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Feb. 12: Congressional Record publishes “INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” in the Senate section

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Volume 167, No. 27, 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 Thom Tillis was published in the Senate section on page S705 on Feb. 12.

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. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Cassidy):

S. 308. A bill to establish a pilot program to address shortages of testing equipment and personal protective equipment through enhanced domestic production, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Coons):

S. 309. A bill to give Federal courts additional discretion to determine whether pretrial detention is appropriate for defendants charged with nonviolent drug offenses in Federal criminal cases; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Ms. Smith):

S. 310. A bill to amend the Small Business Act to include hospitals serving rural areas or areas of persistent poverty in the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Cornyn):

S. 311. A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include certain employment as a health care practitioner as eligible for public service loan forgiveness, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr.

Whitehouse, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cramer, Mr.

Booker, and Mr. Wicker):

S. 312. A bill to expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, provide for compassionate release based on COVID-19 vulnerability, shorten the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make other technical corrections; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker,

Ms. Smith, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Gillibrand,

Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Merkley, and

Mr. Heinrich):

S. 313. A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand online benefit redemption options under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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

S. 314. A bill to repeal the Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Act; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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

S. 315. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure quality care for residents of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida):

S. 316. A bill to establish a temperature checks pilot program for air transportation, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal):

S. 317. A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of care for residents of and workers in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, and

Mr. Blumenthal):

S. 318. A bill to require the publication of the name of any person pardoned by the President, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. WICKER:

S. 319. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to strengthen the conspicuous statement required on certain informational materials, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Schatz):

S. 320. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that the authority of the Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to make certain research endowments applies with respect to both current and former centers of excellence, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. Rosen):

S. 321. A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the ``Six Triple Eight'' ; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Portman, Mr.

Cornyn, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Johnson,

Mr. Marshall, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Young):

S. 322. A bill to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

By Mr. PAUL:

S. 323. A bill to terminate the Department of Education; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Booker,

Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Casey,

Mr. Wyden, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Brown,

Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Duckworth):

S. 324. A bill to report data on COVID-19 in Federal, State, and local correctional facilities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. MURKOWSKI:

S. 325. A bill to amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Cortez

Masto, Mr. King, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Sullivan):

S. 326. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of broadband deployment and adoption on the economy of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Cornyn):

S. 327. A bill to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a border closure recovery loan program for small businesses located near the United States border, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mr.

Blumenthal):

S. 328. A bill to establish procedures related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in correctional facilities; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Scott of South

Carolina, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Young):

S. 329. A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an assessment and analysis relating to the decline in the business formation rate in the United States; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

By Mr. WICKER:

S. 330. A bill to appropriate amounts to the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund State home construction projects that have been approved before the date of the enactment of this Act; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 27

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