[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2816-S2819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 63

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 63, a bill to 
implement the recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on Budget 
and Appropriations Process Reform.


                                 S. 91

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 91, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under 
comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to 
dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 172

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 172, a bill to delay the 
reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until 
after 2021.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 296

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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. 332

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 332, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the manifestation period 
required for the presumptions of service connection for chloracne, 
porphyria cutanea tarda, and acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy 
associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical 
limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country 
numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 457, a bill to require that $1 coins issued during 
2019 honor President George H.W. Bush and to direct the Secretary of 
the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 in honor of Barbara 
Bush.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, 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. 469

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to 
allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case 
of certain Federal contractors impacted by Federal Government 
shutdowns.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 495

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 495, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National 
Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to amend title 
36, United States Code, to authorize The American Legion to determine 
the requirements for membership in The American Legion, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 509

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 509, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the United 
States Coast Guard.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the 
death of a son or daughter.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 569, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to 
commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for direct payment to 
physician assistants under the Medicare program for certain services 
furnished by such physician assistants.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide investment authority to support 
rural infrastructure development, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 743, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of the 5307th Composite Unit 
(Provisional), commonly known as ``Merrill's Marauders'', in 
recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in the jungles of 
Burma during World War II.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore incentives for investments in 
qualified improvement property.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) 
and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 
820, a bill to strengthen programs authorized under the Debbie Smith 
Act of 2004.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to amend 
the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain member banks from using 
discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 851

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 851, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard 
that requires covered employers within the health care and social 
service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace 
violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to 
provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to 
aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility 
requirements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 893

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 893, a bill to require 
the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security of next 
generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the 
United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing 
the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems, 
infrastructure, and software, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to amend title 
11, United States Code, with respect to the definition of ``family 
farmer''.


                                 S. 904

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 904, a bill to authorize the 
Department of Labor's voluntary protection program.


                                 S. 916

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 916, a bill to improve 
Federal efforts with respect to the prevention of maternal mortality, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 917, a bill to direct 
the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information 
to prepare and submit periodic reports to Congress on the role of 
telecommunications in hate crimes.


                                 S. 932

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax-exempt 
financing of certain government-owned buildings.


                                 S. 997

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 997, 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. 998

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill 
to limit the

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use of funds for kinetic military operations in or against Iran.


                                S. 1049

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1083, a bill 
to address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and 
inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies 
between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and 
consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the 
institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and 
economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of 
these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to 
the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a 
minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1172

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1172, a bill to require full funding of part 
A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to promote 
United States-Mongolia trade by authorizing duty-free treatment for 
certain imports from Mongolia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1200

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1200, a bill to create protections for depository 
institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related 
legitimate businesses and service providers for such businesses, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1208

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1208, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to 
payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently 
and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the 
line of duty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1227

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1227, a bill to 
require the Federal Trade Commission to study the role of 
intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and provide Congress 
with appropriate policy recommendations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1231

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1231, a bill to reauthorize 
the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.


                                S. 1246

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1246, a bill to extend the 
protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination 
on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1253, a bill to apply requirements relating to 
delivery sales of cigarettes to delivery sales of electronic nicotine 
delivery systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1365

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1365, a bill to 
provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, 
and local areas affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial 
assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local 
areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the 
development, organization, coordination, and operation of more 
effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential 
services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 1394, 
a bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety 
officers employed by States or their political subdivisions.


                                S. 1409

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill 
to enhance the ability of the Office of the National Ombudsman to 
assist small businesses in meeting regulatory requirements and develop 
outreach initiatives to promote awareness of the services the Office of 
the National Ombudsman provides, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1426

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1426, a bill to amend the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of 
certain settlements.


                                S. 1429

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1429, a bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for 
determinations that species are endangered species or threatened 
species, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 80, a resolution 
establishing the John S. McCain III Human Rights Commission.


                              S. RES. 120

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 183

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 183, a 
resolution reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan 
alliance in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-
Pacific region and beyond, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 184, a resolution 
condemning the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, offering 
sincere condolences to the victims, to their families and friends, and 
to the people and nation of Sri Lanka, and expressing solidarity and 
support for Sri Lanka.


                              S. RES. 188

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr.

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Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 188, a resolution 
encouraging a swift transfer of power by the military to a civilian-led 
political authority in the Republic of the Sudan, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 189

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 189, a resolution condemning all forms of 
antisemitism.


                              S. RES. 203

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 203, a 
resolution recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Aircraft Owners and 
Pilots Association.

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