[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3320-S3322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 159

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 159, a bill to implement equal 
protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.


                                 S. 172

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 191

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 191, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Defense to include in periodic health assessments, separation history 
and physical examinations, and other assessments an evaluation of 
whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to open burn pits 
or toxic airborne chemicals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 208

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 208, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to 
direct the Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law 
enforcement and justice protocols appropriate to address missing and 
murdered Indians, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 239

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Cramer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Hawley), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), 
the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Thune), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 239, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in recognition of Christa McAuliffe.


                                 S. 266

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 266, a bill to 
provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in 
recognition of his dedication to justice and equality.


                                 S. 283

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 283, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, 
bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by 
establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass 
measurement.


                                 S. 287

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 287, a bill to amend the 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the authority of 
the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to 
impair national security, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 340, a bill to promote competition in 
the market for drugs and biological products by facilitating the timely 
entry of lower-cost generic and biosimilar versions of those drugs and 
biological products.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 348, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency 
positions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to provide for 
a report on the maintenance of Federal land holdings under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.


                                 S. 436

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor 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. 457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) 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. 479

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


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors 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. 512

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
McSally) were added as cosponsors of S. 512, a bill to establish an 
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within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade 
Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor 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. 634

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage 
individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for 
students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations and 
eligible workforce training organizations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 679

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 679, a bill to exempt 
from the calculation of monthly income certain benefit paid by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.


                                 S. 684

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 684, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health 
coverage.


                                 S. 826

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 826, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to modify the final rule relating to flightcrew member 
duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to 
apply to all-cargo operations of air carriers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States 
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild 
and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting 
corridors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor 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. 878

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to 
foster security in Taiwan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
services for homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to limit the 
use of funds for kinetic military operations in or against Iran.


                                S. 1077

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1077, a 
bill to establish a pilot program awarding competitive grants to 
organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to 
formerly incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1122

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1122, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental 
health programs.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1183, a bill to establish an energy storage and 
microgrid grant and technical assistance program.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1198

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1198, a bill to ensure 
that significantly more students graduate college with the 
international knowledge and experience essential for success in today's 
global economy through the establishment of the Senator Paul Simon 
Study Abroad Program in the Department of Education.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-
application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex 
rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.


                                S. 1247

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1247, a bill to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require reporting to 
the Federal Election Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
of offers by foreign nationals to make prohibited contributions, 
donations, expenditures, or disbursements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, a bill to establish 
within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of the American 
Latino, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to 
prohibit the use of the poisons sodium fluoroacetate (known as 
``Compound 1080'') and sodium cyanide for predator control.


                                S. 1331

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1331, a bill to 
provide additional protections for our veterans.


                                S. 1354

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a 
bill to require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1499

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

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(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1499, a bill to establish 
National Wildlife Corridors to provide for the protection and 
restoration of certain native fish, wildlife, and plant species, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1540

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1540, a bill to 
protect elections for public office by providing financial support and 
enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such 
elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1554

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1554, a bill to 
provide for an automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for 
certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program for 
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1572

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1572, a bill 
to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional 
reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in 
programs of study abroad, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1575, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of State to make available to the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention copies of consular 
reports of death of United States citizens, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1576

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1576, a bill to strengthen 
parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain 
contracts between health insurance plans or issuers and health care 
providers.


                                S. 1618

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1618, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to expand the capacity to improve health 
outcomes and increase access to specialized care.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to increase 
the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services 
providers by low-income local educational agencies.


                                S. 1720

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1720, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to 
allow the interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1744

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1744, a bill to provide 
lawful permanent resident status for certain advanced STEM degree 
holders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1750

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1750, a bill to 
establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1755

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1755, a bill to ensure 
that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for 
disasters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1769

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1769, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Energy to establish an offshore wind career 
training grant program, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors 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 Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) 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. 242

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 242, a resolution 
designating June 15, 2019, as ``World Elder Abuse Awareness Day''.

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