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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning John Kennedy was published in the Senate section on pages S1119-S1120 on March 4.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Manchin):
S. 586. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to combat the opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman,
Mr. Carper, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Romney, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wicker, and
Ms. Sinema):
S. 587. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that the President or certain agency heads may remove the Inspector General, or place an Inspector General on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are satisfied, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Padilla, Mr.
Schatz, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Merkley):
S. 588. A bill to establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. GRASSLEY:
S. 589. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to reform the treatment of multiemployer plans, to ensure the ability of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to provide guaranteed benefits of retirees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tillis,
Mr. Hawley, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Marshall):
S. 590. A bill to establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Smith, Mr. Heinrich, and
Mr. Sanders):
S. 591. A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 592. A bill to establish a reserve fund for the proceeds of the C-band auction conducted by the Federal Communications Commission; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 593. A bill to restrict the imposition by the Secretary of Homeland Security of fines, penalties, duties, or tariffs applicable only to coastwise voyages, or prohibit otherwise qualified non-United States citizens from serving as crew, on specified vessels transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska, to address a Canadian cruise ship ban and the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Alaskan communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Peters):
S. 594. A bill to double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Baldwin, Ms.
Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 595. A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the research and development, production, or deployment of the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile and its associated nuclear warhead; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Capito,
Mr. Coons, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Hyde-
Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Ernst, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 596. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs.
Feinstein, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders,
Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Ms.
Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley,
Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Padilla):
S. 597. A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Durbin,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Booker, and Ms. Smith):
S. 598. A bill to authorize additional monies to the Public Housing Capital Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Scott of South
Carolina):
S. 599. A bill to establish the Department of State Student Internship Program as a paid internship program to provide students with the opportunity to learn about a career in diplomacy and foreign affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 600. A bill to prescribe zoning authority with respect to commercial unmanned aircraft systems and to preserve State, local, and Tribal authorities and private property with respect to unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Leahy,
Mr. Lee, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Tillis):
S. 601. A bill to amend section 3661 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the consideration of acquitted conduct at sentencing; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Coons):
S. 602. A bill to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. WARNER:
S. 603. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schumer,
Mr. Young, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Rubio, and Mr.
Bennet):
S. 604. A bill to authorize the establishment of a Technology Partnership among democratic countries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Burr,
Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. King, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Merkley):
S. 605. A bill to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries caused by underride crashes, to improve motor carrier and passenger motor vehicle safety, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. MERKLEY:
S. 606. A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue an annual report to Congress projecting and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 607. A bill to discourage speculative oil and gas leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use management of public land and National Forest System land, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Durbin,
Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Kelly,
Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Moran, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Hoeven, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Boozman, Mr. Peters, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Warnock, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Kaine, Mr.
Hawley, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 608. A bill to help small business broadband providers keep customers connected; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 609. A bill to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. King, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Baldwin, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Warner, Ms. Smith, Ms. Rosen, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr.
Van Hollen, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Peters):
S. 610. A bill to address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Graham, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Whitehouse, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Warren, Ms. Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mr.
Tester, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Casey, Ms. Cortez Masto, and
Mr. Portman):
S. 611. A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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