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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Benjamin L. Cardin was published in the Senate section on pages S4727-S4728 on June 23.
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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. BARRASSO:
S. 2185. A bill to reauthorize certain Bureau of Reclamation programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schatz,
Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Markey, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Baldwin, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Smith, and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 2186. A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Murphy, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Casey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen,
Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Lujan):
S. 2187. A bill to establish the ``Biomedical Innovation Fund'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 2188. A bill to establish the Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr.
Hoeven):
S. 2189. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to certain veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Kennedy, and Mr. Tester):
S. 2190. A bill to establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. Capito):
S. 2191. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain post-graduation scholarship grants from gross income in the same manner as qualified scholarships to promote economic growth; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Padilla, and Ms. Warren):
S. 2192. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Burr):
S. 2193. A bill to ensure that an employment relationship is not established between a franchisor and a franchisee if the franchisor engages in certain activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Graham):
S. 2194. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal areas that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Ms. HIRONO:
S. 2195. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. DAINES:
S. 2196. A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the list of categories of essential travel into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester,
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lujan, and Ms. Murkowski):
S. 2197. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for States that provide Medicaid coverage for telehealth services; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 2198. A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to give the Department of Education the authority to award competitive grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support school-based mentoring programs to assist at-risk students in middle school and high school in developing cognitive and social-emotional skills to prepare them for success in high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. King, Mr.
Risch, and Mr. Tillis):
S. 2199. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a voluntary Cyber Sense program to test the cybersecurity of products and technologies intended for use in the bulk-power system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. HEINRICH:
S. 2200. A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a research, development, demonstration, and deployment program to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing hydrogen using electrolyzers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
S. 2201. A bill to manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence training, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Rounds, Mr.
Cramer, and Mr. Marshall):
S. 2202. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property; to the Committee on Finance.
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