Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., March 17, 2021)

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Congressional Record, Senate, pages S1614 and S1615, March 17, 2021. Introduced bills include S. 798 by Scott of Florida, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 so that the 2021 rebates are not provided to prisoners, and S. 815 by Rubio, to extend the covered period for the paycheck protection program. Resolutions include S. Res. 119, establishing the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program, and S. Res. 121, honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Daniel Crowe, considered and agreed to. Under Additional Cosponsors, names are added to bills including S. 127 and S. 231.

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S1614 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 17, 2021
S. 793. A bill to require the Congressional By Ms. COLLINS: enhance accountability for the provision of
Budget Office to make publicly available the S. 804. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- such services, and for other purposes; to the
fiscal and mathematical models, data, and enue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
other details of computations used in cost on the amount individuals filing jointly can Pensions.
analysis and scoring; to the Committee on deduct for certain State and local taxes; to By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. MENEN-
the Budget. the Committee on Finance. DEZ, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of BARRASSO, and Mrs. SHAHEEN):
WARREN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. South Carolina, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. S. 814. A bill to promote security partner-
MARKEY): BLACKBURN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. ship with Ukraine, and for other purposes; to
S. 794. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- INHOFE, and Mr. CRUZ): the Committee on Foreign Relations.
enue Code of 1986 to impose a corporate tax S. 805. A bill to repeal the wage require- By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Ms. COL-
rate increase on companies whose ratio of ments of the Davis-Bacon Act; to the Com- LINS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RISCH, Mr.
compensation of the CEO or other highest mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and BRAUN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BARRASSO,
paid employee to median worker compensa- Pensions. Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs.
tion is more than 50 to 1, and for other pur- By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. SCOTT of South
poses; to the Committee on Finance. CARPER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOK- Carolina, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. ER, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN): HAWLEY):
DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WICKER, and S. 806. A bill to amend title 23, United S. 815. A bill to amend the Small Business
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH): States Code, to require the Secretary of Act and the CARES Act to extend the cov-
S. 795. A bill to establish the Emmett Till Transportation to establish a program to ered period for the paycheck protection pro-
and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple provide grants to carry out activities to ben- gram, and for other purposes; to the Com-
National Historic Site in the State of Illi- efit pollinators on roadsides and highway mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneur-
nois, and for other purposes; to the Com- rights-of-way, including the planting and ship.
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. seeding of native, locally-appropriate grasses By Mr. RISCH:
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and and wildflowers, including milkweed, and for S. 816. A bill to amend the Diplomatic Se-
Ms. COLLINS): other purposes; to the Committee on Envi- curity Act of 1986 to provide for improved se-
S. 796. A bill to codify maternity care co- ronment and Public Works. rious security incident investigations, and
ordination programs at the Department of By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. for other purposes; to the Committee on For-
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to GRASSLEY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Ms. eign Relations.
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. KLOBUCHAR):
S. 807. A bill to permit the televising of Su- f
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr.
THUNE): preme Court proceedings; to the Committee
SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND
S. 797. A bill to require transparency, ac- on the Judiciary.
By Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. COL- SENATE RESOLUTIONS
countability, and protections for consumers
LINS, Mr. WARNER, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. The following concurrent resolutions
online; to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation. CORTEZ MASTO, and Mr. WYDEN): and Senate resolutions were read, and
S. 808. A bill to amend the Securities Ex- referred (or acted upon), as indicated:
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
change Act of 1934 to promote transparency
S. 798. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr.
in the oversight of cybersecurity risks at
enue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 Re- CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. ERNST, Mr.
publicly traded companies; to the Committee
covery Rebates are not provided to prisoners; HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. SCOTT of
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
to the Committee on Finance. Florida, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr.
By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. CAS- WICKER):
WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BOOK-
SIDY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. S. Res. 119. A resolution establishing the
ER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr.
WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. CAPITO, Ms. Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship
PADILLA):
DUCKWORTH, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. TESTER, S. 809. A bill to encourage and facilitate ef- Program for the placement in offices of Sen-
Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. MANCHIN): forts by States and other stakeholders to ators of children, spouses, and siblings of
S. 799. A bill to require the Secretary of conserve and sustain the western population members of the Armed Forces who are hos-
Energy to establish programs for carbon di- of monarch butterflies, and for other pur- tile casualties or who have died from a train-
oxide capture, transport, utilization, and poses; to the Committee on Environment and ing-related injury; to the Committee on
storage, and for other purposes; to the Com- Public Works. Rules and Administration.
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. MENEN-
By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. WYDEN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. DEZ, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. KAINE, and Mr.
COLLINS): CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CASSIDY):
S. 800. A bill to amend title XVIII of the SCHUMER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. S. Res. 120. A resolution recognizing the
Social Security Act to permit nurse practi- MANCHIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. Ninth Summit of the Americas and reaffirm-
tioners and physician assistants to satisfy COONS, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. KLO- ing the commitment of the United States to
the documentation requirement under the BUCHAR, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. SMITH, and a more prosperous, secure, and democratic
Medicare program for coverage of certain Mr. BOOKER): Western Hemisphere; to the Committee on
shoes for individuals with diabetes; to the S. 810. A bill to amend title 38, United Foreign Relations.
Committee on Finance. States Code, to expand the list of diseases as- By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. HAS- sociated with exposure to certain herbicide YOUNG, Mr. BROWN, Ms. WARREN, and
SAN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. YOUNG, and Ms. agents for which there is a presumption of Mr. MARKEY):
ROSEN): service connection for veterans who served S. Res. 121. A resolution honoring the 100th
S. 801. A bill to identify and address bar- in the Republic of Vietnam to include hyper- anniversary of the birth of George Daniel
riers to coverage of remote physiologic de- tension, and for other purposes; to the Com- Crowe; considered and agreed to.
vices under State Medicaid programs to im- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs.
prove maternal and child health outcomes f
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr.
for pregnant and postpartum women; to the RUBIO, Mr. COONS, Mr. HAGERTY, and ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
Committee on Finance. Mrs. SHAHEEN):
By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Ms. CORTEZ S. 127
S. 811. A bill to establish the Taiwan Fel-
MASTO, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. lowship Program, and for other purposes; to At the request of Mr. REED, the name
HOEVEN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KENNEDY, the Committee on Foreign Relations. of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms.
and Ms. MURKOWSKI): By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and SMITH) was added as a cosponsor of S.
S. 802. A bill to modify the Federal and Mr. INHOFE): 127, a bill to support library infrastruc-
State Technology Partnership Program of S. 812. A bill to direct the Secretary of
the Small Business Administration, and for
ture.
State to develop a strategy to regain ob-
other purposes; to the Committee on Small server status for Taiwan in the World Health S. 231
Business and Entrepreneurship. Organization, and for other purposes; to the At the request of Mr. PETERS, the
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mrs. Committee on Foreign Relations. name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms.

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HYDE-SMITH, Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mrs. SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S.
HAWLEY): CAPITO, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. BRAUN): 231, a bill to direct the Administrator
S. 803. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- S. 813. A bill to promote and ensure deliv-
of the Federal Emergency Management
enue Code of 1986 to remove short-barreled ery of high-quality special education and re-
rifles from the definition of firearms for pur- lated services to students with visual disabil- Agency to develop guidance for fire-
poses of the National Firearms Act, and for ities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or fighters and other emergency response
other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- deaf-blind through instructional methodolo- personnel on best practices to protect
nance. gies meeting their unique learning needs, to them from exposure to PFAS and to

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March 17, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1615
limit and prevent the release of PFAS ship of adolescent girls around the and displaced by a campaign of geno-
into the environment, and for other world, and other purposes. cide conducted by the Burmese mili-
purposes. S. 661 tary.
S. 401 At the request of Mr. HOEVEN, the S. RES. 117
At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the name of the Senator from South Caro- At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the
name of the Senator from Missouri lina (Mr. GRAHAM) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
(Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor sponsor of S. 661, a bill to amend the BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S.
of S. 401, a bill to amend the Public Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to mod- Res. 117, a resolution expressing sup-
Health Service Act to prohibit govern- ify the qualifying advanced coal port for the full implementation of the
mental discrimination against health project credit, and for other purposes. Good Friday Agreement, or the Belfast
care providers that do not participate S. 662 Agreement, and subsequent agreements
in abortion. At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the and arrangements for implementation
S. 425 name of the Senator from Louisiana to support peace on the island of Ire-
At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a cospon- land.
name of the Senator from New York sor of S. 662, a bill to establish an f
(Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- interactive online dashboard to allow STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED
sponsor of S. 425, a bill to require the public to review information for BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
States to establish complete streets Federal grant funding related to men-
programs, and for other purposes. tal health programs. By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and
Mr. THUNE):
S. 479 S. 697
S. 797. A bill to require transparency,
At the request of Mr. WICKER, the At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the accountability, and protections for
name of the Senator from Wyoming name of the Senator from South Caro- consumers online; to the Committee on
(Ms. LUMMIS) was added as a cosponsor lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon- Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
of S. 479, a bill to amend the Internal sor of S. 697, a bill to require the Sec- tation.
Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate ad- retary of the Treasury to mint com- Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, social
vance refunding bonds. memorative coins in recognition of the media platforms have become a pretty
S. 488 Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman’s significant part of Americans’ lives. We
At the request of Mr. HAGERTY, the birth. use them to stay up to date on news
name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 723 from friends and family—something
SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the that has become especially essential
488, a bill to provide for congressional names of the Senator from Vermont during the pandemic—to communicate
review of actions to terminate or waive (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator from Or- with relatives and friends, for enter-
sanctions imposed with respect to Iran. egon (Mr. WYDEN) were added as co- tainment, and as a shopping resource.
S. 545 sponsors of S. 723, a bill to amend the Social media sites provide ways to net-
At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Small Business Act and the CARES work, to connect with like-minded in-
name of the Senator from Connecticut Act to extend the covered period for dividuals from fellow theater lovers to
(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co- the paycheck protection program, and fellow basketball fans, to advocate for
sponsor of S. 545, a bill to permanently for other purposes. causes that we believe in, to conduct
exempt payments made from the Rail- S. 730 business, even to date, and more and
road Unemployment Insurance Ac- At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the more we rely on social media sites as a
count from sequestration under the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. primary source of news and informa-
Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- MARSHALL), the Senator from West tion, from Presidential election news
icit Control Act of 1985. Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) and the Senator to updates on COVID vaccinations.
S. 596 from Utah (Mr. LEE) were added as co- Social media offers a lot of benefits
At the request of Mr. CARPER, the sponsors of S. 730, a bill to amend title and opportunities, but the increasing
name of the Senator from North Da- VI of the Social Security Act to re- dominance of social media, particu-
kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- move the prohibition on States and larly in the news and information
sponsor of S. 596, a bill to amend title territories against lowering their space, has also raised concerns. Con-
XVIII of the Social Security Act to taxes. sumers have become increasingly trou-
provide for the coordination of pro- S. 748
bled about the way their information is
grams to prevent and treat obesity, used by social media platforms and
At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the
and for other purposes. how these sites decide what news and
names of the Senator from West Vir-
information we see. And there are in-
S. 611 ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) and the Senator
creasing numbers of anecdotes to sug-
At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the from West Virginia (Mr. MANCHIN) were
gest that some social media platforms
names of the Senator from Massachu- added as cosponsors of S. 748, a bill to
are moderating content in a biased or
setts (Mr. MARKEY), the Senator from provide for an extension of the tem-
political way.
Missouri (Mr. BLUNT), the Senator from porary suspension of Medicare seques-
Currently, content moderation on so-
Maryland (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the tration during the COVID–19 public
cial media platforms is governed by
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. health emergency.
section 230 of the Communications De-
SCOTT) were added as cosponsors of S. S. 758
cency Act, which was enacted into law
611, a bill to deposit certain funds into At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the 25 years ago. Section 230 provides inter-
the Crime Victims Fund, to waive name of the Senator from North Da- net sites that host user-generated con-
matching requirements, and for other kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co- tent—sites like YouTube or Twitter or
purposes. sponsor of S. 758, a bill to support fi- Facebook—with immunity for the con-
S. 628 nancing of affordable and reliable en- tent that users post on their sites. So,
At the request of Mr. JOHNSON, the ergy projects by international financial for example, if somebody posts a video
name of the Senator from South Caro- institutions, and for other purposes. on YouTube that contains illegal con-
lina (Mr. GRAHAM) was added as a co- S. RES. 105 tent, YouTube isn’t held legally re-
sponsor of S. 628, a bill to increase ac- At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the sponsible for that content.

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cess to agency guidance documents. name of the Senator from Pennsyl- Section 230 has been critical to the
S. 634 vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- development of the internet as we
At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the sponsor of S. Res. 105, a resolution con- know it today. Without section 230 pro-
name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. demning the coup in Burma and calling tections, many of the sites we rely on
SULLIVAN) was added as a cosponsor of for measures to ensure the safety of for social connection or news or enter-
S. 634, a bill to support and expand the Burmese people, including tainment would never have come into
civic engagement and political leader- Rohingya, who have been threatened being.

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