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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning John Kennedy was published in the Senate section on pages S2485-S2486 on May 12.
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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 Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Warner, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Smith, Ms. Collins, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Rosen):
S. 1574. A bill to codify a statutory definition for long-term care pharmacies; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
S. 1575. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage appropriate prescribing under Medicaid for victims of opioid overdose; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 1576. A bill to provide for a comfortable and safe temperature level in dwelling units receiving certain Federal housing assistance, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 1577. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to ensure equity for America's children by providing access to summer meals; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 1578. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program for mental health professionals to relieve workforce shortages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. KAINE:
S. 1579. A bill to appropriately limit the use of riot control agents; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Braun, and Ms.
Lummis):
S. 1580. A bill to amend section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and Ms.
Duckworth):
S. 1581. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a pilot program to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and the availability of that mapped data to homeowners, businesses, and localities to help understand and mitigate the risk of such flooding, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr.
Rounds):
S. 1582. A bill to provide for enhanced Federal enforcement of, and State and local assistance in the enforcement of, the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms.
Rosen, and Mr. Padilla):
S. 1583. A bill to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. SCHATZ:
S. 1584. A bill to create a 2020 Census Federal Advisory Committee on Transparency and Standards; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 1585. A bill to add suicide prevention resources to school identification cards; considered and passed.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mrs.
Hyde-Smith):
S. 1586. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to sentencing of armed career criminals; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. Rubio):
S. 1587. A bill to allow nonprofit child care providers to participate in the loan programs of the Small Business Administration; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Markey):
S. 1588. A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or possession, of any live animal of any prohibited primate species; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley):
S. 1589. A bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Gillibrand,
Mr. King, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr.
Lujan):
S. 1590. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to enhance direct certification under the school lunch program; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Markey, Mr. Rounds, and
Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 1591. A bill to counter efforts by foreign governments to pursue, harass, or otherwise persecute individuals for political and other unlawful motives overseas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 1592. A bill to limit the period of authorization of new budget authority provided in appropriation Acts, to require analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of existing programs for which continued new budget authority is proposed to be authorized by committees of Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SCHATZ:
S. 1593. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. MANCHIN:
S. 1594. A bill to clarify the congressional intent behind the requirements relating to immediate suspension orders and corrective action plans under the Controlled Substances Act that were added by the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Inhofe, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Thune, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr.
Rounds, and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 1595. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for convicted murderers who kill or target America's public safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Daines,
Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Thune, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Hassan):
S. 1596. A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Rounds):
S. 1597. A bill to ensure America's law enforcement officers have access to lifesaving equipment needed to defend themselves and civilians from attacks by terrorists and violent criminals; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Brown,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey,
Mr. Kaine, Mr. Reed, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 1598. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Braun, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Portman, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Moran, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Scott of
Florida, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, Mrs.
Hyde-Smith, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Lankford):
S. 1599. A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Lummis):
S. 1600. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to make modifications to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Ms.
Klobuchar):
S. 1601. A bill to establish the Future of Local News Committee to examine and report on the role of local news gathering in sustaining democracy in the United States and the factors contributing to the demise of local journalism, and to propose policies and mechanisms the could reinvigorate local news to meet the critical information needs of the people of the United States in the 21st century; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Bennet):
S. 1602. A bill to make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools and secondary schools; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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