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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning John Kennedy was published in the Senate section on pages S2521-S2523 on May 13.
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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. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hoeven):
S. 1603. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. COTTON:
S. 1604. A bill to codify the successes of rapid development of safe vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, for the next administration to use as a guide in the event of another pandemic; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rubio, and
Mr. Padilla):
S. 1605. A bill to designate the National Pulse Memorial located at 1912 South Orange Avenue in Orlando, Florida, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. ROMNEY:
S. 1606. A bill to designate as wilderness certain National Forest System land in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Coons):
S. 1607. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve how the Department of Veterans Affairs discloses to individuals entitled to educational assistance from the Department risks associated with using such assistance at particular educational institutions and to restore entitlement of students to such assistance who are pursuing programs of education at educational institutions that are subject to Federal or State civil enforcement action, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 1608. A bill to support the sustainable aviation fuel market, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Wicker, and Mr.
Bennet):
S. 1609. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that electrochromic glass qualifies as energy property for purposes of the energy credit; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mrs.
Blackburn):
S. 1610. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 and provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, Mr.
Leahy, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Lujan, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
S. 1611. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the responses of the Department of Defense to sex-related offenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Casey,
Mr. King, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 1612. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Moran):
S. 1613. A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a grant program for certain fitness facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Schatz):
S. 1614. A bill to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land use polices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. PAUL:
S. 1615. A bill to limit the scope of regulations issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to control communicable diseases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BARRASSO:
S. 1616. A bill to provide exceptions from permitting and fee requirements for content creation, regardless of distribution platform, including digital or analog video and digital or analog audio recording activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hassan,
Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Braun):
S. 1617. A bill to modify the requirements for the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Tester):
S. 1618. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow first responders to continue to exclude service-connected disability pension payments after reaching the age of retirement; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. ERNST:
S. 1619. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 2-year prohibition on employment in a career civil service position for any former political appointee, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. KENNEDY:
S. 1620. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, Ms.
Ernst, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Cardin):
S. 1621. A bill to reauthorize and limit the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow):
S. 1622. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option to provide coordinated care through a pregnancy medical home for high-risk pregnant women, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Mr.
Casey):
S. 1623. A bill to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for additional grants for States to conduct activities related to establishing American Health Benefit Exchanges; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LUJAN:
S. 1624. A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a National Laboratory Biotechnology Programs to address biotechnology threats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Warner):
S. 1625. A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 1626. A bill to award career pathways innovation grants to local educational agencies and consortia of local educational agencies, to provide technical assistance within the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education to administer the grants and support the local educational agencies with the preparation of grant applications and management of grant funds, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support community college and industry partnerships, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Ms. Ernst, and Mr.
Boozman):
S. 1627. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 1628. A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Ms. Ernst):
S. 1629. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to develop and provide to States and transportation planning organizations accessibility data sets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S. 1630. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study regarding social media use by teenagers; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
S. 1631. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of Regents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MERKLEY:
S. 1632. A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a program to provide loans to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. WYDEN:
S. 1633. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Braun):
S. 1634. A bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to determine whether to permit the use of enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal methodology with respect to clinical trials; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):
S. 1635. A bill to establish a new nonimmigrant category for alien relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking to enter the United States temporarily for family purposes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr.
Braun):
S. 1636. A bill to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cotton, and Mr.
Tillis):
S. 1637. A bill to impose certain measures with respect to Hizballah-dominated areas in Lebanon and to impose sanctions with respect to senior foreign political figures in Lebanon supporting Hizballah; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 1638. A bill to protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MERKLEY:
S. 1639. A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the energy efficiency and conservation block grant program; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 1640. A bill to establish a process for waiver of coastwise endorsement requirements; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Daines, Mr. Thune, Mr. Marshall, Mr.
Rubio, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 1641. A bill to prohibit rescinding the recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN:
S. 1642. A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit a report on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 1643. A bill to establish the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Cramer):
S. 1644. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BRAUN:
S. 1645. A bill to provide for an accelerated approval pathway for certain drugs that are authorized to be lawfully marketed in other countries; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 1646. A bill to repeal the Jones Act restrictions on coastwise trade, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 1647. A bill to authorize an exception to the restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards for certain construction in shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 1648. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Rounds, and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 1649. A bill to amend section 3606 of title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
S. 1650. A bill to protect Federal, State, and local public safety officers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Ms. Rosen):
S. 1651. A bill to impose certain measures with respect to Hizballah-affected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean and to impose sanctions with respect to senior foreign political figures in Latin America who support Hizballah, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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