Congressional Record, May 13, 2021 — Senate

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Congressional Record, Senate, pages S2504 and S2505, May 13, 2021. The page records the end of a vote in which a nomination was confirmed, then the nomination of Donet Dominic Graves, Jr., to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Cortez Masto moves to proceed to Calendar No. 58, S. 1260, under the heading Endless Frontier Act. Portman, under the heading Economy, says the April jobs report showed 266,000 jobs added and that the Price Index rose 4.2 percent between April 2020 and April 2021. The final portion prints bill text listing named vessels, among them Carnival Freedom and Crystal Serenity.

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S2504 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 13, 2021
NOT VOTING—3 Van Hollen Warren Wyden egy and report on economic security,
Warner Whitehouse Young science, research, innovation, manufac-
Duckworth Heinrich Manchin
Warnock Wicker turing, and job creation, to establish a crit-
The nomination was confirmed. NAYS—7 ical supply chain resiliency program, and for
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Barrasso other purposes.
Hawley Tuberville
the previous order, the motion to re- Cotton Scott (FL) Charles E. Schumer, Maria Cantwell,
consider is considered made and laid Cruz Shelby Margaret Wood Hassan, Tina Smith,
upon the table, and the President will Jeanne Shaheen, John W.
NOT VOTING—4 Hickenlooper, Michael F. Bennet,
be immediately notified of the Senate’s Heinrich Manchin Patty Murray, Tammy Baldwin, Raph-
action. Lummis Thune ael G. Warnock, Christopher Murphy,
f The nomination was confirmed. Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jacky Rosen, Ben
(Ms. CORTEZ MASTO assumed the Ray Luján, Richard J. Durbin, Tim
RECESS Kaine, Jeff Merkley, Gary C. Peters,
Chair.)
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Catherine Cortez Masto
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
the previous order, the Senate stands WARNOCK). Under the previous order, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. I yield the
in recess until 1:45 p.m. the motion to reconsider is considered floor.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:47 p.m., made and laid upon the table, and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
recessed until 1:46 p.m. and reassem- President will be immediately notified ator from Ohio.
bled when called to order by the Pre- of the Senate’s action. ECONOMY
siding Officer (Mr. VAN HOLLEN). The Senator from Nevada. Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I am
f f
here on the floor to talk about the
economy, what is going on, on the jobs
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued LEGISLATIVE SESSION front, and where we go from here.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, Last week, the Department of Labor
clerk will report the nomination. I move to proceed to legislative ses- issued its most recent jobs report. It
The bill clerk read the nomination of sion. showed that we added 266,000 jobs in
Donet Dominic Graves, Jr., of Ohio, to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The April. That was about one quarter of
be Deputy Secretary of Commerce. question is on agreeing to the motion. what was predicted. It was dis-
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The motion was agreed to. appointing. It shows that the job
question is, Will the Senate and advise growth coming out of the pandemic has
f
and consent to the Graves nomination? now slowed. There is a question as to
UNANIMOUS CONSENT why, since there are so many jobs out
Mr. CASSIDY. I ask for the yeas and
AGREEMENT—S. 1260 there. How is it that there can be so
nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, many jobs available, and yet we have
sufficient second? I ask unanimous consent that it be in such a disappointing April jobs report?
There appears to be a sufficient sec- order to file cloture on the motion to The demand for workers is certainly
ond. proceed to Calendar No. 58, S. 1260. high.
The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there The other thing going on out there is
The bill clerk called the roll. an objection? that we have creeping inflation. We
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Without objection, it is so ordered. learned this past week that the Con-
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. HEIN- sumer Price Index rose 4.2 percent be-
f
RICH) and the Senator from West Vir-
tween April 2020 and April 2021. So the
ENDLESS FRONTIER ACT—MOTION year, April to April, is the highest 12-
ginia (Mr. MANCHIN) are necessarily ab-
TO PROCEED month increase going back to the sum-
sent.
Mr. BLUNT. The following Senators Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, mer of 2008.
are necessarily absent: the Senator I move to proceed to Calendar No. 58, There is this whole debate going on
from Wyoming (Ms. LUMMIS) and the S. 1260. about whether there is inflation or not.
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Well, I would ask you to talk to your
THUNE). clerk will report the motion. constituents because they will tell you
Further, if present and voting, the The senior assistant legislative clerk there is inflation. There is inflation at
Senator from Wyoming (Ms. LUMMIS) read as follows: the gas pump; there is inflation at the
would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 58, S.
grocery store; there is inflation if you
The result was announced—yeas 89, 1260, a bill to establish a new Directorate for are trying to build something. There is
nays 7, as follows: Technology and Innovation in the National inflation throughout the economy
Science Foundation, to establish a regional right now, and that should concern
[Rollcall Vote No. 191 Ex.]
technology hub program, to require a strat- every American. It is because of policy
YEAS—89 egy and report on economic security, choices, but it doesn’t have to be this
Baldwin Fischer Murkowski science, research, innovation, manufac- way.
Bennet Gillibrand Murphy turing, and job creation, to establish a crit-
Blackburn Graham Murray What this argument boils down to
ical supply chain resiliency program, and for
Blumenthal Grassley Ossoff other purposes.
with regard to jobs and with regard to
Blunt Hagerty Padilla inflation are really two very different
Booker Hassan Paul CLOTURE MOTION
Boozman Hickenlooper Peters
approaches and philosophies of govern-
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, ment and how to create jobs, how to in-
Braun Hirono Portman
Brown Hoeven Reed
I send a cloture motion to the desk. crease wages, and how to help working
Burr Hyde-Smith Risch The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- families.
Cantwell Inhofe Romney ture motion having been presented The Biden administration believes
Capito Johnson Rosen under rule XXII, the Chair directs the
Cardin Kaine Rounds the government needs to spend more to
Carper Kelly Rubio clerk to read the motion. prime the pump. This is despite our
Casey Kennedy Sanders The legislative clerk read as follows: being told by every economic analysis,
Cassidy King Sasse CLOTURE MOTION
Collins Klobuchar Schatz including our own nonpartisan Con-
Coons Lankford Schumer We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- gressional Budget Office, that without
Cornyn Leahy Scott (SC) ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the any new stimulus at the beginning of

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Cortez Masto Lee Shaheen Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby
Cramer Luján Sinema
this year, we were going to see the
move to bring to a close debate on the mo-
Crapo Markey Smith economy come back strongly. In fact,
tion to proceed to Calendar No. 58, S. 1260, a
Daines Marshall Stabenow
bill to establish a new Directorate for Tech- all of the studies showed that the rate
Duckworth McConnell Sullivan of growth this year was going to be 4
Durbin Menendez Tester nology and Innovation in the National
Ernst Merkley Tillis Science Foundation, to establish a regional percent or more without any stimulus,
Feinstein Moran Toomey technology hub program, to require a strat- without any new spending, and that, by

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midyear, according to the Congres- Based on this Labor Department I also realize, for some people,
sional Budget Office, we would be back study, the job increases were broadly childcare is an issue—there is no ques-
to the prepandemic economy and eco- distributed, 185,000 new job openings in tion about that—the cost of childcare.
nomic growth. Yet the Biden adminis- restaurants and hospitality—as they If you look at the numbers in terms of
tration is insisting on priming the are getting going, many of these res- people going back to work, it is true
pump, putting more money out there. taurants are saying: This is great. We that it is disproportionately women. I
The $1.9 trillion spending package was have the people coming back, but we agree that this is an issue, but I will
all about that. can’t find workers. There are 155,000 in tell you that one of the issues we hear
Some of us raised concerns about it State and local education and 81,000 in about, as you dig deeper into this, is
and warned people about this. By the entertainment. that it is because, in many places, the
way, one of us who did this was Larry With that demand for workers and kids are not back to school. So that is
Summers, who was the Secretary of the coronavirus pandemic substan- a solvable problem. It is time for our
the Treasury under a Democratic ad- tially improving, the employment children to go back to school again.
ministration and who is a prominent numbers should be skyrocketing. We Follow the CDC. Follow the science.
economist on the other side of the should be seeing so many people going There were 54 percent of K–8 public
aisle. He said this—and he was right— back to work. This is an opportunity schools that were offering full-time
that this risked overheating an econ- for people to go back, to get into their classroom teaching in March. The rest
omy that was already growing and careers, and get back to the dignity were not.
would result in inflation. Unfortu- and self-respect that comes from work I have to tell you that none of these
nately, the massive stimulus seems to and the fulfillment that comes from are the main causes of the current
have exactly done that. work, but it is not happening. If you problem from everything I am hearing.
Unfortunately, now there is another ask business owners in my home State There are jobs, and there are folks
wave of spending that is being pro- of Ohio and across the country, they qualified to do them. They just aren’t
jected. Over $4 trillion is being pro- will all tell you the same story: Busi- looking for work, and it is because of
posed in new spending in addition to ness is booming, but we can’t find the way the government has chosen to
the $1.9 trillion, two new packages the workers. pay people not to work.
President talked about in his address One Ohio restaurant manager said in Wages are up, by the way. So, for
to Congress last month. It is inter- an interview, ‘‘It’s crazy. Honestly, we those who say, ‘‘Well, employers need
esting because, even though inflation is are busier than we were before to raise wages,’’ they are up. By the
going up and even though the jobs mar- COVID,’’ but they can’t find staff to way, that is one reason we have infla-
ket is disappointing, it seems like the keep up with the demand. The Dayton, tion. It is because wages are going up.
administration isn’t changing course. OH, area chamber of commerce did a Wages going up, I think, is not a bad
One thing the administration is not study very recently, and 78 percent of thing even though it will count for
changing course on is that it wants to its members said they can’t find the some of this inflation that we have, but
continue to pay people a substantial
workers they need to fill the job open- the wages going up is not going to
amount not to work. Now, in my view,
ings they have—78 percent. make the difference here. Even though
during the COVID–19 crisis—at the So why is this happening? I think wages have gone up on an average of 4,
heat of it—we needed to do something there are a few reasons. 5 percent, people are still not coming
to help people who had lost their jobs One is that it is true that we still to work the way you would expect.
through no fault of their own, and the have a skills gap in our country, and Jimmy John’s is offering hiring bo-
States’ unemployment systems were that is something I have been working nuses. The McDonald’s locally, where I
the places to do that. So we added a on, along with my colleagues on both live in Cincinnati, is offering a $500
Federal supplement on top of the State sides of the aisle. It is the reason I au- signing bonus. Chipotle is offering free
unemployment benefit. thored what is called the JOBS Act. It
In Ohio, the State pays about $360 a college tuition after 4 months on the
was to make sure that we have this job. One wholesale distributor in Ohio
week, on average, which is about half
connection—not have a skills gap but, is offering a $9,000 sign-on bonus for
of whatever your salary was or your in-
instead, have the right skills being certified truck drivers.
come was, and we added $300 on top of
taught to match the work needs that By the way, with regard to truck
that. Think about that. Instead of $360,
we have. drivers, you know about the Colonial
it is $660 per week, on average. That
Honestly, with regard to those num- Pipeline and cutting off the gas supply
means that, for 42 percent of the people
bers that I just talked about with re- to the east coast of the United States
who are on unemployment insurance—
gard to entertainment jobs and res- and people who are concerned about
this is a national figure—they are mak-
taurant jobs and State and local edu- going to the gas station and getting
ing more on unemployment than they
cation jobs, most of those jobs do not gas in many gas stations and not hav-
were at work. So a lot of people have
require a specialized skill. So the skills ing any fuel available, including in
made the logical decision and say: Why
gap needs to be addressed, particularly States all over the East and the South-
should I be going back to work?
Unfortunately, when the President in manufacturing, where I was told east.
has been asked about this, he has said: today, by the National Association of The answer that some people came
I know there’s been a lot of discussion . . . Manufacturers, that there are 700,000 up with—and it makes sense—is to
that people are being paid to stay home rath- manufacturing jobs open right now. have trucks actually deliver that fuel
er than going to work. Well, we don’t see Again, many of the jobs that are open to those gas stations. The trucks could
much evidence of that. do not require advanced skills. They go to the places where the fuel is and
With all due respect, I hope the just require you to show up and to be where the pipeline would normally
President will talk to some of the busi- willing to do the work. take it and move that fuel to the gas
ness owners who I am talking to, par- It is also understandable to me that stations. The problem? No truck driv-
ticularly small businesses. The num- some people may be hesitant to go ers. They literally cannot find truck
bers tell a different story. back to work because of COVID, but we drivers to move this fuel from the de-
According to the most recent Labor now have these three effective vaccines pots to the gas stations. This is a real
Department data released just this that are doing the hard work to try to problem.
week, at the end of March, we had 8.1 get us back to a more normal lifestyle, I have a constituent back home who
million job openings in America. That where we can get back to school and contacted me yesterday. She is offering
was 8.1 million jobs open. We all know back to church and back to synagogue a $1,000 signing bonus, and she can get

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that because we are back in our States, and back to work. Our Nation’s re- nobody to step forward. She has 60 jobs
as we will be later today or tomorrow, searchers and scientists have helped us in Ohio, and she has 30 jobs in New
and we will see the ‘‘help wanted’’ to get to this point, and as we saw from York—a small business with only
signs. By the way, that is the highest the CDC recommendation today re- about 250 jobs total. She can’t find any-
number in history. We have never had garding masks, we are turning the cor- body. When she talks to her people,
8 million jobs open in America. ner. they tell her: Well, as soon as the UI

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ends, I will be back. As soon as the un- to end the unemployment insurance to encourage people to move past the
employment insurance ends—the Fed- sooner given the economic numbers pandemic and to get back to work.
eral supplement, the $300 supplement— that were out there. First, we need to reimplement the Fed-
I will be back. Businesses simply can’t One of the Democratic colleagues on eral requirement that people must be
compete in an environment where more the other side said that—do I think the actively searching for work if they are
than 40 percent of the workers are Ohio workers somehow don’t have a going to receive unemployment. Again,
making more on the unemployment work ethic, that they are lazy? That is Ohio has made that decision, as have
supplement than they would be at their not what I think at all. I don’t think about 30 other States, but let’s make
jobs. they are lazy at all. I think they are this the national standard that it was
It is a problem, by the way, that logical. Common sense dictates that prior to the pandemic. Long-term un-
States themselves are now starting to when you are offering to pay somebody employment doesn’t benefit anyone,
deal with because they realize this is a more not to work than to work, you and it will ensure that people are able
huge problem for their economies, for are likely to get a bad result. Again, it to get off unemployment insurance
their small businesses, and for their was needed when people were losing more quickly. Second, we need to draw
workforces. As of this afternoon, just their jobs through no fault of their down the Federal unemployment sup-
in the last week, 15 States have said: own. COVID–19 devastated—ravaged— plement funded by COVID–19 that
Do you know what? I am not going to so many sectors of our economy. passed in March. It is time to look at
accept the $300 supplement because I A lot of those sectors are coming ending this not on September 6, as it is
want to get people back to work. back and are coming back strong, but currently slated to end, but now, while
It is already making a difference. they need workers, and they need them the economy is strong and growing and
Someone just told me from the State of desperately. The stakes couldn’t be we are trying to get people back to
Montana—one of our colleagues from higher. work. As I said, it is a rational eco-
there—and Montana was the first State Let me illustrate why. If workers nomic decision for many people right
to do this—that, about a week ago, a don’t go back to work, some businesses now who collect an unemployment
hotel owner told him that he was in will actually close, and these jobs will check that effectively pays upward of
desperate need of people, and when he go away permanently. That, to me, is a $15 an hour to stay at home and not
would put the ‘‘help wanted’’ sign out reality. work, but it makes no sense to keep
and ask people to come, he could get Take Geordie’s Restaurant in Colum- the supplement in place as we are re-
one person to show up per week. This bus, OH. Geordie’s shut down a couple opening, and the focus is on shifting to-
week, 60 people showed up. Why? Be- of weeks ago because they couldn’t find ward getting the economy back up and
cause the unemployment insurance is enough job applicants to keep the running.
My own preference is that some of
running out, and people are now look- lights on, period. They shut down. This
this might be used to pay people a
ing for work. So these States I think is a restaurant that made it through
bonus to go back to work. I know that
are going to continue to do this. I the worst of the pandemic, when our
is controversial on my side of the aisle,
think it will be more than 15 by the restaurant and hospitality industry
but, I tell you, I think it works. Mon-
time we are finished speaking here this was in really tough shape. But as
tana is doing it, and it is working for
afternoon. It is because the States real- owner Geordie Hull-Jones said himself,
them. How about 100 bucks a week? In-
ize, well, this is a competitive advan- ‘‘We fought hard to get through
stead of the $300 supplement, 100 bucks
tage. If New York doesn’t do it and COVID, but COVID didn’t kill us, the
a week for 6 weeks as a return-to-work
Ohio does—and by the way, Ohio is one stimulus did.’’
bonus? To me, that makes a lot of
of the States that just made the deci- ‘‘[B]ut COVID didn’t kill us, the
sense. That would be something I think
sion to do it this afternoon. If New stimulus did.’’ That is a quote from a
we could get some bipartisan support
York doesn’t do it, that businessperson business owner.
for around here, and that would help
I talked about is going to do more That is the difference, again, between
the workers, the small businesses, and
manufacturing in Ohio because that is the philosophy that the Biden adminis-
our economy.
where she has the workforce. That will tration seems to be taking and, frank- Through these two steps, we can cre-
help Ohio relative to States that ly, the reality and the philosophy that ate the disincentive to work that was a
wouldn’t choose to move on beyond the we are encouraging, which is let’s get byproduct of our response to an un-
$300 supplement. people back to work; let’s get this precedented pandemic—we can stop
Unemployment insurance is impor- economy moving again. that disincentive to work. Now that we
tant, and it is still going to be there, The President is committed to spend- are beating COVID–19, we should focus
but it will be the State benefit that it ing an unprecedented amount of tax on getting back to normal. I urge the
has always been. dollars to try and get what it takes to Biden administration to focus on get-
The other thing is the work require- get the economy back on track. But ting the economy back up and running
ment. In unemployment insurance, spending more tax dollars isn’t a pre- and getting folks off the sidelines and
again, in Ohio, it is about 50 percent of scription for what ails our economy back to work.
whatever your wages are. And then today. Getting people back to work I yield the floor.
there is a requirement that you look certainly is. If we don’t, again, busi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
for work, and if you get an offer, you nesses will close; careers cannot be ator from Oklahoma is recognized.
can’t stay on unemployment insurance. continued. People won’t get the fulfill- BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
That has always been the tradition. ment that they get from going to work, Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I
Under COVID, States accepted waiv- and many of these jobs will not return. want to be able to comment on my col-
ers not to have to require people to Instead of following this path, let’s league, Senator PORTMAN, and some of
look for work. About 30 States now just change course. Let’s follow common the comments he has made about un-
in the last few weeks have decided to sense and get our country back to work employment.
get rid of that waiver, including Ohio. so we can all enjoy the goods and serv- My State is not one of those States
Why? Because again, it is not helping ices we work to provide for each other. yet that has made the decision to be
anybody. It is not helping the workers; Let’s help our Nation’s small busi- able to end the additional unemploy-
it is not helping the small businesses, nesses, which are the lifeblood of so ment benefits that are coming from the
certainly; and it is really not helping many in our economy. Let’s help peo- Federal Government, and it is harming
the taxpayers who are paying tens of ple currently on unemployment get workers and it is harming jobs and it is
billions of dollars for these supple- started building lasting careers that harming businesses in my State. And I

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ments. they enjoy, make a living, find long- hope in the days ahead, my State will
I will say, when I debated this on the term stability, so they can realize their be one of those States to be able to
Senate floor, when we had an amend- American dream. That is what this step up and will say—and I believe my
ment that actually passed during the country is all about. Governor will—to be able to step up
COVID–19 legislation—later, that So, today, I am urging the Biden ad- and say: Let’s actually make sure we
amendment was amended, but we tried ministration to take two simple steps are benefiting families long-term.

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There is a whole group of folks who one, one of the first things that Presi- up on that process as well, to be able to
believe that if you only give people dent Biden did was he stepped in and make sure that if somebody is actually
enough money, that is going to help ended the Keystone Pipeline moving breaking the rules on that, we follow
them rise out of poverty. People need a through here and is now actively work- up. And in our State, we do.
job. People need a purpose. People need ing to be able to shut down all pipeline Recently, I followed up with our
a plan to be able to do that. Folks construction around the country. State leadership for voting to be able
don’t need long-term Government ben- Can I remind Americans, especially to find out what happened in our last
efits to be able to help sustain that. Americans on the East Coast, what it election and what are we doing. We
They need a way to be able to help earn means to lose a pipeline? found 57 people as a State that voted
a living to be able to pass it on to their When the President says we are not twice in my State. All 57 of those
family to set a job record for them and going to do more pipelines, that means names were turned over to local dis-
to set a path for their kids and we have no redundancy; that if a pipe- trict attorneys, and they will start fol-
grandkids after them. That helps peo- line goes down, there is not an addi- lowing up with those individuals be-
ple rise—every study we have seen on tional backup one in construction to be cause that is a violation of the law to
how to help people rise out of poverty, able to get there. It is better to have be able to vote twice in our State.
graduate high school, wait till after multiple pipelines in the area so that if Fifty-seven names is not very many,
marriage to have kids, and have a job one goes down, you still have other fuel but it is because we continue to enforce
of any type. Let’s help people rise. supplies. the law in our State to be able to make
Let’s help people be employed and en- What if this pipeline had actually sure that we have as many people vot-
gaged. That is a helpful thing. been a larger scale issue even than a ing as possible but also accountability
I think about some of the things that ransomware attack, as bad as that is? for people who want to be able to cheat
are happening even today. Secretary This whole fight that we are having in the system.
Mayorkas was in front of our com- about pipelines suddenly makes sense The interesting thing about S. 1 and
mittee today, and it was shocking to to a whole lot of folks on the East H.R. 1 is that they make it much easier
me to hear the Secretary of Homeland Coast who can’t get gasoline. Pipelines to cheat in the process. They set up a
Security talk about how much more ef- are not evil. Pipelines are moving en- different system where you can actu-
ficient they have become at processing ergy across the country, and it is the ally have no voter ID. And it is not just
people at the border and getting them least expensive, safest way to be able no voter ID; it is no voter ID and same-
into the country. to move that energy across the coun- day registration combined. So you can
It used to be our evaluation for how try. literally walk into a polling place that
we were managing Border Patrol and This week, of all weeks, has been in- you are not registered for, not show an
Customs and Border Protection was teresting to have a dialogue about S. 1. ID, and say ‘‘I am not registered. I
how many people we were stopping at It was a long markup in the Rules would like to vote’’ and not show an ID
the border and returning to their home Committee to be able to talk about and also vote that same day in that
country. He, literally, over and over voting in America. spot. There is no way to be able to
again, articulated how much faster Now, I was at the White House sev- verify, then, one way or the other if
they are now at processing people at eral years ago when the FIRST STEP this person is voting twice because no
Act was signed. It was a remarkable one knows.
the border and releasing them into the
bill dealing with criminal justice re- In my State that has great voter ID
country. Even at one point when I
form. As I was at the White House sign- laws, it would gut them, and it would
challenged him and said: I understand take it away from our State, though no
people are being released into the ing ceremony and the gathering of all
these different folks that had been en- one is complaining about voter ID in
country without even a notice to ap- my State. You can show an ID. You can
pear; that they are just being released gaged, it was interesting to me to
show a library card. You can show a
into the country and told to go to a stand in that room with President
utility bill. You can show anything in
place somewhere in the country, self- Trump and to have folks from the Her-
my State just to be able to verify that
report themselves to an ICE office and itage Foundation and folks from the
is actually you because we want people
say: I would like to get a court order to ACLU in the same room shaking hands
to be able to vote, but we want to
be able to have a notice to appear. and smiling and saying that this is a
make sure it is that person who is ac-
At that point, I said: How many peo- good piece of legislation. In fact, it is
tually voting. That used to be a com-
ple have been treated that way? the only time that I can remember sit-
mon, accepted practice.
He said: I am not sure. ting at a signing ceremony watching Why would we want to create an en-
Well, I have already looked up the people from two different perspectives vironment where we would make it
record on it. It is 19,000 just in the past saying they both support something so easy to be able to cheat?
couple of months who have been strongly. That was the FIRST STEP This bill, S. 1, also creates ballot har-
brought across the border, released Act. vesting—forces it around the entire
into the country, and told just self-re- I have now seen my second time that country. Folks may say: I have no idea
port yourself to whatever ICE agent that has occurred, when both the Herit- what that is. Well, let me set up what
you see somewhere in the country. age Foundation and the ACLU both op- it is. Ballots are mailed to your house,
I asked the simple question: How pose S. 1 and H.R. 1. They have both and if you haven’t mailed it back in
many people have already done that? come out in opposition to it. yet, you may have a knock at your
Not only could he not answer the Well, that is an interesting gathering door. They come to your door.
number 19,000, which we have con- of folks to be able to gather together And if they come to the door—it
firmed, but he didn’t know how many from both political extremes to be able would be a political activist from one
people had actually turned themselves to look at a piece of legislation—all 880 of the campaigns, and they would say:
in and actually done it. But we con- pages of it—and to say: That is a bad Hey, have you filled out your ballot
tinue to do this. It was all about speed idea. Why would they say that? yet? I know they got mailed out yes-
of moving people who are crossing the Well, let me count the ways of why terday. Have you turned it back in yet?
border into the country rather than ac- they would say that. Oh, you haven’t? Grab your ballot in-
tually managing our border. And even In my State in Oklahoma, we have side and bring it out on the front
something as simple as just the gaps in great voting engagement. Good. We porch, and I will help you fill it out
the fence, they are still, as he said to want to make it easy to vote. We want right here on your front porch. And, I
me, ‘‘studying’’ whether they are going to make it hard to cheat. We want as tell you what I will do. I will also turn

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to close the gaps in the fence. many people as possible to be able to it in for you. You won’t even have to
We have a gas pipeline that has gone vote and as many people as possible to mail it. I will deliver it for you.
down due to a ransomware attack. It be able to engage in the process. It is That is ballot harvesting. In most
reminded me, again, of how important the nature of a Republic like ours. You States, that is illegal. They want to
gas pipelines are all over our Nation, need people to be able to be engaged. make that legal in every single State.
and it is interesting to me that on day But we also want to be able to follow That is an invitation to fraud.

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Now, there is a difference between ‘‘I for their campaign, they will get $6 There is no debating that the
want to help facilitate everyone to be million of our Federal tax dollars. coronavirus pandemic hit our economy
able to vote and to be able to protect I don’t want to pay for campaigns I very, very hard. Many companies and
their right to vote’’ and actually cre- don’t agree with. I don’t think that is businesses in Alabama, including fam-
ating opportunities for fraud where ev- the right way to go. And I don’t bump ily-owned small businesses, have spent
eryone doubts every election. That is into many people in my State that get the past year hanging on by a thread as
not the right way to go. I want to real excited about paying for someone the pandemic held its tight grip around
make sure that we all look at an elec- else’s campaign whom they disagree the country.
tion at the end of it and say we can with. Some States opened with a skeleton
trust that. I think this bill was the result of the crew, making the decision to lay off
One of the ways we can trust it is 2020 election. They pulled it out and workers in order just to keep oper-
through a Federal Election Commis- said: That election was such a sham- ating, and some were forced to shut
sion that actually is bipartisan. We bles. We need to be able to put a bill down entirely. Either way, American
have a Federal Election Commission out there to do that. workers lost out. A few industries were
with an even number of Republicans But you would be incorrect. Actu- spared, and unemployment numbers
and Democrats. They want to change ally, this bill is exactly what they shot sky high.
that to where it is five members, not pulled out in 2017, saying that Russia But a year later, as vaccines became
six, and the last member, who is the tie took over the election in 2016 and so we widely available and we better under-
breaker, is someone selected by the need a big bill to be able to fix it. And stood what we needed to do to keep
President who would be ‘‘independent.’’ for 4 years they have been pushing it Americans safe, many job creators
I am sure that is going to work out just and, now, after this election, they thought: OK, this is when the tight
fine, but that is not going to end up pulled it out again and said: We have to grip loosens, and there is the light at
being a partisan individual. be able to do this. the end of the tunnel.
In my State, all the ballots are done It is the same bill. It used to be the As more and more people are feeling
ahead of time—all of them. If you do a bill to fight Russia. Now it is the bill safe—safe to go places they used to go
to be able to fight whatever now. and do things—businesses are eager to
mail-in ballot, those ballots are opened
Listen, let each State make those de-
up early on. There are Republicans and open and respond but, today, even as
cisions, and when there is a challenge
Democrats. There are poll watchers vaccinations go up and cases go down,
for that, take it to Federal court. That
who are watching it. All of the evalua- the Biden administration is
is why we have the court system. Allow
tions for the quality of the ballots are those Federal courts to process incentivizing people to sit on the side-
all tested before election night. So that through those challenges. lines, instead of encouraging them to
is all finished. So when election night We want every person to be able to be join the workforce.
is done, by 10:30 in the evening, all the protected, to be able to vote, and if It is the opposite of what the Federal
ballots have been counted and election some State is suppressing the vote, Government should be doing: Do the
results are out. take that to Federal court, and let’s right thing now. And it is the opposite
Oh, no, that won’t work. My Senate solve that and make sure that does not of what job creators want to do for mil-
Democratic colleagues want to give an occur. But don’t tell everyone in my lions of American workers. There are
additional 10 days for ballots to con- State that Washington, DC knows bet- roughly 8.1 million job openings around
tinue to trickle in. So, literally, what ter. our country, as we speak, but the
we had in this last election where it We have Republicans and Democrats Democrats would rather discourage
was for days that no one even knew that have worked very hard on election folks from seizing the opportunity to
how many ballots were coming in, and law in my State. In fact, there was just go out and earn a living. That is ex-
the uncertainty that that creates in an expansion of additional days for actly what the current unemployment
the process, they want to make sure early voting in my State. It has been a payments do.
that exists in every State, not just in a nonpartisan issue in my State. Let’s As part of their partisan stimulus
few States. not make it a partisan issue now and bill, Democrats extended the $300 a
Listen, I would rather have every tell everyone across the entire country week Federal unemployment benefit, a
State be like mine, to say that every- that DC knows best. Let’s put this bill weekly payment, in addition to the
one has to turn their ballot in early. It aside and not pass the S. 1 bill. State benefit that folks already get.
is not like election day is a shocking With that, I yield the floor. In Alabama, people could choose to
day that no one knew about. In fact, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- receive, with no strings attached, up to
the majority of States around the ator from Alabama. $678 per week. That comes out to $16.95
country are like my State. BACK TO WORK BONUS ACT an hour, which is even more than our
This is not just a partisan issue. Mr. TUBERVILLE. Mr. President, Democrat colleagues’ job-killing $15
Vermont has the same rule that we you know, if there is one thing I have minimum wage proposal just a few
have in Oklahoma. This is a straight- been hearing from my constituents weeks ago. The result has been disas-
forward way to protect the integrity of lately it is this: We have to get people trous for small businesses across my
the ballot, that you can turn in the back to work so our economy can State and throughout the country that
ballots early, and that you can evalu- thrive and our people can make a liv- are already ready to hire to meet the
ate all of them so the ballots aren’t ing. boom and demand for products and
trickling in for days. This isn’t a new sentiment. I have services.
If you love all those rules, let me heard this for months as I have trav- On the national level, here is what
give you one more quick one. Remem- eled around the State. But what is new the National Federation of Independent
ber that campaign speech or that cam- is the fact that we can’t find people to Business reported: ‘‘Unfilled job open-
paign commercial that you really, real- work, and that is what I am here to ings continue to mount, as April is the
ly hate, that you are sick of it by the talk about today. third consecutive month setting a
time the election comes? Well, get Before the pandemic hit, we had the record high reading of unfilled job
ready for a whole lot more of them be- best economy in decades. The unem- openings.’’
cause the S. 1 bill gives Federal dollars, ployment rate in January 2020 was 3.6 On record job openings, April job
6 to 1, to be able to fund more cam- percent. Wages were up. Blue-collar numbers released last week weren’t
paigns and to make sure campaigns wages were rising faster than white- much better. The unemployment rate
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So if someone raises $100,000, they are record. Unemployment for African thought we would add 1 million jobs,
going to give—Federal tax dollars— Americans, Hispanic Americans, and but we only added a quarter of that
$600,000 to that candidate, even a can- Asian Americans was at the lowest amount.
didate you didn’t vote for and don’t rate recorded, all thanks to President Small business owners all across Ala-
like. They are going to get $600,000 for Trump’s pro-growth policies and Re- bama have been able to reopen, and
every $100,000. If they raise $1 million publicans’ tax reform law. customers are coming back. Now they

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May 13, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2509
need people to fill the jobs to keep the the ‘‘now hiring’’ signs on the door. HONORING DEPUTY WYATT CHRISTOPHER MASER
doors open. They have posted the job openings. But Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, every
Across America, businesses are no we need to encourage folks to rejoin year, the Senate unanimously passes a
longer competing against other busi- the workforce and to get back to work. resolution honoring each law enforce-
nesses. Now they have to compete Job creators are creating the oppor- ment officer who died in the line of
against the government—government tunity. We just need folks to reach out duty during the previous year. Their
versus the private sector—and the gov- and take it. names are also added to the National
ernment is stacking the deck against It should be easy for us to offer en- Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in
our small businesses and manufactur- couragement to folks to fill open oppo- Washington, DC. Currently, this memo-
ers. Businesses in Alabama are no ex- sitions. All we have to do is kick the rial contains more than 21,000 names.
ception to anybody else across the ball through the uprights this time This year, one more Idahoan will be
country. around. But Democrats in DC wanted added to this memorial.
Case in point, Al Cason is the Presi- to go it alone. They wanted to go it Wyatt Christopher Maser was born
dent of Bud’s Best Cookies in Hoover, alone a few weeks ago. And with the re- April 19, 1997, in Thermopolis, WY, to
AL. His father Bud owns the company cent stimulus bill that we passed we Christopher Michael Maser and Sandra
and has been in the industry for 65 ended up with a workforce shortage Lorene Reid Arnold. After growing up
years. Normally, they have four pro- due to the inflated unemployment ben- in Casper, WY, Wyatt joined the U.S.
duction lines with two shifts, but be- efits in an economy on the cusp of re- Air Force, serving as a senior airman
cause so many—so many—of their covery that needs available workers. from 2015 to 2018.
would-be workers are staying home, Getting these folks back to work
After returning to his home and
they can only run two lines, and they isn’t just about the now. It is about
helping them to see the future again. It marrying the love of his life, Paige,
are cutting their production in half. We Wyatt began his career in law enforce-
can’t get enough to come to work, Al has been more than a year for many
who have been out of work. Taking the ment, moving to Idaho Falls, ID, and
wrote me. The government is taking joining the Bonneville County Sheriff’s
away workers from our business, and it leap to get back in sometimes is scary,
but we have to help the people take Office and graduating from the Idaho
has been in business for 65 years. Law Enforcement Academy in 2019.
Wesley Averett from Enterprise that leap. If we wait, these businesses
and jobs they are now offering right Shortly before graduating, he and
Health & Rehabilitation Center in En- Paige welcomed a beautiful baby
terprise, AL, wrote that his long-term now may not be there in September.
Companies and small businesses are daughter, Morgan Emily.
care facility is ‘‘unable to find the help He served as a sheriff’s deputy with
[they] need’’ due to the ‘‘severe nega- going out of work and going out of
business. Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office for
tive impacts stimulus and unemploy- 13 months. At the graveside service
That is why I joined my colleagues,
ment payments are [having] on the honoring his life, his career was char-
Senator CRAPO and Senator RISCH, to
Alabama workforce.’’ acterized in two words: ‘‘friendship’’
sponsor the Back to Work Bonus Act.
And then there is Sandra Walker and ‘‘service.’’
This bill would give back-to-work bo-
from Lake Haven Assisted Living in It takes a special person to serve in
nuses to workers who are able to safely
Luverne, AL, who said: our Nation’s Armed Forces and an even
return to work. This would be a one-
Our salaries are competitive, but we can’t better one to continue to serve one’s
time payment of $1,200 for those re-
compete with stay-at-home . . . no strings
turning to full-time jobs and $600 to community after leaving the Air Force.
attached hand outs. . . . Business is back
open but we can’t survive without our work- those returning to part-time jobs. Em- By all accounts, Wyatt was that per-
ers returning to work. ployers would verify the earnings and son, befriending everyone he met.
These are both health companies, hours of those receiving the back-to- On May 18, 2020, while attempting to
mind you, and they are the ones help- work bonuses. That sounds much more help a woman in mental crisis in the
ing some of our most vulnerable citi- like an actual stimulus to me. middle of Bone Road, he was struck by
The Back to Work Bonus Act is a another deputy’s vehicle and was pro-
zens.
win-win-win—good for workers, good nounced dead at Eastern Idaho Medical
And here is what Anita Hilliard in
for employers, and great for our soci- Center.
Courtland, AL, told me. The company
ety. I am sure each of my colleagues Wyatt left behind his wife, Paige; his
she works for employs people in con-
has received similar pleas from small young daughter, Morgan; his mother
venience stores throughout northwest
business owners across their State. and stepfather, Sandy and Bill Arnold;
Alabama. She wrote: ‘‘We have had to The Biden-backed unemployment
shut down some of our shifts’’ just be- his father and stepmother, Chris and
benefits are crushing their hopes of Cheryl Maser; his siblings, Cole, Tay-
cause we can’t get enough people to getting back to a prepandemic high.
work, and sometimes we have to shut lor, Jesse, and Alexys; and grand-
We are even seeing some States take parents, uncles, and pets galore.
down completely. matters into their own hands. Earlier
But here is what really stuck with The Law Enforcement Officers Me-
this week, I was glad to see Alabama be
me in her letter. She said: ‘‘I am work- morial preserves Wyatt’s name in
one of the first States to announce
ing and paying taxes to pay others stone. Yet Deputy Maser was so much
plans to stop accepting enhanced Fed-
more than I make myself.’’ That is sad. more than an Air Force veteran and a
eral unemployment benefits. As of
This must end or we will lose the law enforcement officer. An avid wa-
today, at least 16 States have an-
America that we have grown to know terfowl hunter, Wyatt and his fellow
nounced they won’t accept the benefit
and love. members of the Delta Waterfowl Snake
to help employers and encourage folks
I couldn’t agree with Anita more. River Chapter were building a hunting
to get back to work. This is a common-
America was built by hard workers, blind for disabled hunters to help those
sense move to encourage folks to take
people like Al, people like Anita, peo- with limitations enjoy the pastime he
the many job opportunities available.
ple like Wes, Sandra, and millions Well, I, for one, think we should lis- loved so much. That blind is still being
more across the United States. But we ten to the folks on Main Street. We can completed and will be named the
will never jumpstart our economy if we help them, and we can help millions of ‘‘Maser Blind’’ in his memory.
keep going with this bad policy of the unemployed. One way to do it is by Deputy Maser, your memory will not
incentivizing people to stay at home passing the Back to Work Bonus Act. be forgotten.
and sit and not work, rather than take I urge my colleagues to support this To Paige and Morgan, I am so sorry
employment opportunities when they practical bill and get our country back for your loss, and thank you for the op-

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are offered to them. to work. We need to remember: Oppor- portunity to join in honoring Wyatt.
Our businesses need workers to meet tunity through work is the foundation The Book of Isaiah, chapter 6, verse
customers’ demands. This is truly a of our country. 8, states:
great thing after such a hard year. Our I yield the floor. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
job creators have started to hope and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ‘‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’’
see opportunity again. They have hung ator from Idaho. Then I said, ‘‘Here am I! Send me.’’

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Sheriff’s Deputy Wyatt Christopher (F) Eurodam (IMO number 9378448). (d) EMPLOYMENT OF ALIEN CREWMEN.—On
Maser answered that call with the ulti- (G) Golden Horizon (IMO number 9793545). the date on which a covered cruise ship sends
mate sacrifice, and for that, we say (H) Grand Princess (IMO number 9104005). an email to the Canada Border Services
(I) Hanseatic Inspiration (IMO number Agency in accordance with subsection (b)(1),
thank you. 9817145). each alien crewman described in subpara-
Thank you, Mr. President. (J) Koningsdam (IMO number 9692557). graph (C) of such subsection shall be deemed
I yield the floor. (K) NG Quest (IMO number 9798985). to have departed the United States, entered
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. (L) NG Sea Bird (IMO number 8966444). Canada, and been readmitted to the United
BALDWIN). The senior Senator from (M) NG Sea Lion (IMO number 8966456). States for purposes of complying with, dur-
Alaska. (N) NG Venture (IMO number 9799044). ing the applicable voyage described in sub-
(O) Nieuw Amsterdam (IMO number section (b), the 29-day authorized stay pursu-
f 9378450). ant to their nonimmigrant visas issued pur-
ALASKA TOURISM RECOVERY ACT (P) Noordam (IMO number 9230115). suant to subparagraph (C) or (D) of section
(Q) Zuiderdam (IMO number 9221279). 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality
Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, (R) Majestic Princess (IMO number Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
I ask unanimous consent that the Com- 9614141). (e) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and (S) Ovation of the Seas (IMO number section (b), a voyage described in such sub-
Transportation be discharged from fur- 9697753). section shall not be deemed a foreign voyage
ther consideration of S. 593 and the (T) Radiance of the Seas (IMO number for purposes of section 446 of the Tariff Act
9195195). of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1446) or any other provision
Senate proceed to its immediate con-
(U) Serenade of the Seas (IMO number of law relating to levying duties or taxes on
sideration. 9228344). goods, including consumables, purchased for
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The (V) Eclipse (IMO number 9404314). use onboard the covered cruise ship.
clerk will report the bill by title. (W) Millennium (IMO number 9189419). (f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not
The legislative clerk read as follows: (X) Solstice (IMO number 9362530). apply to a roundtrip voyage during any pe-
A bill (S. 593) to restrict the imposition by (Y) Norwegian Bliss (IMO number 9751509). riod for which the Director of the Centers for
the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, (Z) Norwegian Encore (IMO number Disease Control and Prevention has issued
penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable only to 9751511). an order under section 361 or 365 of the Pub-
coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise (AA) Norwegian Jewel (IMO number lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264 and 268)
qualified non-United States citizens from 9304045). that requires covered cruise ships to suspend
serving as crew, on specified vessels trans- (BB) Norwegian Spirit (IMO number vessel operations.
porting passengers between the State of 9141065). (g) DURATION.—The authority provided
Washington and the State of Alaska, to ad- (CC) Norwegian Sun (IMO number 9218131). under this section shall terminate on the
dress a Canadian cruise ship ban and the ex- (DD) Ocean Victory (IMO number 9868869). earlier of—
traordinary impacts of the COVID–19 pan- (EE) Pacific Princess (IMO number (1) the date on which covered cruise ships
demic on Alaskan communities, and for 9187887). are no longer prohibited by the Government
other purposes. (FF) Pacific World (IMO number 9000259). of Canada, any political subdivision of Can-
(GG) Quantum of the Seas (IMO number ada, or any port or province of Canada, from
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there 9549463). entering, berthing, or docking in Canadian
objection to proceeding to the meas- (HH) Queen Elizabeth (IMO number waters of the Pacific Coast due to the
ure? 9477438). COVID–19 pandemic; or
There being no objection, the com- (II) Disney Wonder (IMO number 9126819). (2) March 31, 2022.
mittee was discharged, and the Senate (JJ) Regatta (IMO number 9156474). SEC. 3. MEDICAL AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
proceeded to consider the bill. (KK) Roald Amundsen (IMO number (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 35 of title 46,
Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, 9813072). United States Code, is amended by adding at
(LL) Ruby Princess (IMO number 9378462). the end the following:
I ask unanimous consent that the Mur- (MM) Sapphire Princess (IMO number
kowski amendment at the desk be ‘‘§ 3510. Additional medical and safety stand-
9228186). ards
agreed to and the bill, as amended, be (NN) Scenic Eclipse (IMO number 9797371).
considered read a third time. ‘‘(a) AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
(OO) Seabourn Odyssey (IMO number
DEFIBRILLATORS.—Not later than 1 year after
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 9417086).
the date of enactment of this section, the
objection, it is so ordered. (PP) Seabourn Venture 2 (IMO 9862023).
Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
The amendment (No. 1492) in the na- (QQ) Seven Seas Mariner (IMO number
retary of Health and Human Services and
ture of a substitute was agreed to, as 9210139).
other appropriate Federal agencies, shall
(RR) Silver Shadow (IMO number 9192167).
follows: (SS) Silver Wind (IMO number 8903935).
promulgate regulations to—
[Purpose: In the nature of a substitute] ‘‘(1) require that the owner of a vessel to
(TT) Star Breeze (IMO number 8807997).
which section 3507 applies install, and main-
Strike all after the enacting clause and in- (UU) Sylvia Earle (IMO number 9872327).
tain in working order, automated external
sert the following: (VV) Westerdam (IMO number 9226891).
defibrillators on such vessel;
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (WW) L’Austral (IMO number 9502518).
‘‘(2) require that such defibrillators be
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alaska (XX) Silver Muse (IMO number 9784350).
placed throughout such vessel in clearly des-
Tourism Restoration Act’’. (YY) Viking Orion (IMO number 9796250).
(b) CRITERIA.—A roundtrip voyage of a cov- ignated locations;
SEC. 2. VOYAGE DEEMED TO BE FOREIGN. ‘‘(3) require that such defibrillators are
ered cruise ship transporting passengers be-
(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED CRUISE SHIP.— tween a port or place in the State of Alaska available for passenger and crew access in
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term and a port or place in the State of Wash- the event of an emergency; and
‘‘covered cruise ship’’ means a vessel in- ington shall be deemed to have made a stop ‘‘(4) require that automated external
cluded on the list under paragraph (2) that— in a port or place of Canada, and deemed a defibrillators, or adjacent equipment, allow
(A) has been issued, operates in accordance foreign voyage, for purposes of the law of the passengers and crew to easily contact med-
with, and retains a COVID–19 Conditional United States, if— ical staff of the vessel.
Sailing Certificate of the Centers for Disease (1) during the voyage, the covered cruise ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF OWNER.—In this section,
Control and Prevention; and ship sends an email containing the informa- the term ‘owner’ has the meaning given such
(B) operates in accordance with any re- tion described in subsection (c) to— term in section 3507.’’.
strictions or guidance of the Centers for Dis- (A) the Canada Border Services Agency; (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis
ease Control and Prevention associated with (B) the Commissioner of Customs and Bor- for chapter 35 of title 46, United States Code,
such Certificate, including any such restric- der Protection; and is amended by adding at the end the fol-
tions or guidance issued after the date of en- (C) each alien crewman on such voyage lowing:
actment of this Act. who is in possession of a valid, unexpired ‘‘Sec. 3510. Additional medical and safety
(2) LIST.—The vessels listed under this nonimmigrant visa issued pursuant to sub- standards.’’.
paragraph are the following: paragraph (C) or (D) of section 101(a)(15) of The bill was ordered to be engrossed
(A) Carnival Freedom (IMO number the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 for a third reading and was read the

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9333149). U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)); and
(B) Carnival Miracle (IMO number 9237357).
third time.
(2) the voyage begins not later than Feb- Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President,
(C) Crystal Serenity (IMO number 9243667). ruary 28, 2022.
(D) Discovery Princess (IMO number (c) EMAIL.—An email described in sub- I know of no further debate on the bill,
9837468). section (b)(1) shall contain the names of each as amended.
(E) Emerald Princess (IMO number alien crewman described in subparagraph (C) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
9333151). of such subsection. further debate on the bill?

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