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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Senate section section on page S7070 on Dec. 8.
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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 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 5211. A bill to authorize the use of specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance grants to train law enforcement personnel regarding the Interdiction for the Protection of Children program; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MERKLEY:
S. 5212. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to increase access to services provided by advanced practice registered nurses under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr.
Merkley):
S. 5213. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 5214. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a measurement- based national methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from certain oil and gas infrastructure, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla):
S. 5215. A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize the modification of transferred works to increase public benefits and other project benefits as part of extraordinary operation and maintenance work, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Booker,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cardin, and Mrs.
Murray):
S. 5216. A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil tax loopholes, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Reed):
S. 5217. A bill to promote the diligent development of Federal oil and gas leases, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Ms.
Duckworth, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Whitehouse):
S. 5218. A bill to amend the civil rights remedies equalization provision of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 to clarify civil rights remedies; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mrs.
Murray):
S. 5219. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a partially refundable credit against payroll taxes for certain restaurants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CARDIN:
S. 5220. A bill to reauthorize programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Mrs. SHAHEEN:
S. 5221. A bill to reauthorize the State Trade Expansion Program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Ms.
Stabenow, and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 5222. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric dams in order to increase clean energy production, improve the resiliency and reliability of the United States electric grid, enhance the health of the Nation's rivers and associated wildlife habitats, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BOOKER:
S. 5223. A bill to require Community Development Block Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Warnock, and Ms. Smith):
S. 5224. A bill to exclude from gross income certain assistance provided to farmers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Smith):
S. 5225. A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 Broadway Street West in Akeley, Minnesota, as the ``Neal Kenneth Todd Post Office''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):
S. 5226. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the punishment for human trafficking in a school zone, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Merkley,
Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Smith, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Brown, and
Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 5227. A bill to authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan):
S. 5228. A bill to treat activities related to fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands areas as related to an exempt purpose for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Mr. Booker):
S. 5229. A bill to direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Mr. Tillis):
S. 5230. A bill to increase accessibility to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing between such system and the National Crime Information Center database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes; considered and passed.
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