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Congressional Record, Senate Page S1980 — April 15, 2021

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Page S1980 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for April 15, 2021, listing bills and resolutions introduced. S. 1140, from Mr. King and Ms. Collins, would alter the maximum amount of a second draw loan under the Paycheck Protection Program, S. 1141, a bill, would allow twelve associate justices of the Supreme Court, and S. 1131 would regulate firearm silencers. S. 1149 from Mr. Inhofe and others would permanently extend depreciation rules for property on an Indian reservation, and S. 1199 from Mr. Hagerty and Mrs. Blackburn would release a reversionary interest in Chester County. S. Res. 162 on National Assistive Technology Awareness Day is agreed to.

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                                             S1980                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                         April 15, 2021
                                               (Nominations without an asterisk                             By Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. COL-                   SMITH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr.
                                             were reported with the recommenda-                              LINS):                                                 LEAHY):
                                                                                                       S. 1140. A bill to amend the Small Business            S. 1148. A bill to restrict the first-use
                                             tion that they be confirmed.)
                                                                                                     Act to alter the maximum amount of a sec-              strike of nuclear weapons; to the Committee
                                                              f                                      ond draw loan under Paycheck Protection                on Foreign Relations.
                                                INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND                            Program, and for other purposes; to the                      By Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                     Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-                      ROUNDS, Mr. BLUNT, and Ms. LUM-
                                                     JOINT RESOLUTIONS
                                                                                                     neurship.                                                      MIS):
                                               The following bills and joint resolu-                        By Mr. MARKEY:                                    S. 1149. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                             tions were introduced, read the first                     S. 1141. A bill to amend title 28, United            enue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the
                                             and second times by unanimous con-                      States Code, to allow for twelve associate             depreciation rules for property used pre-
                                             sent, and referred as indicated:                        justices of the Supreme Court of the United            dominantly within an Indian reservation; to
                                                                                                     States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.             the Committee on Finance.
                                                   By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs.                       By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr.                       By Mr. MARKEY:
                                                      FEINSTEIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.                         MERKLEY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. DURBIN,                 S. 1150. A bill to authorize appropriations
                                                      BOOKER, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr.                            Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. REED,              for the maritime environmental and tech-
                                                      PADILLA):                                              Mr. BOOKER, Mr. COONS, and Mr.                 nical assistance program, and for other pur-
                                               S. 1131. A bill to regulate firearm silencers                 CASEY):                                        poses; to the Committee on Commerce,
                                             and firearm mufflers; to the Committee on                 S. 1142. A bill to require a determination as        Science, and Transportation.
                                             the Judiciary.                                          to whether crimes committed against the                      By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself,
                                                   By Mr. KENNEDY:                                   Rohingya in Burma amount to genocide; to                       Ms. WARREN, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN):
                                               S. 1132. A bill to establish a cap on out-of-         the Committee on Foreign Relations.                      S. 1151. A bill to amend title 38, United
                                             pocket costs for insulin; to the Committee                     By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. COT-            States Code, to provide for a presumption of
                                             on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.                      TON, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, and Mr.             service connected disability for certain vet-
                                                   By Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself and                         RUBIO):                                        erans who served in Palomares, Spain, and
                                                      Ms. SINEMA):                                     S. 1143. A bill to prohibit certain individ-         for other purposes; to the Committee on Vet-
                                               S. 1133. A bill to direct the Director of the         uals from downloading or using TikTok on               erans’ Affairs.
                                             National Institutes of Health, in consulta-             any device issued by the United States or a                  By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. MUR-
                                             tion with the Director of the National Heart,           government corporation; to the Committee                       PHY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, and Mr.
                                             Lung, and Blood Institute, to establish a pro-          on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-                      BLUMENTHAL):
                                             gram to support or conduct research on val-             fairs.                                                   S. 1152. A bill to amend the Elementary
                                             vular heart disease, and for other purposes;                   By Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. SASSE,           and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to pro-
                                             to the Committee on Health, Education,                          Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CRAMER,              vide that children who have relocated from
                                             Labor, and Pensions.                                            Mr. CRUZ, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. SCOTT              Puerto Rico to the States are fully consid-
                                                   By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr.                       of South Carolina, Mr. SCOTT of Flor-          ered for purposes of State allotments under
                                                      HAGERTY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CRAMER,                        ida, Mr. THUNE, Mr. DAINES, Mr. ROM-           the English Language Acquisition grants; to
                                                      Mr. COTTON, Ms. WARREN, and Mr.                        NEY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROUNDS, Mrs.               the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
                                                      ROUNDS):                                               BLACKBURN, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. CAS-               and Pensions.
                                               S. 1134. A bill to award a Congressional                      SIDY, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr.                  By Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of
                                             Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick                           CRAPO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. KENNEDY,                        Florida,     Mrs.   BLACKBURN,    Mr.
                                             ‘‘Roddie’’ Edmonds in recognition of his he-                    Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. PAUL,                       INHOFE, and Mr. TUBERVILLE):
                                             roic actions during World War II; to the                        Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BAR-                  S. 1153. A bill to amend the Head Start Act
                                             Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban                        RASSO, Mr. HAWLEY, Mrs. HYDE-                  to authorize block grants to States for pre-
                                             Affairs.                                                        SMITH, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. BOOZMAN,                kindergarten education, and for other pur-
                                                   By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr.                           Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. LEE, Mr. GRASSLEY,             poses; to the Committee on Health, Edu-
                                                      BLUMENTHAL, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. WAR-                        Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. WICKER):                   cation, Labor, and Pensions.
                                                      REN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. SMITH, Ms.              S. 1144. A bill to prohibit Federal funding                By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr.
                                                      KLOBUCHAR, Mr. REED, Mr. WYDEN,                of Planned Parenthood Federation of Amer-                      SCOTT of Florida):
                                                      Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. BOOK-             ica; to the Committee on Health, Education,              S. 1154. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                                      ER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BROWN, Mrs.               Labor, and Pensions.                                   enue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced excise
                                                      MURRAY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WARNER,                       By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms.              tax rate for portable, electronically-aerated
                                                      Mr. KAINE, Mr. COONS, Mrs. FEIN-                       WARREN):                                       bait containers; to the Committee on Fi-
                                                      STEIN, and Mr. MERKLEY):                         S. 1145. A bill to prohibit the placement in         nance.
                                               S. 1135. A bill to amend the Immigration              service or continued operation of certain                    By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr.
                                             and Nationality Act to require the President            natural gas compressor stations as part of a                   WARNER):
                                             to set a minimum annual goal for the num-               project that would lead to or facilitate nat-            S. 1155. A bill to reform Federal firearms
                                             ber of refugees to be admitted, and for other           ural gas exports; to the Committee on En-              laws, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                             purposes; to the Committee on the Judici-               ergy and Natural Resources.                            mittee on the Judiciary.
                                             ary.                                                           By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr.                    By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. BLUNT,
                                                   By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr.                         MERKLEY):                                              Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WICKER, Mrs.
                                                      YOUNG,     Mr.   WYDEN,     and    Mr.           S. 1146. A bill to counter Saudi Arabia’s                    GILLIBRAND, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. KLO-
                                                      PORTMAN):                                      possible pursuit of weapons of mass destruc-                   BUCHAR,       Mr.    HAWLEY,      Ms.
                                               S. 1136. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-            tion, and for other purposes; to the Com-                      DUCKWORTH, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. ROSEN,
                                             enue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income              mittee on Foreign Relations.                                   Mr. RISCH, Ms. WARREN, Mr. ROUNDS,
                                             housing credit, and for other purposes; to the                 By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. MUR-                    Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. LANKFORD):
                                             Committee on Finance.                                           KOWSKI, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BROWN,               S. 1156. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                                   By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms.                           Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SAND-             enue Code of 1986 to provide for a refundable
                                                      SMITH, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. KLO-                        ERS, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr.              adoption tax credit; to the Committee on Fi-
                                                      BUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. BALDWIN,                      CRAMER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CASEY, Mr.              nance.
                                                      Mr. SANDERS, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KAINE,                     COONS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. KLO-                    By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. SCHU-
                                                      Mr. BOOKER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.                          BUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.                     MER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, Mr.
                                                      KING, Ms. HIRONO, and Mr. PADILLA):                    MENENDEZ, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN,                     MENENDEZ, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BEN-
                                               S. 1137. A bill to amend title 18, United                     Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. VAN                       NET, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. WHITE-
                                             States Code, to prohibit gay and trans panic                    HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITE-                         HOUSE, Ms. WARREN, Ms. SMITH, Ms.
                                             defenses; to the Committee on the Judiciary.                    HOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN):                                 BALDWIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr.
                                                   By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms.                     S. 1147. A bill to amend title 10, United                    MERKLEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Ms.
                                                      WARREN, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. VAN                 States Code, to permit certain retired mem-                    KLOBUCHAR):
                                                      HOLLEN):                                       bers of the uniformed services who have a                S. 1157. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                               S. 1138. A bill to revoke or deny visas to            service-connected disability to receive both           enue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-
                                             Chinese officials involved in the formulation           disability compensation from the Depart-               the-line deduction for union dues and ex-
                                             or execution of a policy that prevents inno-            ment of Veterans Affairs for their disability          penses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized




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                                             cent United States citizens from leaving                and either retired pay by reason of their              deduction for workers for all unreimbursed
                                             China; to the Committee on the Judiciary.               years of military service or Combat-Related            expenses incurred in the trade or business of
                                                   By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr.                 Special Compensation, and for other pur-               being an employee; to the Committee on Fi-
                                                      PAUL):                                         poses; to the Committee on Armed Services.             nance.
                                               S. 1139. A bill to repeal the Military Selec-                By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr.                       By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. VAN
                                             tive Service Act; to the Committee on                           MERKLEY, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MURPHY,                       HOLLEN, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Ms.
                                             Armed Services.                                                 Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms.                        DUCKWORTH):




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                                             April 15, 2021                                    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                     S1981
                                               S. 1158. A bill to provide paid family and                   By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and                         WIN, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms.
                                             medical leave to Federal employees, and for                     Mr. RISCH):                                             DUCKWORTH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr.
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Home-                 S. 1169. A bill to address issues involving                   DURBIN, and Mr. REED):
                                             land Security and Governmental Affairs.                 the People’s Republic of China; to the Com-              S. 1180. A bill to provide for the establish-
                                                   By Mr. GRASSLEY:                                  mittee on Foreign Relations.                           ment of Medicare part E public health plans,
                                               S. 1159. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of                   By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms.            and for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             1930 to enhance the authority of U.S. Cus-                      MURKOWSKI,        Mr.     REED,     Mr.        Finance.
                                             toms and Border Protection to share infor-                      BLUMENTHAL,       Mr.   MURPHY,     Ms.               By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:
                                             mation with respect to merchandise sus-                         SMITH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. KING, Ms.                 S. 1181. A bill to authorize the establish-
                                             pected of violating intellectual property                       BALDWIN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. CASEY, Mr.            ment of HOPE Account Pilot Projects, HOPE
                                             rights with rights holders and other inter-                     VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. FEIN-             Action Plans Pilot Projects, and competitive
                                             ested parties; to the Committee on Finance.                     STEIN, Ms. ROSEN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms.              grants for pilot projects; to the Committee
                                                   By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr.                      DUCKWORTH, Mr. PADILLA, Mrs. SHA-              on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
                                                      PORTMAN):                                              HEEN, Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.                     By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and
                                               S. 1160. A bill to prioritize efforts of the                  MENENDEZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr.                            Mrs. FEINSTEIN):
                                             Department of State to combat inter-                            LUJÁN, and Mr. SANDERS):                        S. 1182. A bill to ensure that sales, exports,
                                             national trafficking in covered synthetic                 S. 1170. A bill to amend the Richard B. Rus-
                                             drugs and new psychoactive substances, and                                                                     or transfers of F–35 aircraft do not com-
                                                                                                     sell National School Lunch Act to improve              promise the qualitative military edge of the
                                             for other purposes; to the Committee on For-            the efficiency of summer meals; to the Com-
                                             eign Relations.                                                                                                United States or Israel, and for other pur-
                                                                                                     mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-             poses; to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
                                                   By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms.                 estry.
                                                      HASSAN):                                                                                              tions.
                                                                                                            By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr.                       By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr.
                                               S. 1161. A bill to promote focused research
                                                                                                             DURBIN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITE-                          KAINE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MERKLEY,
                                             and innovation in quantum communications
                                                                                                             HOUSE,     Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr.                        Mr. WYDEN, and Ms. ROSEN):
                                             and quantum network infrastructure to bol-
                                                                                                             BLUMENTHAL):                                     S. 1183. A bill to allow veterans to use, pos-
                                             ster internet security, and for other pur-                S. 1171. A bill to amend the Securities Ex-
                                             poses; to the Committee on Commerce,                                                                           sess, or transport medical marijuana and to
                                                                                                     change Act of 1934 to prohibit mandatory               discuss the use of medical marijuana with a
                                             Science, and Transportation.
                                                                                                     pre-dispute arbitration agreements, and for            physician of the Department of Veterans Af-
                                                   By Mr. CASEY:
                                                                                                     other purposes; to the Committee on Bank-              fairs as authorized by a State or Indian
                                               S. 1162. A bill to improve access to the Pro-
                                             gram of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly,             ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs.                       Tribe, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on                    By Mr. MARKEY:                                  mittee on the Judiciary.
                                                                                                       S. 1172. A bill to direct the Secretary of                  By Mr. LEE:
                                             Finance.
                                                                                                     Transportation to carry out a grant program              S. 1184. A bill to improve the program pro-
                                                   By Mr. PAUL:
                                               S. 1163. A bill to withdraw all United                to support efforts to provide fare-free transit        viding for private screening companies to
                                             States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and               service, and for other purposes; to the Com-           conduct security screening at airports, and
                                             for other purposes; to the Committee on For-            mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-              for other purposes; to the Committee on
                                             eign Relations.                                         fairs.                                                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
                                                   By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. CRUZ,                    By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr.                     By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr.
                                                      Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. SCOTT of Flor-                      ROMNEY):                                                BLUMENTHAL, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr.
                                                      ida):                                            S. 1173. A bill to establish a matched sav-
                                                                                                                                                                     LEAHY, and Mr. BROWN):
                                               S. 1164. A bill to impose sanctions with re-          ings program for low-income students; to the
                                                                                                                                                              S. 1185. A bill to amend the Family and
                                             spect to foreign persons who engage in the              Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
                                                                                                                                                            Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United
                                             hostage-taking or wrongful detention of                 Pensions.
                                                                                                                                                            States Code, to permit leave to care for a do-
                                             United States citizens or aliens lawfully ad-                  By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Ms.
                                                                                                                                                            mestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult child,
                                             mitted for permanent residence, and for                         ERNST, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROUNDS, and
                                                                                                                                                            or another related individual, who has a seri-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign                     Mr. JOHNSON):
                                                                                                       S. 1174. A bill to establish a national com-         ous health condition, and to allow employees
                                             Relations.                                                                                                     to take, as additional leave, parental in-
                                                   By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr.                    mission on fiscal responsibility and reform,
                                                                                                     and for other purposes; to the Committee on            volvement and family wellness leave to par-
                                                      WICKER, Mr. REED, Mr. BLUNT, Ms.                                                                      ticipate in or attend their children’s and
                                                      DUCKWORTH, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr.                the Budget.
                                                                                                            By Mr. BURR (for himself and Ms. KLO-           grandchildren’s educational and extra-
                                                      BOOKER, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. KLO-                                                                         curricular activities or meet family care
                                                      BUCHAR, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.                    BUCHAR):
                                                                                                       S. 1175. A bill to categorize public safety          needs; to the Committee on Health, Edu-
                                                      GRAHAM, Mr. KING, Mr. CORNYN, Mr.                                                                     cation, Labor, and Pensions.
                                                      KELLY, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. DUR-               telecommunicators as a protective service
                                                                                                     occupation under the Standard Occupational                    By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr.
                                                      BIN):                                                                                                          LEAHY, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. SAND-
                                               S. 1165. A bill to amend the national serv-           Classification System; to the Committee on
                                                                                                     Homeland Security and Governmental Af-                          ERS):
                                             ice laws to prioritize national service pro-                                                                     S. 1186. A bill to provide standards for fa-
                                             grams and projects that are directly related            fairs.
                                                                                                            By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. CAS-          cilities at which aliens in the custody of the
                                             to the response to and recovery from the
                                                                                                             SIDY):                                         Department of Homeland Security are de-
                                             COVID–19 public health emergency, and for
                                                                                                       S. 1176. A bill to establish a grant program         tained, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-
                                                                                                     to support the manufacture and stockpiling             mittee on the Judiciary.
                                             nance.
                                                                                                     of essential generic antibiotic drugs; to the                 By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr.
                                                   By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. BAR-
                                                                                                     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and                      PORTMAN):
                                                      RASSO, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BRAUN, Mr.
                                                                                                     Pensions.                                                S. 1187. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of
                                                      CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. LANKFORD,
                                                                                                            By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr.                 1930 to improve the administration of anti-
                                                      Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. RUBIO,
                                                                                                             GRASSLEY):                                     dumping and countervailing duty laws, and
                                                      Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr.
                                                                                                       S. 1177. A bill to amend the Immigration             for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi-
                                                      TILLIS, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. THUNE):
                                               S. 1166. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-            and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility          nance.
                                             enue Code of 1986 to permanently allow a tax            criteria for E visas; to the Committee on the                 By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr.
                                             deduction at the time an investment in                  Judiciary.                                                      PORTMAN):
                                             qualified property is made; to the Committee                   By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr.                S. 1188. A bill to direct the Secretary of
                                             on Finance.                                                     MORAN, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. BALDWIN,                Veterans Affairs to notify Congress regularly
                                                   By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr.                          Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN,                of reported cases of burn pit exposure by vet-
                                                      MERKLEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BOOKER,                       and Ms. ROSEN):                                erans, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                                      Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Ms. WARREN):                 S. 1178. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-           mittee on Veterans’ Affairs.
                                               S. 1167. A bill to eliminate subsidies for            enue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit                       By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Ms. SMITH,
                                             fossil-fuel production; to the Committee on             against tax for employers of reservists; to                     Mr. BRAUN, and Mr. SCHATZ):
                                             Finance.                                                the Committee on Finance.                                S. 1189. A bill to amend the Food, Agri-
                                                   By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. BEN-                     By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:                              culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
                                                      NET, Mr. BRAUN, Ms. SMITH, Mr.                   S. 1179. A bill to provide financial assist-         to establish a competitive grant program




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                                                      THUNE, and Mr. CRAMER):                        ance for projects to address certain subsid-           under which the Secretary of Agriculture
                                               S. 1168. A bill to provide clarification re-          ence impacts in the State of California, and           provides grants to land-grant colleges and
                                             garding the common or usual name for bison              for other purposes; to the Committee on En-            universities to support agricultural pro-
                                             and compliance with section 403 of the Fed-             ergy and Natural Resources.                            ducers in adopting conservation and innova-
                                             eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for                     By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr.                tive climate practices, and for other pur-
                                             other purposes; to the Committee on Health,                     MURPHY,       Mrs.    FEINSTEIN,    Mr.        poses; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
                                             Education, Labor, and Pensions.                                 BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. BALD-              trition, and Forestry.




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                                                    By Mr. KING:                                     nessee, and for other purposes; to the Com-            son Brock III, former United States Senator
                                               S. 1190. A bill to amend title XIX of the So-         mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-             for the State of Tennessee; considered and
                                             cial Security Act to provide enhanced Fed-              estry.                                                 agreed to.
                                             eral matching payments for direct support                     By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. RUBIO,
                                             worker training programs, and for other pur-                                                                                     f
                                                                                                             Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. COLLINS, Mr.
                                             poses; to the Committee on Finance.                             COONS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN,                     ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
                                                    By Mr. KING (for himself, Ms. COLLINS,                   Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.
                                                      Ms. HASSAN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN):                         KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY,                                 S. 56
                                               S. 1191. A bill to amend the Internal Rev-                    Mr. MORAN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr.                 At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the
                                             enue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating                    WARNER):                                       name of the Senator from North Caro-
                                             appliances in the energy credit and to extend             S.J. Res. 17. A joint resolution requiring
                                             the credit for residential energy efficient                                                                    lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co-
                                                                                                     the advice and consent of the Senate or an
                                             property; to the Committee on Finance.                                                                         sponsor of S. 56, a bill to amend the
                                                                                                     Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or
                                                    By Mr. KING:                                     withdraw the United States from the North              Public Health Service Act to authorize
                                               S. 1192. A bill to amend subtitle A of title          Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related liti-          grants for training and support serv-
                                             XX of the Social Security Act to authorize                                                                     ices for families and caregivers of peo-
                                                                                                     gation, and for other purposes; to the Com-
                                             direct support worker career advancement                                                                       ple living with Alzheimer’s disease or a
                                                                                                     mittee on Foreign Relations.
                                             demonstration projects, and for other pur-
                                             poses; to the Committee on Finance.                                    f                                       related dementia.
                                                    By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. COL-                                                                                        S. 65
                                                                                                     SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND
                                                      LINS,  Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr.                                                                          At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the
                                                                                                            SENATE RESOLUTIONS
                                                      YOUNG):                                                                                               name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
                                               S. 1193. A bill to establish a grant program            The following concurrent resolutions                 WARNOCK) was added as a cosponsor of
                                             at the Department of Homeland Security to               and Senate resolutions were read, and
                                             promote cooperative research and develop-                                                                      S. 65, a bill to ensure that goods made
                                                                                                     referred (or acted upon), as indicated:                with forced labor in the Xinjiang
                                             ment between the United States and Israel
                                                                                                            By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr.               Uyghur Autonomous Region of the
                                             on cybersecurity; to the Committee on For-
                                                                                                             YOUNG):
                                             eign Relations.
                                                                                                       S. Res. 157. A resolution honoring the 50th
                                                                                                                                                            People’s Republic of China do not enter
                                                    By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and                                                                      the United States market, and for
                                                                                                     anniversary of hiring Robert Montgomery
                                                      Mr. TOOMEY):                                                                                          other purposes.
                                               S. 1194. A bill to include Portugal in the            ‘‘Bobby’’ Knight as the Head Coach of the
                                             list of foreign states whose nationals are eli-         men’s basketball team at Indiana Univer-                                  S. 70
                                             gible for admission into the United States as           sity; considered and agreed to.                          At the request of Ms. HASSAN, the
                                             E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States                     By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and               name of the Senator from Mississippi
                                             nationals are treated similarly by the Gov-                     Mr. BURR):
                                                                                                       S. Res. 158. A resolution supporting the             (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor
                                             ernment of Portugal and to otherwise modify                                                                    of S. 70, a bill to amend title 32, United
                                             the eligibility criteria for E visas; to the            goals and ideals of National Public Safety
                                                                                                     Telecommunicators Week; to the Committee               States Code, to authorize cybersecurity
                                             Committee on the Judiciary.
                                                    By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr.                 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-              operations and missions to protect
                                                      SCHUMER,       Mr.     SCHATZ,     Ms.         fairs.                                                 critical infrastructure by members of
                                                      DUCKWORTH, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. MUR-                       By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. DAINES,           the National Guard in connection with
                                                      PHY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr.
                                                                                                             Mr. MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. CANT-               training or other duty.
                                                                                                             WELL, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. REED, Mr.
                                                      CARDIN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. REED, Ms.                                                                                         S. 101
                                                      WARREN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. VAN                          PORTMAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. COLLINS,
                                                                                                             Ms. SMITH, Mr. WICKER, Mr. WARNER,               At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the
                                                      HOLLEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr.
                                                      WYDEN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL,                      Mr. COTTON, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BURR,             names of the Senator from California
                                                      Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms.                      Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Ms. ROSEN,             (Mr. PADILLA) and the Senator from
                                                      BALDWIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr.                          Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. TILLIS,             Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) were
                                                      PETERS, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. KING,                    Ms. STABENOW, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs.                added as cosponsors of S. 101, a bill to
                                                                                                             FEINSTEIN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. CORTEZ
                                                      Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BEN-                                                                     establish the Environmental Justice
                                                      NET, Mr. CASEY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr.
                                                                                                             MASTO, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. COONS, Ms.
                                                                                                             BALDWIN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BENNET,             Mapping Committee, and for other pur-
                                                      LUJÁN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. LEAHY, Ms.                                                                    poses.
                                                      HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. COONS,                      Ms. HASSAN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms.
                                                      Mr. MERKLEY, and Ms. ROSEN):                           LUMMIS, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. YOUNG, Mr.                                 S. 145
                                               S. 1195. A bill to allow Americans to earn                    SCOTT of Florida, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr.               At the request of Mr. DAINES, the
                                             paid sick time so that they can address their                   PADILLA, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. BAR-              names of the Senator from Minnesota
                                             own health needs and the health needs of                        RASSO, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            (Ms. SMITH) and the Senator from Kan-
                                             their families; to the Committee on Health,                     KAINE, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina,
                                                                                                             Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. CARPER, Mr. MAR-              sas (Mr. MARSHALL) were added as co-
                                             Education, Labor, and Pensions.
                                                                                                             SHALL, and Mr. TESTER):                        sponsors of S. 145, a bill to amend title
                                                    By Mr. KING:
                                               S. 1196. A bill to amend subtitle A of title            S. Res. 159. A resolution designating the            5, United States Code, to repeal the re-
                                             XX of the Social Security Act to fund addi-             week of April 17, 2021, through April 25, 2021,        quirement that the United States Post-
                                             tional projects that focus on competency-               as ‘‘National Park Week’’; considered and              al Service prepay future retirement
                                             based training for personal or home care                agreed to.                                             benefits, and for other purposes.
                                             aides, and for other purposes; to the Com-                     By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 172
                                             mittee on Finance.                                              Mr. PADILLA):
                                                    By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr.                 S. Res. 160. A resolution commending and               At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the
                                                      THUNE):                                        congratulating the Stanford University Car-            name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr.
                                               S. 1197. A bill to amend title 10, United             dinal women’s basketball team on winning               KELLY) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             States Code, to apply public-private talent             the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Asso-            172, a bill to authorize the National
                                             exchange programs in the Department of De-              ciation Division I women’s basketball cham-            Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to
                                             fense to quantum information sciences and               pionship; considered and agreed to.
                                                                                                            By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            establish a commemorative work in
                                             technology research, to increase coordina-
                                             tion across agencies and emphasize opportu-                     CRUZ, and Mr. PAUL):                           the District of Columbia and its envi-
                                             nities in the Department for quantum infor-               S. Res. 161. A resolution commending and             rons, and for other purposes.
                                             mation sciences and technology research,                congratulating the Baylor University Men’s                                S. 248
                                             and for other purposes; to the Committee on             Basketball Team on winning the 2021 Na-                  At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND,
                                             Armed Services.                                         tional Collegiate Athletic Association Divi-
                                                                                                                                                            the name of the Senator from Georgia
                                                    By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr.                  sion I men’s basketball championship; con-
                                                                                                     sidered and agreed to.                                 (Mr. WARNOCK) was added as a cospon-
                                                      CRAMER, and Mr. CASSIDY):
                                               S. 1198. A bill to amend title 38, United                    By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr.               sor of S. 248, a bill to provide paid fam-
                                             States Code, to improve and expand the                          CRAMER):                                       ily and medical leave benefits to cer-




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                                             Solid Start program of the Department of                  S. Res. 162. A resolution designating April          tain individuals, and for other pur-
                                             Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to            14, 2021, as ‘‘National Assistive Technology           poses.
                                             the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.                     Awareness Day’’; considered and agreed to.                                S. 282
                                                    By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and                      By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself and
                                                      Mr. HAGERTY):                                          Mrs. BLACKBURN):                                 At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the
                                               S. 1199. A bill to release a Federal rever-             S. Res. 163. A resolution relating to the            name of the Senator from Montana
                                             sionary interest in Chester County, Ten-                death of the Honorable William ‘‘Bill’’ Emer-          (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor



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