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Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., Feb. 22, 2021)

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This is S771 of the Congressional Record, Senate, February 22, 2021, a listing of introduced bills and resolutions, with interleaved columns. The introduced bills run from S. 335, a bill to reauthorize a conservation act of 1998, to S. 356, and include S. 346, a bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, S. 348, a bill to provide an earned path to citizenship, and S. 355, a bill to provide immediate relief for patients from certain medical debt collection efforts during and immediately after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Under Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions, S. Res. 64, S. Res. 65 and S. Res. 66 authorize expenditures by committees.

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                                             February 22, 2021                                 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                      S771
                                               S. 335. A bill to reauthorize the Tropical                  By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms.                    S. 355. A bill to provide immediate relief
                                             Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act of                       DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr.                for patients from certain medical debt col-
                                             1998; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.                    DURBIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. CASEY, Mr.              lection efforts during and immediately after
                                                    By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr.                        PETERS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MERKLEY,              the COVID–19 public health emergency; to
                                                      PORTMAN):                                              Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr.              the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
                                               S. 336. A bill to amend the Omnibus Parks                     BENNET, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MENENDEZ,              and Pensions.
                                             and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to                      Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms.                      By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
                                             reauthorize the Ohio & Erie National Herit-                     SMITH, Mr. BROWN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE,                S. 356. A bill to develop and improve the
                                             age Canalway, and for other purposes; to the                    Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. WARNOCK):               transportation workforce, and for other pur-
                                             Committee on Energy and Natural Re-                       S. 346. A bill to end preventable maternal           poses; to the Committee on Commerce,
                                             sources.                                                mortality and severe maternal morbidity in             Science, and Transportation.
                                                    By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr.                the United States and close disparities in                             f
                                                      MORAN):                                        maternal health outcomes, and for other
                                               S. 337. A bill to establish a Senior Scams            purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu-             SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND
                                             Prevention Advisory Council; to the Com-                cation, Labor, and Pensions.                                  SENATE RESOLUTIONS
                                             mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-                    By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr.
                                             tation.                                                                                                          The following concurrent resolutions
                                                                                                             BLUMENTHAL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and
                                                    By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr.                        Mr. MARKEY):                                   and Senate resolutions were read, and
                                                      SCOTT of South Carolina):                        S. 347. A bill to improve the collection and         referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
                                               S. 338. A bill to promote the general health          review of maternal health data to address                    By Mr. MENENDEZ:
                                             and well-being of individuals accessing work            maternal mortality, serve maternal mor-                  S. Res. 64. An original resolution author-
                                             through digital marketplace companies, and              bidity, and other adverse maternal health              izing expenditures by the Committee on For-
                                             for other purposes; to the Committee on                 outcomes; to the Committee on Health, Edu-             eign Relations; from the Committee on For-
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions .                cation, Labor, and Pensions.                           eign Relations; to the Committee on Rules
                                                    By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr.                    By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.                and Administration.
                                                      MANCHIN):                                              SCHUMER, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. LUJAN,                     By Mr. CASEY:
                                               S. 339. A bill to amend the Controlled Sub-                   Mr. BOOKER, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLO-                 S. Res. 65. An original resolution author-
                                             stances Act to list fentanyl-related sub-                       BUCHAR,       Mr.     SANDERS,      Mr.        izing expenditures by the Special Committee
                                             stances as schedule I controlled substances,                    BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr.               on Aging; from the Special Committee on
                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on                     COONS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr.            Aging; to the Committee on Rules and Ad-
                                             the Judiciary.                                                  SCHATZ, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MARKEY,            ministration.
                                                    By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr.                      Ms. WARREN, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr.                    By Mr. SANDERS:
                                                      WHITEHOUSE):                                           DURBIN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN,               S. Res. 66. An original resolution author-
                                               S. 340. A bill to amend title XVIII of the                                                                   izing expenditures by the Committee on the
                                                                                                             Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. SMITH, Mr. CAR-
                                             Social Security Act to increase the use of                                                                     Budget; from the Committee on the Budget;
                                                                                                             PER, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, and Mr.
                                             telehealth for substance use disorder treat-                                                                   to the Committee on Rules and Administra-
                                                                                                             LEAHY):
                                             ment and mental health services, and for                  S. 348. A bill to provide an earned path to          tion.
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Health              citizenship, to address the root causes of mi-               By Mr. CORNYN:
                                             , Education, Labor, and Pensions.                       gration and responsibly manage the southern              S. Res. 67. A resolution calling for the im-
                                                    By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. DUR-             border, and to reform the immigrant visa               mediate release of Trevor Reed, a United
                                                      BIN, and Ms. HIRONO):                          system, and for other purposes; to the Com-            States citizen who was unjustly found guilty
                                               S. 341. A bill to provide justice for incar-          mittee on the Judiciary.                               and sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison;
                                             cerated moms, and for other purposes; to the                  By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and                to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
                                             Committee on the Judiciary.
                                                                                                             Ms. COLLINS):                                        By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr.
                                                    By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:                               S. 349. A bill to establish an advisory office               CRAPO, Mr. BARRASSO, Ms. LUMMIS,
                                               S. 342. A bill to advance STEM education,             within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of                    Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MORAN, Mrs.
                                             provide for improved worker training, reten-            the Federal Trade Commission to prevent                        BLACKBURN, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. WICKER,
                                             tion, and advancement, and for other pur-               fraud targeting seniors, and for other pur-
                                             poses; to the Committee on Health, Edu-                                                                                Mr. PAUL, and Mr. TOOMEY):
                                                                                                     poses; to the Committee on Commerce,                     S. Res. 68. A resolution expressing the
                                             cation, Labor, and Pensions.                            Science, and Transportation.                           sense of the Senate that the President
                                                    By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself                   By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr.               should submit the Paris Agreement to the
                                                      and Ms. SINEMA):                                       WICKER):
                                               S. 343. A bill to require the Transportation                                                                 Senate for review and consideration; to the
                                                                                                       S. 350. A bill to amend the Public Health            Committee on Foreign Relations.
                                             Security Administration to conduct a feasi-             Service Act to reauthorize certain programs
                                             bility study on the use of canine units for                                                                          By Mr. DURBIN:
                                                                                                     under part A of title XI of such Act relating            S. Res. 69. An original resolution author-
                                             COVID–19 detection at airports; to the Com-             to genetic diseases, and for other purposes;           izing expenditures by the Committee on the
                                             mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-              to the Committee on Health, Education,                 Judiciary; from the Committee on the Judi-
                                             tation.                                                 Labor, and Pensions.                                   ciary; to the Committee on Rules and Ad-
                                                    By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr.                        By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and                ministration.
                                                      CRAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. PETERS, Mr.                     Mr. HOEVEN):
                                                      RISCH, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. STABENOW,                  S. 351. A bill to encourage States to require                        f
                                                      Mr. BLUNT, Ms. WARREN, Mr. VAN                 the installation of residential carbon mon-                   ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                                      HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MARKEY,              oxide detectors in homes, and for other pur-
                                                      Ms. SINEMA, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms.                 poses; to the Committee on Commerce,                                       S. 104
                                                      HIRONO, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. COONS, Mr.            Science, and Transportation.                             At the request of Ms. SMITH, the
                                                      LEAHY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. SHA-                     By Mr. WARNER:                                   name of the Senator from California
                                                      HEEN,   Mr. BENNET, Ms. CORTEZ                   S. 352. A bill to amend the Patient Protec-          (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co-
                                                      MASTO, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. SMITH,              tion and Affordable Care Act to reduce                 sponsor of S. 104, a bill to authorize the
                                                      Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. CASEY, Mr. WAR-             health care costs and expand health care
                                                                                                                                                            Director of the Centers for Disease
                                                      NER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr.             coverage to more Americans; to the Com-
                                                      MORAN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MANCHIN,                mittee on Finance.                                     Control and Prevention to carry out a
                                                      Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. DAINES, Mrs.                    By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms.               Social Determinants of Health Pro-
                                                      MURRAY, Mr. ROUNDS, Mrs. CAPITO,                       SMITH, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND):                   gram, and for other purposes.
                                                      Mr. CRAMER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BAR-                S. 353. A bill to incentivize banning of                                 S. 229
                                                      RASSO, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. BROWN, Ms.             chokeholds and carotid holds, and for other              At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the
                                                      HASSAN, and Mr. DURBIN):                       purposes; to the Committee on the Judici-              name of the Senator from Florida (Mr.
                                               S. 344. A bill to amend title 10, United              ary.
                                                                                                           By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             States Code, to provide for concurrent re-
                                             ceipt of veterans’ disability compensation                      KAINE, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. VAN HOL-            229, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit
                                             and retirement pay for disability retirees                      LEN):                                          Insurance Act to permit the Federal
                                             with fewer than 20 years of service and a                 S. 354. A bill to reauthorize funding to the         Deposit Insurance Corporation to ter-
                                             combat-related disability, and for other pur-           Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-               minate the insured status of a deposi-




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                                             poses; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-                thority contingent on improvements to the              tory institution that refuses to provide
                                             fairs.                                                  governance and operations of the Transit               services to certain Federal contractors,
                                                    By Mr. KAINE:                                    Authority; to the Committee on Banking,
                                               S. 345. A bill to establish a national cam-           Housing, and Urban Affairs.                            and for other purposes.
                                             paign to increase maternal vaccination                        By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr.                                  S. 236
                                             rates; to the Committee on Health, Edu-                         MERKLEY, Mr. BROWN, and Mr.                      At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the
                                             cation, Labor, and Pensions.                                    BLUMENTHAL):                                   names of the Senator from Minnesota



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                                             S772                                              CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                    February 22, 2021
                                             (Ms. SMITH), the Senator from Massa-                      (1) make expenditures from the contingent            lated to the compensation of employees of
                                             chusetts (Ms. WARREN), the Senator                      fund of the Senate;                                    the committee—
                                             from Nevada (Ms. ROSEN), the Senator                      (2) employ personnel; and                              (1) for the period March 1, 2021 through
                                                                                                       (3) with the prior consent of the Govern-            September 30, 2021;
                                             from Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY) and the
                                                                                                     ment department or agency concerned and                  (2) for the period October 1, 2021 through
                                             Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW)                    the Committee on Rules and Administration,             September 30, 2022; and
                                             were added as cosponsors of S. 236, a                   use on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable                 (3) for the period October 1, 2022 through
                                             bill to improve activities for the gath-                basis the services of personnel of any such            February 28, 2023.
                                             ering of data on, and the tracking of,                  department or agency.                                                 f
                                             new variants of COVID–19.                               SEC. 2. EXPENSES.
                                                                    S. 243                             (a) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING SEP-                  SENATE RESOLUTION 65—AUTHOR-
                                                                                                     TEMBER 30, 2021.—The expenses of the com-                IZING EXPENDITURES BY THE
                                               At the request of Mr. CRAMER, the
                                                                                                     mittee for the period March 1, 2021 through              SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING
                                             name of the Senator from Michigan
                                                                                                     September 30, 2021 under this resolution                 Mr. CASEY submitted the following
                                             (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor                   shall not exceed $4,816,102, of which
                                             of S. 243, a bill to amend the Internal                                                                        resolution; from the Special Com-
                                                                                                     amount—
                                             Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free                   (1) not to exceed $150,000 may be expended           mittee on Aging; which was referred to
                                             distributions from individual retire-                   for the procurement of the services of indi-           the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
                                             ment accounts to include rollovers for                  vidual consultants, or organizations thereof           tration:
                                             charitable life-income plans for chari-                 (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legis-                           S. RES. 65
                                             table purposes.                                         lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.              Resolved,
                                                                                                     4301(i))); and                                         SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
                                                                    S. 251
                                                                                                       (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended               In carrying out its powers, duties, and
                                               At the request of Mr. LEE, the name                   for the training of the professional staff of          functions imposed by section 104 of S. Res. 4,
                                             of the Senator from Wyoming (Ms.                        the committee (under procedures specified              agreed to February 4, 1977 (95th Congress),
                                             LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor of S.                  by section 202(j) of that Act).                        and in exercising the authority conferred on
                                             251, a bill to provide that for purposes                  (b) EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 PE-                it by such section, the Special Committee on
                                             of determining compliance with title                    RIOD.—The expenses of the committee for the            Aging (in this resolution referred to as the
                                             IX of the Education Amendments of                       period October 1, 2021 through September 30,           ‘‘committee’’) is authorized from March 1,
                                                                                                     2022 under this resolution shall not exceed            2021 through February 28, 2023, in its discre-
                                             1972 in athletics, sex shall be recog-
                                                                                                     $8,256,175, of which amount—                           tion, to—
                                             nized based solely on a person’s repro-                   (1) not to exceed $150,000 may be expended              (1) make expenditures from the contingent
                                             ductive biology and genetics at birth.                  for the procurement of the services of indi-           fund of the Senate;
                                                                    S. 255                           vidual consultants, or organizations thereof              (2) employ personnel; and
                                               At the request of Mr. WICKER, the                     (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legis-            (3) with the prior consent of the Govern-
                                             names of the Senator from Mississippi                   lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.            ment department or agency concerned and
                                             (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH), the Senator from                     4301(i))); and                                         the Committee on Rules and Administration,
                                             Michigan (Ms. STABENOW), the Senator                      (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended            use on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable
                                                                                                     for the training of the professional staff of          basis the services of personnel of any such
                                             from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL)                       the committee (under procedures specified              department or agency.
                                             and the Senator from Colorado (Mr.                      by section 202(j) of that Act).                        SEC. 2. EXPENSES.
                                             BENNET) were added as cosponsors of S.                    (c) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY                (a) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING SEP-
                                             255, a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000             28, 2023.—The expenses of the committee for            TEMBER 30, 2021.—The expenses of the com-
                                             Restaurant Revitalization Fund to pro-                  the period October 1, 2022 through February            mittee for the period March 1, 2021 through
                                             vide structured relief to food service or               28, 2023 under this resolution shall not exceed        September 30, 2021 under this resolution
                                             drinking establishments, and for other                  $3,440,073, of which amount—                           shall not exceed $1,744,167, of which
                                                                                                       (1) not to exceed $150,000 may be expended           amount—
                                             purposes.
                                                                                                     for the procurement of the services of indi-             (1) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for
                                                                    S. 293
                                                                                                     vidual consultants, or organizations thereof           the procurement of the services of individual
                                               At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the                      (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legis-         consultants, or organizations thereof (as au-
                                             name of the Senator from South Da-                      lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.            thorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative
                                             kota (Mr. ROUNDS) was added as a co-                    4301(i))); and                                         Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)));
                                             sponsor of S. 293, a bill to protect the                  (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended            and
                                             dignity of fetal remains, and for other                 for the training of the professional staff of            (2) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for
                                                                                                     the committee (under procedures specified              the training of the professional staff of the
                                             purposes.
                                                                                                     by section 202(j) of that Act).                        committee (under procedures specified by
                                                              f                                      SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.             section 202(j) of that Act).
                                                   SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS                               (a) EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE.—                        (b) EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 PE-
                                                                                                       (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in                RIOD.—The expenses of the committee for the
                                                                                                     paragraph (2), expenses of the committee               period October 1, 2021 through September 30,
                                             SENATE RESOLUTION 64—AUTHOR-                            under this resolution shall be paid from the           2022 under this resolution shall not exceed
                                               IZING EXPENDITURES BY THE                             contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers            $2,990,000, of which amount—
                                               COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELA-                            approved by the chairman of the committee.               (1) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for
                                                                                                       (2) VOUCHERS NOT REQUIRED.—Vouchers                  the procurement of the services of individual
                                               TIONS                                                 shall not be required for—                             consultants, or organizations thereof (as au-
                                               Mr. MENENDEZ submitted the fol-                         (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-          thorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative
                                             lowing resolution; from the Committee                   ees paid at an annual rate;                            Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)));
                                             on Foreign Relations; which was re-                       (B) the payment of telecommunications                and
                                             ferred to the Committee on Rules and                    provided by the Office of the Sergeant at                (2) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for
                                                                                                     Arms and Doorkeeper;                                   the training of the professional staff of the
                                             Administration:
                                                                                                       (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-          committee (under procedures specified by
                                                                 S. RES. 64                          chased through the Keeper of the Stationery;           section 202(j) of that Act).
                                               Resolved,                                               (D) payments to the Postmaster of the                  (c) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY
                                             SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY.                           Senate;                                                28, 2023.—The expenses of the committee for
                                               In carrying out its powers, duties, and                 (E) the payment of metered charges on                the period October 1, 2022 through February
                                             functions under the Standing Rules of the               copying equipment provided by the Office of            28, 2023 under this resolution shall not exceed
                                             Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction             the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper;                   $1,245,833, of which amount—
                                             under rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the               (F) the payment of Senate Recording and                (1) not to exceed $1,250 may be expended for
                                             Senate, including holding hearings, report-             Photographic Services; or                              the procurement of the services of individual
                                             ing such hearings, and making investiga-                  (G) the payment of franked and mass mail             consultants, or organizations thereof (as au-




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                                             tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of            costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Door-                thorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative
                                             rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Sen-             keeper.                                                Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)));
                                             ate, the Committee on Foreign Relations (in               (b) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are au-              and
                                             this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com-               thorized to be paid from the appropriations              (2) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for
                                             mittee’’) is authorized from March 1, 2021              account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Inves-         the training of the professional staff of the
                                             through February 28, 2023, in its discretion,           tigations’’ of the Senate such sums as may             committee (under procedures specified by
                                             to—                                                     be necessary for agency contributions re-              section 202(j) of that Act).




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