[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2486-S2488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 151

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 151, a bill to 
deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 
227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and 
the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 
203, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend the railroad track maintenance credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 229

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 229, a bill to provide advance appropriations 
authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the 
Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 237

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 237, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and 
physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the 
Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with 
diabetes.


                                 S. 256

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a bill to amend the 
Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide flexibility and 
reauthorization to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of 
Native American languages.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 296, a 
bill to amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely 
access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 317, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of 
providing coordinated care for children with complex medical conditions 
through a health home.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish medically necessary 
transportation for newborn children of certain women veterans.


                                 S. 349

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 349, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to request nominations for, and make determinations 
regarding, roads to be designated under the national scenic byways 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                 S. 371

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 371, a bill to provide 
regulatory relief to charitable organizations that provide housing 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 422, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow deductions and credits relating 
to expenditures in connections with marijuana sales conducted in 
compliance with State law.


                                 S. 436

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the 
Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 
436, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the 
development of public transportation operations safety risk reduction 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 479, a bill to revise section 48 of title 18, 
United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to 
ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States 
against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 511, a bill to promote and protect from 
discrimination living organ donors.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 514, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 518, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of 
certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable 
medical equipment.


                                 S. 521

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 521, a bill to amend title

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II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset 
and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to 
establish the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on 
Tribal and Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to 
extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to increase certain funeral 
benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 651, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age requirement with 
respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 668, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare 
for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 726

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage 
and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer 
drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for 
anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 775, a bill to amend the America COMPETES Act to require certain 
agencies to develop scientific integrity policies, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 815, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the 
purchase of qualified access technology for the blind.


                                 S. 834

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to enhance the national strategy for 
combating and eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 841, a bill to enhance the ability 
of Federal agencies to deliver relocation management services to the 
Federal Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 846, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
limit certain rolling stock procurements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 867

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 867, a bill to protect students of institutions of 
higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher 
education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of 
higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving 
protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of 
postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to prohibit the sale of 
shark fins, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to provide outreach and 
reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care planning services 
furnished under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 903

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 903, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced nuclear goals, 
provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source, make 
available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, development, 
and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 966, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the physician 
self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-
based incentive payment system and to facilitate physician practice 
participation in alternative payment models under the Medicare program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, 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. 998

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 998, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand support for police officer family 
services, stress reduction, and suicide prevention, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1007, a 
bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful 
acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, 
improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1033

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1033, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a public health 
insurance option, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to 
establish the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1049

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from

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New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added as cosponsors of S. 1049, 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.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1060, a bill to deter foreign interference in 
United States elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez 
Masto) were added as cosponsors of S. 1081, a bill to amend title 54, 
United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1123

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1123, a bill to transfer 
and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry 
of a class of aliens.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a child tax credit for 
pregnant moms with respect to their unborn children.


                                S. 1163

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1163, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion for 
assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary student loan 
repayment or forgiveness programs.


                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), and the 
Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1167, a bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information to establish a State Digital Equity 
Capacity Grant Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1190

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1190, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for payments 
for certain rural health clinic and Federally qualified health center 
services furnished to hospice patients under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1191, a bill to reauthorize 
section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to continue to encourage 
the expansion, maintenance, and establishment of approved graduate 
medical residency programs at qualified teaching health centers, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1210

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent 
the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and 
emergency medical responders.


                              S.J. RES. 1

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 1, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number 
of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.


                             S. CON. RES. 5

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 5, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                               S. RES. 34

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 34, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments of Burma and 
Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable 
return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign 
of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and to 
immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw 
Soe Oo.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 98, a resolution establishing the 
Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for the placement in 
offices of Senators of children, spouses, and siblings of members of 
the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have died from a 
training-related injury.


                              S. RES. 120

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 120, a resolution 
opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global 
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.


                              S. RES. 135

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally), the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 135, a resolution expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the 
Senate for the acts of heroism and valor by the members of the United 
States Armed Forces who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious 
landing at Normandy, France, and commending those individuals for 
leadership and bravery in an operation that helped bring an end to 
World War II.


                              S. RES. 143

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 143, a resolution 
recognizing Israeli-American culture and heritage and the contributions 
of the Israeli-American community to the United States.


                              S. RES. 144

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 144, a 
resolution designating May 5, 2019, as the ``National Day of Awareness 
for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls''.

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