[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 200 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7926-S7927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 413

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription drug plan 
sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the Medicare program from 
retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies.


                                 S. 760

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 760, a bill to expand the 
Government's use and administration of data to facilitate transparency, 
effective governance, and innovation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-
provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 910, a bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with 
disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1351

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1351, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation 
of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1906, a bill to posthumously award the 
Congressional

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Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher 
Stevens, and Sean Smith in recognition of their contributions to the 
Nation.


                                S. 2018

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2018, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to make the child tax credit fully refundable, establish 
an increased child tax credit for young children, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2046

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2046, a bill to amend titles 5 
and 44, United States Code, to require Federal evaluation activities, 
improve Federal data management, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2918

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2918, a bill to amend 
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights 
and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3178

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3178, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil 
rights, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3313

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3313, a bill to 
improve dental care provided to veterans by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3363

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3363, 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.


                                S. 3584

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3584, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to increase usage of the Federal 
student loan income-based repayment plan and improve repayment options 
for borrowers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3612

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3612, a bill to amend the Fair Housing 
Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income or veteran 
status.


                                S. 3622

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3622, a bill to condemn 
gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and 
calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of 
these communities inside and outside China.
  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3622, supra.


                                S. 3636

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3636, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide matching payments for 
retirement savings contributions by certain individuals.


                                S. 3638

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3638, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, 
gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.


                                S. 3707

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3707, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a vulnerability 
disclosure policy for Department of Homeland Security internet 
websites, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3729

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3729, a bill to recognize 
and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States 
Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3768

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3768, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour 
physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access 
hospital services.


                                S. 3771

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3771, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to permit treatment of student loan payments as 
elective deferrals for purposes of employer matching contributions, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3777

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3777, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a tiger team 
dedicated to addressing the difficulties encountered by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs in carrying out section 3313 of title 38, United 
States Code, after the enactment of sections 107 and 501 of the Harry 
W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017.


                              S. RES. 109

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 109, a resolution 
encouraging the Government of Pakistan to release Aasiya Noreen, 
internationally known as Asia Bibi, and reform its religiously 
intolerant laws regarding blasphemy.

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