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Introduced Bills and House Messages — Congressional Record, Senate, March 18, 2021

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Page S1643 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for March 18, 2021, listing measures referred and bills and joint resolutions introduced. House bills referred include H.R. 485 to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and H.R. 1085 to award congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Senate bills include S. 817 from Mr. Schatz and others on a tax on certain trading transactions, S. 827 from Ms. Ernst and others on a public website tracking state spending of COVID-19 education relief funds, and S. 875 from Mr. Kennedy. Cosponsor additions include S. 295 on Hong Kong refugees.

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                                             March 18, 2021                                    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                    S1643
                                              MEASURES REFERRED ON MARCH                                INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                           services, while allowing Medicare bene-
                                                             17, 2021                                        JOINT RESOLUTIONS                              ficiaries to use their Medicare benefits; to
                                                                                                                                                            the Committee on Finance.
                                               The following bills were read the first                 The following bills and joint resolu-                      By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. GRASS-
                                             and the second times by unanimous                       tions were introduced, read the first                          LEY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr.
                                             consent, and referred as indicated:                     and second times by unanimous con-                             TILLIS, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. RUBIO, Mr.
                                               H.R. 485. An act to reauthorize the Child             sent, and referred as indicated:                               CRAMER,      Mrs.   BLACKBURN,    Mr.
                                             Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and                       By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. VAN                      BRAUN, Mr. LEE, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms.
                                             for other purposes; to the Committee on                         HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. GILLI-                        LUMMIS, and Mr. SASSE):
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                         BRAND, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. WHITE-               S. 827. A bill to authorize the Secretary of
                                               H.R. 1085. An act to award three congres-                     HOUSE):                                        Education to establish and maintain a public
                                             sional gold medals to the United States Cap-              S. 817. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-            website tracking the expenditures by States
                                             itol Police and those who protected the U.S.            enue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain           of COVID–19 education relief funds; to the
                                             Capitol on January 6, 2021; to the Committee            trading transactions; to the Committee on              Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
                                             on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.                 Finance.                                               Pensions.
                                                                                                           By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms.                      By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and
                                                              f                                                                                                     Ms. STABENOW):
                                                                                                             KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. DURBIN,
                                             MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME                                    Mr. LEAHY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr.               S. 828. A bill to amend title XVIII of the
                                                                                                             MARKEY):                                       Social Security Act to provide for the cov-
                                                       ON MARCH 17, 2021
                                                                                                       S. 818. A bill to provide for media coverage         erage of marriage and family therapist serv-
                                               The following bill was read the first                 of Federal court proceedings; to the Com-              ices and mental health counselor services
                                             time:                                                   mittee on the Judiciary.                               under part B of the Medicare program, and
                                               H.R. 1799. An act to amend the Small Busi-                  By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr.                for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-
                                             ness Act and the CARES Act to extend the                        BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mrs. CAPITO,               nance.
                                             covered period for the paycheck protection                      Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr.                          By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms.
                                             program, and for other purposes.                                CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr.                      WARREN):
                                                                                                             HAGERTY, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. HOEVEN,                 S. 829. A bill to amend title 10, United
                                                              f                                                                                             States Code, to improve the TRICARE pro-
                                                                                                             Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. SCOTT
                                                                                                             of Florida, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr.              gram for certain members of the Retired Re-
                                                 MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
                                                                                                             TILLIS):                                       serve of the reserve components; to the Com-
                                               At 10:42 a.m., a message from the                       S. 819. A bill to enhance the security of the        mittee on Armed Services.
                                             House of Representatives, delivered by                  United States and its allies, and for other                  By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and
                                             Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an-               purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Rela-                    Mrs. CAPITO):
                                             nounced that the House has passed the                   tions.                                                   S. 830. A bill to amend title 40, United
                                                                                                           By Mrs. BLACKBURN:                               States Code, to require the Administrator of
                                             following bills and joint resolution, in
                                                                                                       S. 820. A bill to provide an exemption from          General Services to enter into a cooperative
                                             which it requests the concurrence of                                                                           agreement with the National Children’s Mu-
                                                                                                     certain requirements for federally funded
                                             the Senate:                                             projects and activities in areas not in metro-         seum to provide the National Children’s Mu-
                                               H.R. 1651. An act to amend the CARES Act              politan statistical areas, and for other pur-          seum rental space without charge in the
                                             to extend the sunset for the definition of a            poses; to the Committee on Environment and             Ronald Reagan Building and International
                                             small business debtor, and for other pur-               Public Works.                                          Trade Center, and for other purposes; to the
                                             poses.                                                        By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr.                 Committee on Environment and Public
                                               H.R. 1652. An act to deposit certain funds                    KING):                                         Works.
                                             into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive                     S. 821. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-                    By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and
                                             matching requirements, and for other pur-               cation Act of 1965 to establish a simplified                   Mr. LEAHY):
                                             poses.                                                  income-driven repayment plan, and for other              S. 831. A bill to reauthorize the EB–5 Re-
                                               H.J. Res. 17. Joint resolution removing the           purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu-             gional Center Program in order to prevent
                                             deadline for the ratification of the equal              cation, Labor, and Pensions.                           fraud and to promote and reform foreign cap-
                                             rights amendment.                                             By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr.              ital investment and job creation in Amer-
                                               At 2:05 p.m., a message from the House of                     CRUZ, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. TUBERVILLE,              ican communities; to the Committee on the
                                             Representatives, delivered by Mrs. Cole, one                    Mr. BRAUN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. SCOTT               Judiciary.
                                             of its reading clerks, announced that the                       of Florida, and Mr. TILLIS):                         By Mr. CARDIN:
                                             House has passed the following bill, in which             S. 822. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-                S. 832. A bill to amend the Energy Inde-
                                             it requests the concurrence of the Senate:              cation Act of 1965 to require program partici-         pendence and Security Act of 2007 to fund
                                               H.R. 1620. An act to reauthorize the Vio-             pation agreements between institutions of              job-creating improvements in energy and re-
                                             lence Against Women Act of 1994, and for                higher education and Hanban if a Confucius             siliency for Federal buildings managed by
                                             other purposes.                                         Institute operates on the campus of the in-            the General Services Administration, to en-
                                                                                                     stitution; to the Committee on Health, Edu-            able a portfolio of clean buildings by 2030,
                                                              f                                      cation, Labor, and Pensions.                           and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                                                                                           By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr.                   Environment and Public Works.
                                                 MEASURES PLACED ON THE                                      WYDEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. VAN                     By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms.
                                                          CALENDAR                                           HOLLEN):                                               BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.
                                               The following bill was read the sec-                    S. 823. A bill to amend the American Res-                    BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL,
                                             ond time, and placed on the calendar:                   cue Plan Act of 2021 to provide for protection                 Mr. CARDIN, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ
                                                                                                     of recovery rebates; to the Committee on Fi-                   MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN,
                                               H.R. 1799. An act to amend the Small Busi-                                                                           Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HASSAN, Mr.
                                                                                                     nance.
                                             ness Act and the CARES Act to extend the                                                                               HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr.
                                                                                                           By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr.
                                             covered period for the paycheck protection                                                                             KELLY, Mr. KING, Mr. LEAHY, Mr.
                                                                                                             MARSHALL):
                                             program, and for other purposes.                                                                                       MANCHIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY,
                                                                                                       S. 824. A bill to designate the facility of
                                                              f                                      the United States Postal Service located at                    Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED,
                                                                                                     17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as                   Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABE-
                                                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER                               the ‘‘Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office                       NOW, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER,
                                                       COMMUNICATIONS                                Building’’; to the Committee on Homeland                       Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and
                                               The following communication was                       Security and Governmental Affairs.                             Mr. WYDEN):
                                                                                                           By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr.                 S. 833. A bill to amend XVIII of the Social
                                             laid before the Senate, together with                                                                          Security Act to allow the Secretary of
                                                                                                             VAN HOLLEN):
                                             accompanying papers, reports, and doc-                    S. 825. A bill to establish the Southern             Health and Human Services to negotiate fair
                                             uments, and was referred as indicated:                  Maryland National Heritage Area, and for               prescription drug prices under part D of the
                                               EC–643. A communication from the Regula-              other purposes; to the Committee on Energy             Medicare program; to the Committee on Fi-
                                             tions Coordinator, Office of the Secretary,             and Natural Resources.                                 nance.




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                                             Department of Health and Human Services,                      By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Ms.                       By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.
                                             transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of                    MURKOWSKI):                                            BOOZMAN, and Mr. SCHUMER):
                                             a rule entitled ‘‘Health and Human Services               S. 826. A bill to amend title XVIII of the             S. 834. A bill to amend title XVIII of the
                                             Grants Regulation’’ (RIN0991–AC16) received             Social Security Act to establish a Medicare            Social Security Act to provide for the dis-
                                             in the Office of the President of the Senate            payment option for patients and eligible pro-          tribution of additional residency positions,
                                             on March 11, 2021; to the Committee on                  fessionals to freely contract, without pen-            and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                 alty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and           Finance.




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                                                    By Mrs. BLACKBURN:                               from retaliation for the lawful use of Federal               By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms.
                                               S. 835. A bill to provide that the Federal            records, and for other purposes; to the Com-                    COLLINS):
                                             Communications Commission and commu-                    mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-                  S. 856. A bill to amend the Securities Ex-
                                             nications service providers regulated by the            mental Affairs.                                        change Act of 1934 to create an interdivi-
                                             Commission under the Communications Act                       By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr.                sional taskforce at the Securities and Ex-
                                             of 1934 shall not be subject to certain provi-                  BLUMENTHAL, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms.                change Commission for senior investors, and
                                             sions of the National Environmental Policy                      CORTEZ MASTO, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.              for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preser-                   MARKEY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS,               Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
                                             vation Act with respect to the construction,                    Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. REED,                    By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr.
                                             rebuilding, or hardening of communications                      Mr. WYDEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms.                          MERKLEY):
                                             facilities following a major disaster or an                     KLOBUCHAR, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SCHATZ,               S. 857. A bill to amend title 5, United
                                             emergency declared by the President, and for                    Mr. CARDIN, Mr. LUJAN, and Mr.                 States Code, to require the Director of the
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Envi-                       LEAHY):                                        Office of Personnel Management to establish
                                             ronment and Public Works.                                 S. 846. A bill to provide for the confiden-          and maintain a public directory of the indi-
                                                    By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. STABE-            tiality of information submitted in requests           viduals occupying Government policy and
                                                      NOW, Mr. BOOZMAN, and Mr. CASEY):              for deferred action under the deferred action          supporting positions, and for other purposes;
                                               S. 836. A bill to amend subpart 1 of part B           for childhood arrivals program, and for other          to the Committee on Homeland Security and
                                             of title IV of the Social Security Act to en-           purposes; to the Committee on the Judici-              Governmental Affairs.
                                             sure that mental health screenings and as-              ary.                                                         By Mr. KENNEDY:
                                             sessments are provided to children and youth                  By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms.                     S. 858. A bill to establish criminal pen-
                                             upon entry into foster care; to the Com-                        SINEMA, Mr. COONS, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr.             alties for aliens who fail to depart before the
                                             mittee on Finance.                                              WARNOCK, and Ms. WARREN):                      expiration of their visas; to the Committee
                                                    By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms.                   S. 847. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-              on the Judiciary.
                                                      CANTWELL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr.                  cation Act of 1965 to eliminate origination                  By Mr. KENNEDY:
                                                      PADILLA, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. SMITH,             fees on Federal Direct loans; to the Com-                S. 859. A bill to terminate the Diversity
                                                      and Mr. DURBIN):                               mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and                Immigrant Visa Program; to the Committee
                                               S. 837. A bill to provide relief to public            Pensions.                                              on the Judiciary.
                                             transportation agencies with projects in the                  By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms.                      By Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and
                                             Full Funding Grant Agreement stage of the                       SINEMA):                                                Mr. KAINE):
                                             Capital Investment Grants Program; to the                 S. 848. A bill to amend the Higher Edu-                S. 860. A bill to develop and deploy firewall
                                             Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban                cation Act of 1965 in order to improve the             circumvention tools for the people of Hong
                                             Affairs.                                                service obligation verification process for            Kong after the People’s Republic of China
                                                    By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr.              TEACH Grant recipients, and for other pur-             violated its agreement under the Joint Dec-
                                                      TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. CAR-              poses; to the Committee on Health, Edu-                laration, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                                      PER):
                                                                                                     cation, Labor, and Pensions.                           mittee on Foreign Relations.
                                               S. 838. A bill to amend section 5542 of title               By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr.                     By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. YOUNG,
                                             5, United States Code, to provide that any                      KING):                                                  Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN):
                                             hours worked by Federal firefighters under a              S. 849. A bill to require the Director of Na-          S. 861. A bill to establish an interagency
                                             qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be            tional Intelligence and the Director of the            One Health Program, and for other purposes;
                                                                                                     Central Intelligence Agency to conduct a               to the Committee on Health, Education,
                                             excluded for purposes of determinations re-
                                                                                                     study to identify supply chains critical to            Labor, and Pensions.
                                             lating to overtime pay; to the Committee on
                                                                                                     national security, and for other purposes; to                By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.
                                             Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
                                                                                                     the Select Committee on Intelligence.                           PAUL, and Mr. MERKLEY):
                                             fairs.
                                                                                                           By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. WAR-              S. 862. A bill to create a safe harbor for in-
                                                    By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms.
                                                                                                             REN):                                          surers engaging in the business of insurance
                                                      WARREN, Mr. SCOTT of South Caro-                 S. 850. A bill to amend the Federal Election
                                                      lina, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE):                                                                            in connection with a cannabis-related legiti-
                                                                                                     Campaign Act of 1971 to require all political          mate business, and for other purposes; to the
                                               S. 839. A bill to establish a postsecondary
                                                                                                     committees to notify the Federal Election              Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
                                             student data system; to the Committee on
                                                                                                     Commission within 48 hours of receiving cu-            Affairs.
                                             Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
                                                                                                     mulative contributions of $1,000 or more                     By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr.
                                                    By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                     from any contributor during a calendar year,                    ROUNDS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. THUNE,
                                                      CORNYN, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr. SASSE):            and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                               S. 840. A bill to amend title 28, United                                                                              and Mr. TILLIS):
                                                                                                     Rules and Administration.                                S. 863. A bill to require asylum officers at
                                             States Code, to increase transparency and
                                                                                                           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:                               United States embassies and consulates to
                                             oversight of third-party litigation funding in            S. 851. A bill to address social deter-
                                             certain actions, and for other purposes; to                                                                    conduct credible fear screenings before
                                                                                                     minants of maternal health; to the Com-
                                             the Committee on the Judiciary.                                                                                aliens seeking asylum may be permitted to
                                                                                                     mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and
                                                    By Mr. RUBIO:                                                                                           enter the United States to apply for asylum,
                                                                                                     Pensions.
                                               S. 841. A bill to decrease the cost of hiring,                                                               and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                                                                                           By Mr. BLUMENTHAL:
                                             and increase the take-home pay of, Puerto                 S. 852. A bill to provide for further com-           the Judiciary.
                                             Rican workers; to the Committee on Fi-                  prehensive research at the National Institute                By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr.
                                             nance.                                                  of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on                         PORTMAN,      Ms.     BALDWIN,     Mr.
                                                    By Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr.                 unruptured intracranial aneurysms; to the                       BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BRAUN,
                                                      HAGERTY):                                      Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and                      Mr. BROWN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN,
                                               S. 842. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-             Pensions.                                                       Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CRAMER,
                                             enue Code of 1986 to ensure that the 2021 Re-                 By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Ms.                         Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. ERNST, Mrs.
                                             covery Rebates are not provided to illegal                      COLLINS):                                               FEINSTEIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms.
                                             immigrants; to the Committee on Finance.                  S. 853. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition                   HASSAN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. KELLY, Mr.
                                                    By Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Ms. MUR-             Act of 1966 to increase the age of eligibility                  KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARSHALL,
                                                      KOWSKI, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mrs.               for children to receive benefits under the                      Mr. MORAN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms.
                                                      CAPITO):                                       special supplemental nutrition program for                      SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW,
                                               S. 843. A bill to establish the Committee on          women, infants, and children, and for other                     Mr. WICKER, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr.
                                             Large-Scale Carbon Management in the Na-                purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture,                      INHOFE):
                                             tional Science and Technology Council and a             Nutrition, and Forestry.                                 S. 864. A bill to extend Federal Pell Grant
                                             Federal Carbon Removal Initiative, and for                    By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and               eligibility of certain short-term programs; to
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Com-                        Mr. GRASSLEY):                                 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
                                             merce, Science, and Transportation.                       S. 854. A bill to designate methamphet-              and Pensions.
                                                    By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. MUR-              amine as an emerging threat, and for other                   By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.
                                                      PHY, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr.            purposes; to the Committee on the Judici-                       SANDERS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOKER,
                                                      CRAMER, Mr. KING, Ms. MURKOWSKI,               ary.                                                            Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. WARREN, Mr.
                                                      Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. WICKER):                         By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr.                         MARKEY, and Mr. WICKER):
                                               S. 844. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-                     RISCH, and Mr. CRAPO):                           S. 865. A bill to recognize the right of the




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                                             enue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts                S. 855. A bill to prohibit the conditioning          People of Puerto Rico to call a status con-
                                             paid for physical activity, fitness, and exer-          of any permit, lease, or other use agreement           vention through which the people would ex-
                                             cise as amounts paid for medical care; to the           on the transfer of any water right to the              ercise their natural right to self-determina-
                                             Committee on Finance.                                   United States by the Secretary of the Inte-            tion, and to establish a mechanism for con-
                                                    By Mr. LEAHY:                                    rior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and             gressional consideration of such decision,
                                               S. 845. A bill to amend title 5, United               for other purposes; to the Committee on En-            and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             States Code, to protect Federal employees               ergy and Natural Resources.                            Energy and Natural Resources.




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                                                   By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr.                       By Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms.                      SMITH, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.
                                                     PORTMAN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. CAP-                        SMITH):                                                RISCH, and Mr. TILLIS):
                                                     ITO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. MARSHALL, and                S. 876. A bill to amend the Richard B. Rus-            S. Res. 126. A resolution condemning the
                                                     Mr. HEINRICH):                                  sell National School Lunch Act to require              crackdown by the Government of the Peo-
                                               S. 866. A bill to amend the Forest and                the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan              ple’s Republic of China and the Chinese Com-
                                             Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning                  guarantees and grants to finance certain im-           munist Party in Hong Kong, including the
                                             Act of 1974 to promote reforestation fol-               provements to school lunch facilities, to              arrests of pro-democracy activists and re-
                                             lowing unplanned events on Federal land,                train school food service personnel, and for           peated violations of the obligations of that
                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on             other purposes; to the Committee on Agri-              Government undertaken in the Sino-British
                                             Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.                   culture, Nutrition, and Forestry.                      Joint Declaration of 1984 and the Hong Kong
                                                   By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:                                     By Mr. SHELBY:                                   Basic Law; to the Committee on the Judici-
                                               S. 867. A bill to require the Secretary of              S.J. Res. 12. A joint resolution proposing           ary.
                                             the Treasury to mint coins in recognition               an amendment to the Constitution of the                                f
                                             and celebration of the National Women’s                 United States which requires (except during
                                             Hall of Fame; to the Committee on Banking,              time of war and subject to suspension by                      ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                             Housing, and Urban Affairs.                             Congress) that the total amount of money                                   S. 40
                                                   By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr.              expended by the United States during any
                                                     CASSIDY, and Mr. KING):                         fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain
                                                                                                                                                              At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the
                                               S. 868. A bill to amend title II of the Social        revenue received by the United States during           name of the Senator from Maryland
                                             Security Act to eliminate the five-month                such fiscal year and not exceed 20 percent of          (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor
                                             waiting period for disability insurance bene-           the gross domestic product of the United               of S. 40, a bill to address the funda-
                                             fits under such title and waive the 24-month            States during the previous calendar year; to           mental injustice, cruelty, brutality,
                                             waiting period for Medicare eligibility for in-         the Committee on the Judiciary.                        and inhumanity of slavery in the
                                             dividuals with Huntington’s disease; to the
                                                                                                                       f                                    United States and the 13 American
                                             Committee on Finance.
                                                   By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. RUBIO,                                                                    colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to
                                                                                                     SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND                           establish a commission to study and
                                                     Ms. HASSAN, and Mr. CORNYN):
                                               S. 869. A bill to establish the Office of Sup-
                                                                                                            SENATE RESOLUTIONS                              consider a national apology and pro-
                                             ply Chain Preparedness within the Depart-                 The following concurrent resolutions                 posal for reparations for the institu-
                                             ment of Commerce to manage the partner-                 and Senate resolutions were read, and                  tion of slavery, its subsequent de jure
                                             ship of the United States with private indus-           referred (or acted upon), as indicated:                and de facto racial and economic dis-
                                             try and State and local governments with re-
                                                                                                           By Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr.                crimination against African Ameri-
                                             spect to the manufacturing of critical re-
                                             sources, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                                                                                             MENENDEZ):                                     cans, and the impact of these forces on
                                                                                                       S. Res. 122. A resolution reaffirming the            living African Americans, to make rec-
                                             mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
                                                                                                     importance of United States alliances and              ommendations to the Congress on ap-
                                             tation.
                                                                                                     partnerships; to the Committee on Foreign              propriate remedies, and for other pur-
                                                   By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr.
                                                                                                     Relations.
                                                     BARRASSO, and Ms. SINEMA):
                                                                                                           By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms.
                                                                                                                                                            poses.
                                               S. 870. A bill to amend title XVIII of the                                                                                       S. 51
                                             Social Security Act to improve access to                        COLLINS,     Ms.    MURKOWSKI,    Mr.
                                             mental health services under the Medicare                       MERKLEY, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. CORTEZ                  At the request of Mr. CARPER, the
                                             program; to the Committee on Finance.                           MASTO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. KAINE, Ms.              name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
                                                   By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr.                         WARREN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. HAS-                WARNOCK) was added as a cosponsor of
                                                                                                             SAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. DUCKWORTH,              S. 51, a bill to provide for the admis-
                                                     DURBIN):
                                               S. 871. A bill to strengthen American eco-                    Mr. CASEY, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CANT-
                                                                                                                                                            sion of the State of Washington, D.C.
                                             nomic resiliency and equitably expand eco-                      WELL,     Mr.    VAN    HOLLEN,   Mr.
                                                                                                             BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WAR-              into the Union.
                                             nomic opportunity by launching a national
                                                                                                             NER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WYDEN, Ms.                                   S. 70
                                             competition, promoting State and local stra-
                                             tegic planning, encouraging innovation by                       ERNST, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. SHAHEEN,                At the request of Ms. HASSAN, the
                                             the public and private sectors, and by sub-                     Ms. ROSEN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. STABE-              names of the Senator from North Da-
                                             stantially investing Federal resources in re-                   NOW, Mr. KING, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HEIN-           kota (Mr. CRAMER) and the Senator
                                             search and development; to the Committee                        RICH, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. GILLIBRAND,
                                                                                                                                                            from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were
                                             on Finance.                                                     Ms. SMITH, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mrs.
                                                                                                             FISCHER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. PADILLA,              added as cosponsors of S. 70, a bill to
                                                   By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Ms.                                                                       amend title 32, United States Code, to
                                                     WARREN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MERKLEY,                         Mr. CARPER, and Mrs. BLACKBURN):
                                                     Mr. DURBIN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHATZ,                S. Res. 123. A resolution designating March          authorize cybersecurity operations and
                                                     Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr.                     2021 as ‘‘National Women’s History Month’’;            missions to protect critical infrastruc-
                                                     BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. VAN                to the Committee on the Judiciary.                     ture by members of the National Guard
                                                     HOLLEN, and Mr. PADILLA):                             By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr.               in connection with training or other
                                               S. 872. A bill to restore, reaffirm, and rec-                 WICKER):                                       duty.
                                             oncile environmental justice and civil rights,            S. Res. 124. A resolution celebrating the
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 127
                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on             heritage of Romani Americans; to the Com-
                                             Environment and Public Works.                           mittee on Foreign Relations.                             At the request of Mr. REED, the name
                                                   By Mr. DURBIN:                                          By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr.               of the Senator from Vermont (Mr.
                                               S. 873. A bill to establish the Climate                       SCHATZ, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET,               LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Change Advisory Commission to develop rec-                      Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Ms.                127, a bill to support library infrastruc-
                                             ommendations, frameworks, and guidelines                        CANTWELL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr.                ture.
                                             for projects to respond to the impacts of cli-                  DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. HEIN-
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 194
                                             mate change, to issue Federal obligations,                      RICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr.
                                             the proceeds of which shall be used to fund                     KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KING, Ms.                  At the request of Mrs. SHAHEEN, the
                                             projects that aid in adaptation to climate                      KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LUJÁN, Mr. MORAN,              name of the Senator from Connecticut
                                             change, and for other purposes; to the Com-                     Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr.                 (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor
                                             mittee on Finance.                                              PADILLA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.            of S. 194, a bill to amend title 10,
                                                   By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. MAR-                      SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHA-                United States Code, to provide treat-
                                                     KEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.                      HEEN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms.
                                                                                                                                                            ment for eating disorders for depend-
                                                     PADILLA, Mr. BOOKER, and Mr.                            STABENOW,      Mr.    SULLIVAN,   Mr.
                                                                                                             TESTER, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN,
                                                                                                                                                            ents of members of the uniformed serv-
                                                     BLUMENTHAL):
                                               S. 874. A bill to establish a green transpor-                 and Mr. WYDEN):                                ices.
                                             tation infrastructure grant program, and for              S. Res. 125. A resolution recognizing the                               S. 295
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Com-                heritage, culture, and contributions of Amer-            At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the
                                             merce, Science, and Transportation.                     ican Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Ha-             name of the Senator from Massachu-




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                                                   By Mr. KENNEDY:                                   waiian women in the United States; to the              setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co-
                                               S. 875. A bill to make any city or county             Committee on Indian Affairs.
                                                                                                                                                            sponsor of S. 295, a bill to designate
                                             that has in effect any law or ordinance that                  By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr.
                                             is in violation of Federal immigration law                      CARDIN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BOOZMAN,                residents of the Hong Kong Special Ad-
                                             ineligible for any Federal grant, and for                       Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. COONS,              ministrative Region as Priority 2 refu-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju-                     Mr.    COTTON,    Mr.   DURBIN,   Mr.          gees of special humanitarian concern,
                                             diciary.                                                        HAWLEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. HYDE-               and for other purposes.



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