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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Marco Rubio and Rick Scott was published in the Senate section on pages S5175-S5177 on July 29.
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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. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Menendez):
S. 2528. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault against journalists, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MENENDEZ:
S. 2529. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for advance refunds of certain net operating losses and research expenditures relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 2530. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of charitable contributions to certain organizations for members of the Armed Forces; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Booker):
S. 2531. A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to give States the option to extend the Medicaid drug rebate program to the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Carper, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Warner, Mr. Ossoff, and Mr. Bennet):
S. 2532. A bill to provide protections for employees of, former employees of, and applicants for employment with Federal agencies, contractors, and grantees whose right to petition or furnish information to Congress is interfered with or denied; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Collins):
S. 2533. A bill to improve mammography services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr. Warnock, and Mr.
Padilla):
S. 2534. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance for increasing the frequency and availability of public transportation service, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Coons):
S. 2535. A bill to authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Tillis, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr.
Young, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 2536. A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to submit a report on the public health mitigation messaging and guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 2537. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for previously-owned qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 2538. A bill to reauthorize a program of grants to hospitals and emergency departments to develop, implement, enhance, or study alternatives to opioids for pain management, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH:
S. 2539. A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules requiring the inclusion of new safety equipment in school buses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 2540. A bill to make technical corrections to title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Hoeven):
S. 2541. A bill to authorize the reclassification of the tactical enforcement officers (commonly known as the ``Shadow Wolves'' ) in the Homeland Security Investigations tactical patrol unit operating on the lands of the Tohono O'odham Nation as special agents; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. King, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 2542. A bill to require that certain agencies only procure cut flowers and cut greens grown in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. Warner, Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of
Florida, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Young):
S. 2543. A bill to require a study on the national security implications of the People's Republic of China's efforts to create an official digital currency; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 2544. A bill to adjust the applicability of certain amendments to the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 2545. A bill to establish a comprehensive United States Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
S. 2546. A bill to require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to develop standards for ``Reef Safe'' and ``Ocean Safe'' labels for sunscreen; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr.
Whitehouse):
S. 2547. A bill to improve the procedures for the authentication and the secure and tamper-evident delivery and transmission of certain court orders; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Scott of
Florida, and Mr. Cruz):
S. 2548. A bill to provide for fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis in the legislative process, the President's budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook reports; to the Committee on the Budget.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Heinrich,
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Ossoff):
S. 2549. A bill to authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Hassan, and
Mr. Young):
S. 2550. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select the right college and succeed once enrolled; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Portman):
S. 2551. A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish or otherwise provide an artificial intelligence training program for the acquisition workforce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 2552. A bill to promote long-term economic recovery and job creation in underserved communities by providing for investment in catalytic local predevelopment projects for resilient climate infrastructure innovation and to provide assistance to support State and local project development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs.
Murray, and Mr. Durbin):
S. 2553. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to protect employees of the Federal judiciary from discrimination, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Wyden):
S. 2554. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit to taxpayers who provide reductions in rent to their tenants under State rental reduction programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
S. 2555. A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force to address the effects of the release of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances from activities of the Department of Defense, to include exposure to such substances in periodic health assessments of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cassidy):
S. 2556. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic care, to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Manchin):
S. 2557. A bill to require certain transportation projects to include a value-for-money analysis, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. Rounds):
S. 2558. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for livestock processing facilities; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Peters):
S. 2559. A bill to establish the National Deepfake and Digital Provenance Task Force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 2560. A bill to reform the inspection process of housing assisted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Risch):
S. 2561. A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that a land resource management plan or land use plan approved, amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Young, Ms. Hassan,
Ms. Collins, Mr. Casey, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cardin, and
Ms. Lummis):
S. 2562. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve extended care services by providing Medicare beneficiaries with an option for cost effective home-based extended care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Booker):
S. 2563. A bill to establish a Science Advisory Board at the Department of Justice, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, and
Ms. Lummis):
S. 2564. A bill to establish a pilot program under which the Chief of the Forest Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial review for certain projects; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Fischer):
S. 2565. A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the testing of a community-based palliative care model; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, and Ms.
Baldwin):
S. 2566. A bill to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test allowing blood transfusions to be paid separately from the Medicare hospice all-inclusive per diem payment; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer,
Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr.
Daines, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Lankford,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Fischer,
Mr. Rounds, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Sasse, Mr.
Hoeven, Ms. Lummis, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Boozman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Shelby, Mr.
Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Burr):
S. 2567. A bill to enact the definition of ``waters of the United States'' into law, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. CORTEZ MASTO:
S. 2568. A bill to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Lujan, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms.
Baldwin, and Mr. Durbin):
S. 2569. A bill to enhance the rights of domestic workers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich):
S. 2570. A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of residents along the United States-Mexico and Unites States-Canada borders and for all hazards preparedness in the border areas, including with respect to bioterrorism, infectious disease, and other emerging biothreats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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