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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” published by Congressional Record in the Senate section on April 20

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Volume 167, No. 68, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer was published in the Senate section on pages S2067-S2068 on April 20.

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.

Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.

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. DAINES (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):

S. 1221. A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

By Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Lee):

S. 1222. A bill to designate and adjust certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner):

S. 1223. A bill to revise the treatment of urbanized areas experiencing population changes following a major disaster; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Grassley):

S. 1224. A bill to reauthorize, and increase the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the ``Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. MURPHY:

S. 1225. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to report revenue generated by each sports team, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Toomey):

S. 1226. A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 1501 North 6th Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the ``Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse'', and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr.

Tillis):

S. 1227. A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to set the rate of pay for employees of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection in accordance with the General Schedule; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Warren, and Mr.

Markey):

S. 1228. A bill to provide for equitable treatment for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Daines,

Mr. Risch, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Crapo, Mr. King, Ms.

Collins, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Sinema, Mr.

Bennet, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Burr):

S. 1229. A bill to modify the procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. CRAMER (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Lummis, Ms.

Hirono, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Boozman):

S. 1230. A bill to amend the Bank Service Company Act to provide improvements with respect to State banking agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Ms. Hirono):

S. 1231. A bill to amend the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2020 to correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of a reverse auction, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

By Ms. BALDWIN:

S. 1232. A bill to modify the maximum paycheck protection program loan amount for farmers and ranchers, sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed individuals; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

By Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Portman):

S. 1233. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty service industry; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:

S. 1234. A bill to support States in their work to end preventable morbidity and mortality in maternity care by using evidence-based quality improvement to protect the health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period and to reduce neonatal and infant mortality, to eliminate racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen):

S. 1235. A bill to establish a United States Commission on Hate Crimes to study and make recommendations on the prevention of the commission of hate crimes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Braun):

S. 1236. A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best practices for incorporating resilience into emergency relief projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Murphy):

S. 1237. A bill to prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King,

Ms. Hassan, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Menendez, Ms.

Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Durbin, Mr.

Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Murray, Mr.

Leahy, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Smith, Ms. Warren,

Mr. Sanders, Mr. Tester, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Hirono,

Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.

Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Booker, Mr.

Carper, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Cortez

Masto):

S. 1238. A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mrs. GILLIBRAND:

S. 1239. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for certain waste water management subsidies; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blunt):

S. 1240. A bill to expand and enhance the Manufacturing USA Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. Coons, Mr.

Braun, and Ms. Hassan):

S. 1241. A bill to provide for the discharge of parent borrower liability if a student on whose behalf a parent has received certain student loans becomes disabled; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. COTTON (for himself and Ms. Ernst):

S. 1242. A bill to establish the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Ms. ERNST (for herself and Ms. Hassan):

S. 1243. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the equal employment opportunity functions of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Padilla,

Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Booker):

S. 1244. A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. GRAHAM:

S. 1245. A bill to combat the theft of trade secrets by China, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. CANTWELL:

S. 1246. A bill to amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cruz, Mr.

Rubio, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Tillis):

S. 1247. A bill to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Wyden):

S. 1248. A bill to establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Baldwin,

Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Portman, and Mr.

Marshall):

S. 1249. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to modify the maximum paycheck protection program loan amount for farmers and ranchers, sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed individuals, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

By Mr. SULLIVAN:

S. 1250. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to postpone the effective date of high-impact rules pending judicial review; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Graham,

Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs.

Fischer, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Smith, Ms.

Ernst, Mr. Coons, Mr. Thune, Mr. King, Ms. Collins,

Ms. Rosen, Mr. Young, Mr. Brown, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs.

Shaheen, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs.

Feinstein, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Carper, Mr. Romney, Mr.

Wyden, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms.

Baldwin, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.

Marshall, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cramer):

S. 1251. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

By Mr. SULLIVAN:

S. 1252. A bill to require each agency to repeal or amend 2 or more rules before issuing or amending a rule; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

By Mr. BRAUN:

S. 1253. A bill to cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential GDP to right-size the Government, grow the economy, and balance the budget; to the Committee on the Budget.

By Mr. SULLIVAN:

S. 1254. A bill to improve the processes by which environmental documents are prepared and permits and applications are processed and regulated by Federal departments and agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Padilla,

Ms. Rosen, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto,

Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.

Wyden, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Lujan, Mr.

Durbin, and Ms. Smith):

S. 1255. A bill to require the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to promote and administer programs in the public and private sectors to assist the development of minority business enterprises, to ensure that such Agency has the necessary supporting resources, particularly during economic downturns, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cardin, and

Ms. Cortez Masto):

S. 1256. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for investors in start-up businesses, to provide a credit for wages paid by start-up businesses to their first employees, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Thune):

S. 1257. A bill to establish a Federal artificial intelligence scholarship-for-service program; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mrs. Capito):

S. 1258. A bill to extend the authorization of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

By Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Portman, and Mr.

Blumenthal):

S. 1259. A bill to provide that crib bumpers shall be considered banned hazardous products under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Hassan, Ms.

Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Portman, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.

Graham, Mr. Peters, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Daines, Mr. Van

Hollen, Mr. Romney, and Mr. Kelly):

S. 1260. A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 68

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