignate the NASA              purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
                                             further continuing appropriations for                    John H. Glenn Research Center at Plum                        By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                      Brook Station, Ohio, as the NASA John H.                       BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. REED,
                                             fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                      Glenn Research Center at the Neil A. Arm-                      Mr. MARKEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs.
                                               The enrolled bill was subsequently signed                                                                             FEINSTEIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. DURBIN,
                                                                                                      strong Test Facility.
                                             by the Acting President pro tempore (Mr.                                                                                and Mrs. GILLIBRAND):
                                                                                                        S. 2683. An act to establish a task force to
                                             THUNE).                                                                                                           S. 5081. A bill to amend the Oil Pollution
                                                                                                      assist States in implementing hiring require-
                                                           f                                          ments for child care staff members to im-              Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the
                                                                                                      prove child safety.                                    full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes;
                                                ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED                                                                                     to the Committee on Environment and Pub-
                                                                                                        S. 2730. An act to establish and ensure an
                                               The Secretary of the Senate reported                   inclusive and transparent Drone Advisory               lic Works.
                                             that on today, December 21, 2020, she                    Committee.                                                   By Ms. WARREN:
                                                                                                                                                               S. 5082. A bill to provide Federal support
                                             had presented to the President of the                      S. 3257. An act to designate the facility of
                                                                                                      the United States Postal Service located at            for COVID–19 testing, and for other purposes;
                                             United States the following enrolled                                                                            to the Committee on Health, Education,
                                             bills:                                                   311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk,
                                                                                                                                                             Labor, and Pensions.
                                                                                                      Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Einar ‘Sarge’ H. lngman,
                                               S. 212. An act to amend the Native Amer-                                                                            By Mr. YOUNG:
                                                                                                      Jr. Post Office Building’’.
                                             ican Business Development, Trade Pro-                                                                             S. 5083. A bill to establish within the De-
                                                                                                        S. 3312. An act to establish a crisis sta-           partment of Veterans Affairs a pay-for-re-
                                             motion, and Tourism Act of 2000, the Buy In-
                                                                                                      bilization and community reentry grant pro-            sults pilot program to assist veterans, mem-
                                             dian Act, and the Native American Programs
                                                                                                      gram, and for other purposes.                          bers of the Armed Forces on active duty, and
                                             Act of 1974 to provide industry and economic
                                                                                                        S. 3418. An act to amend the Robert T.               their family members at risk of social isola-
                                             development opportunities to Indian commu-
                                                                                                      Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-             tion and loneliness, and for other purposes;
                                             nities.
                                                                                                      sistance Act to allow the Administrator of             to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
                                               S. 461. An act to strengthen the capacity
                                                                                                      the Federal Emergency Management Agency                      By Mr. BRAUN:
                                             and competitiveness of historically Black
                                                                                                      to provide capitalization grants to States to            S. 5084. A bill to increase transparency and
                                             colleges and universities through robust pub-
                                                                                                      establish revolving funds to provide hazard            access to group health plan and health insur-
                                             lic-sector, private-sector, and community
                                                                                                      mitigation assistance to reduce risks from             ance issuer reporting, and for other purposes;
                                             partnerships and engagement, and for other
                                                                                                      disasters and natural hazards, and other re-           to the Committee on Health, Education,
                                             purposes.
                                                                                                      lated environmental harm.                              Labor, and Pensions.
                                               S. 900. An act to designate the community-
                                                                                                        S. 3461. An act to designate the facility of
                                             based outpatient clinic of the Department of                                                                                     f
                                                                                                      the United States Postal Service located at
                                             Veterans Affairs in Bozeman, Montana, as
                                             the Travis W. Atkins Department of Vet-
                                                                                                      2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as                   ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                                                                                      the ‘‘Audie Murphy Post Office Building’’.
                                             erans Affairs Clinic.                                                                                                                S. 1088
                                               S. 906. An act to improve the management                 S. 3462. An act to designate the facility of
                                                                                                      the United States Postal Service located at              At the request of Mr. WARNER, his
                                             of driftnet fishing.                                                                                            name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                               S. 914. An act to reauthorize the Integrated           909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the
                                                                                                      ‘‘Ralph Hall Post Office’’.                            1088, a bill to amend the Immigration
                                             Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act
                                             of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Ad-               S. 3989. An act to amend the United States           and Nationality Act to require the
                                             ministrator of the National Oceanic and At-              Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016              President to set a minimum annual
                                             mospheric Administration with respect to                 to modify certain membership and other re-             goal for the number of refugees to be
                                             post-storm assessments, and to require the               quirements       of   the    United     States         admitted, and for other purposes.
                                             establishment of a National Water Center,                Semiquincentennial Commission, and for
                                                                                                                                                                                  S. 1827
                                             and for other purposes.                                  other purposes.
                                                                                                        S. 4126. An act to designate the facility of           At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, his
                                               S. 979. An act to amend the Post-Katrina                                                                      name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006                  the United States Postal Service located at
                                                                                                      104 East Main Street in Port Washington,               1827, a bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                             to incorporate the recommendations made
                                             by the Government Accountability Office re-              Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Joseph G. Demler Post              enue Code of 1986 to exclude corpora-
                                             lating to advance contracts, and for other               Office’’.                                              tions operating prisons from the defini-
                                             purposes.                                                  S. 4684. An act to designate the facility of         tion of taxable REIT subsidiary.
                                               S. 1130. An act to amend the Public Health             the United States Postal Service located at                                 S. 2390
                                             Service Act to improve the health of chil-               440 Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyo-
                                                                                                                                                               At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the
                                             dren and help better understand and enhance              ming, as the ‘‘Robert L. Brown Post Office’’.
                                                                                                        S. 5036. An act to amend the Overtime Pay            names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr.
                                             awareness about unexpected sudden death in                                                                      MERKLEY), the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
                                             early life.                                              for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend
                                                                                                      the Secret Service overtime pay exception              BROWN) and the Senator from Massa-
                                               S. 1342. An act to require the Under Sec-
                                             retary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update               through 2023, and for other purposes.                  chusetts (Ms. WARREN) were added as
                                             periodically the environmental sensitivity                                 f                                    cosponsors of S. 2390, a bill to prohibit
                                             index products of the National Oceanic and                                                                      the imposition of the death penalty for
                                             Atmospheric Administration for each coastal                 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                           any violation of Federal law, and for
                                             area of the Great Lakes, and for other pur-                      JOINT RESOLUTIONS                              other purposes.
                                             poses.                                                     The following bills and joint resolu-                                     S. 2773
                                               S. 1694. An act to require the National Aer-                                                                    At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, his
                                                                                                      tions were introduced, read the first
                                             onautics and Space Administration to add
                                             recommendations and inform other relevant                and second times by unanimous con-                     name was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             agencies of information relating to the prin-            sent, and referred as indicated:                       2773, a bill to require non-Federal pris-
                                             ciple of due regard and the limitation of                      By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. KEN-            on, correctional, and detention facili-
                                             harmful interference with Apollo landing                          NEDY,   Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr.                 ties holding Federal prisoners or de-
                                             site artifacts, and for other purposes.                           TESTER):                                      tainees under a contract with the Fed-
                                               S. 1869. An act to require the disclosure of             S. 5078. A bill to amend the CARES Act to            eral Government to make the same in-




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                                             ownership of high-security space leased to               extend the temporary relief from troubled              formation available to the public that
                                             accommodate a Federal agency, and for                    debt restructurings; to the Committee on
                                                                                                                                                             Federal prisons and correctional facili-
                                             other purposes.                                          Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
                                               S. 2174. An act to the extent provided in ad-                By Mr. CASEY:                                    ties are required to make available.
                                             vance in appropriations Act, the Attorney                  S. 5079. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-                                  S. 3103
                                             General is authorized to use funds appro-                cation Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of           At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the
                                             priated for the operationalization, mainte-              eligibility for grants, loans, and work assist-        name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr.



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