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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Benjamin L. Cardin and Chris Van Hollen was published in the Senate section on pages S104-S105 on Jan. 22.
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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. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Young):
S. 14. A bill to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to evaluate foreign persons engaged in grand corruption for inclusion as specially designated nationals under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Moran):
S. 15. A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to submit a report to Congress on scams targeting seniors, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PORTMAN:
S. 16. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN:
S. 17. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Hoeven):
S. 18. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 229 Minnetonka Avenue South in Wayzata, Minnesota, as the ``Jim Ramstad Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Booker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
Warner, Mr. Graham, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Blumenthal):
S. 19. A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State and local plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR:
S. 20. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the global intangible low-taxed income by repealing the tax-free deemed return on investments and determining net CFC tested income on a per-country basis; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley):
S. 21. A bill to extend the period of the temporary authority to extend contracts and leases under the ARMS Initiative; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Barrasso):
S. 22. A bill to designate the mountain at the Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, as Devils Tower, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch):
S. 23. A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 24. A bill to protect the personal health data of all Americans; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Ernst,
Mr. Daines, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Inhofe):
S. 25. A bill to restrict certain Federal grants for States that grant driver licenses to illegal immigrants and fail to share information about criminal aliens with the Federal Government; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 26. A bill to provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 27. A bill to require reporting of suspicious transmissions in order to assist in criminal investigations and counterintelligence activities relating to international terrorism, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 28. A bill to include the State of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program, to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Rubio):
S. 29. A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to nonpoint source management, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Ms. Baldwin):
S. 30. A bill to set forth a method of determining maximum out-of-pocket limits and annual updates to premium tax credit eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Romney):
S. 31. A bill to limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Bennet, Mr.
Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Casey, Ms. Duckworth,
Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Reed):
S. 32. A bill to provide for the establishment of a standing Health Force and a Resilience Force to respond to public health emergencies and meet public health needs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. COTTON:
S. 33. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, by increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense of rioting, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Bennet, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Peters):
S. 34. A bill to provide funding for cities, counties, and other units of general local government to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus; to the Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Cardin, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Casey, Mr. Crapo, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Capito, Mr.
Peters, Mr. Moran, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mr. Young, Mr. Romney, Mrs. Fischer, Mr.
Lankford, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Tester,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Ms.
Rosen, and Mr. Lujan):
S. 35. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Officer Eugene Goodman; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. Murkowski):
S.J. Res. 1. A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida:
S.J. Res. 2. A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto, a limitation on the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve, and requiring a vote of two-thirds of the membership of both Houses of Congress on any legislation raising or imposing new taxes or fees; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Toomey, Mr.
Young, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Scott of Florida):
S.J. Res. 3. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Blackburn,
Mr. Young, Mr. Romney, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Toomey, Mrs.
Capito, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Portman, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr.
Braun):
S.J. Res. 4. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not more than 9 justices; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Grassley):
S.J. Res. 5. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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