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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth was published in the Senate section on pages S3500-S3501 on May 26.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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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. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Portman):
S. 1829. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Padilla, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 1830. A bill to prevent childhood exposure to chlorpyrifos through certain school meal programs; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mrs. MURRAY:
S. 1831. A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a permanent, nationwide electronic benefits transfer program for children during school closures, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Cramer):
S. 1832. A bill to prohibit the General Services Administration from awarding contracts to certain insured depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy considerations; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Murphy, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Merkley, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 1833. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the application of the Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services furnished under Medicaid and to apply the rate floor to additional providers of primary care services; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. MURRAY:
S. 1834. A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarify the availability and appropriateness of training for local food service personnel, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Ms.
Warren):
S. 1835. A bill to prohibit the sale, lease, or loan of used motor vehicles with open recalls to consumers by auto dealers; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Kelly):
S. 1836. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide eligibility for certain emergency maintenance projects under the emergency relief program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Boozman, Mr.
Rounds, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Casey):
S. 1837. A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize a grant program for law enforcement agencies and corrections agencies to obtain behavioral health crisis response training for law enforcement officers and corrections officers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Mr.
Blumenthal):
S. 1838. A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on using alternative credit scoring information for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 1839. A bill to coordinate Federal research and development efforts focused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through mathematical and statistical modeling, including data-driven and computational thinking, problem, project, and performance-based learning and assessment, interdisciplinary exploration, and career connections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein,
Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 1840. A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sanders, and
Mr. Van Hollen):
S. 1841. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Brown, Ms.
Smith, and Mr. Casey):
S. 1842. A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access to child care, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Tillis):
S. 1843. A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for contributory liability for certain electronic commerce platforms for use of a counterfeit mark by a third party on such platforms, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms.
Stabenow, and Mr. Sanders):
S. 1844. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to move Medicare cost-sharing benefits from Medicaid to Medicare, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. WICKER:
S. 1845. A bill to provide for pay and allowances for members of the Coast Guard during a funding gap, to provide full funding to address the shoreside facility maintenance and recapitalization backlog of the Coast Guard, and to diversify the Coast Guard, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Warner, and
Mr. Rubio):
S. 1846. A bill to require a review and controls on the export of items with critical capabilities to enable human rights abuses; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Young):
S. 1847. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college and career training grant program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr.
Markey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Brown, Ms. Smith,
Mr. Carper, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms.
Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Menendez,
Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Booker, Mr. King, Mr. Murphy, Mr.
Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Hirono):
S. 1848. A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Bennet):
S. 1849. A bill to establish a program to support the participation of small businesses in meetings and proceedings of international standards organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Boozman):
S. 1850. A bill to preserve the memorials to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. MENENDEZ:
S. 1851. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren):
S. 1852. A bill to establish an intercity passenger rail service investment grant program; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Johnson):
S. 1853. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a Motorcyclist Advisory Council; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Kaine, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Tillis):
S. 1854. A bill to require reviews of United States investment in foreign countries that may threaten national critical capabilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr.
Wyden):
S. 1855. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Warner,
Ms. Hassan, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Cardin,
Mr. Markey, Ms. Warren, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Casey, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Bennet,
Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Wyden, and Mr.
Murphy):
S. 1856. A bill to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Kaine):
S. 1857. A bill to provide appropriations for the Internal Revenue Service to overhaul technology and strengthen enforcement, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blumenthal,
Mr. Wyden, and Ms. Duckworth):
S. 1858. A bill to prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto):
S. 1859. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretary concerned to pay a member in the reserve component of an Armed Force a special bonus or incentive pay in the same amount as a member in the regular component of that Armed Force; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Scott of South
Carolina, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Portman, Ms. Duckworth,
Mr. Young, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Kaine):
S. 1860. A bill to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide for additional procedures for families with children under the age of 6, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Ms. Hirono):
S. 1861. A bill to provide high-skilled nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Sanders):
S. 1862. A bill to reduce spending on nuclear weapons and related defense spending and to prohibit the procurement and deployment of low-yield nuclear warheads, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
By Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cassidy,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Tuberville):
S. 1863. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve access to health care for veterans, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Hirono, Mr.
Coons, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Cardin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Rosen,
Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bennet, and Mr.
Merkley):
S. 1864. A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require a section on reproductive rights in the Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
By Mr. HAGERTY (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):
S. 1865. A bill to require advance consultation with State and local officials and monthly reports to Congress regarding the resettlement, transportation, and relocation of aliens in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MARKEY:
S. 1866. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to increase the availability of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in environmental justice communities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself and Mr. Braun):
S. 1867. A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Merkley, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Duckworth, and
Ms. Smith):
S. 1868. A bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require that equitable distribution of assistance include equitable distribution to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, to increase amounts reserved for allotment to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations under certain circumstances, and to reserve amounts for migrant programs under certain circumstances, and to provide for a Government Accountability Office report on child abuse and neglect in American Indian Tribal communities; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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