[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 26, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4566-S4569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 239

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 239, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa 
McAuliffe.


                                 S. 386

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

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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. 436

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 509

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) 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. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 546

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 632

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of 
certain fringe benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in 
unrelated business taxable income.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 670

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 670, a bill to make 
daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 750, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 762

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 762, a bill to provide for 
funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation 
Administration activities in the event of a Government shutdown, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor 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. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 803, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to restore incentives for investments in qualified 
improvement property.


                                 S. 867

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 980

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
Sinema) 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. 1004

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1004, a bill to increase the 
number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations 
officers and support staff and to require reports that identify 
staffing, infrastructure, and equipment needed to enhance security at 
ports of entry.


                                S. 1015

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1015, a bill to 
require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review 
and make certain revisions to the Standard Occupational Classification 
System, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1047

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1047, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to create a dependency and indemnity 
compensation allowance for surviving spouses receiving dependency and 
indemnity compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1118

  At the request of Ms. McSally, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1118, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to 
authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or 
illness or die while in military service to terminate leases of 
premises and motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1255

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1255, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Transportation to modify provisions relating to hours of 
service requirements with respect to transportation of livestock and 
insects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to identify and 
combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of 
countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and 
their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States 
assistance to designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption 
efforts in those countries and better serve United States taxpayers.


                                S. 1359

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1359, a bill to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a market-
oriented standard for clean electric energy generation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1416

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to 
amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit

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anticompetitive behaviors by drug product manufacturers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1531

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1531, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide protections for health insurance 
consumers from surprise billing.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 1625

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1625, a bill to 
promote the deployment of commercial fifth-generation mobile networks 
and the sharing of information with communications providers in the 
United States regarding security risks to the networks of those 
providers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1735

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1735, a bill to provide 
women with increased access to preventive and life-saving cancer 
screening.


                                S. 1743

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1743, a bill to direct the 
President to develop a plan for the United States to meet its 
nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2020 
through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and 
children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, 
domestic violence, and sexual assault.


                                S. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1956, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the qualified contract exception to the extended low-
income housing commitment rules for purposes of the low-income housing 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1966, a bill to 
prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities 
will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that 
performs, an abortion.


                             S. CON. RES. 5

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


                            S. CON. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 19, a 
concurrent resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 
Moon landing.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) 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. Schumer, his name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 120, 
supra.


                              S. RES. 194

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 194, a resolution 
designating July 30, 2019, as ``National Whistleblower Appreciation 
Day''.


                              S. RES. 198

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 198, a 
resolution condemning Brunei's dramatic human rights backsliding.


                              S. RES. 220

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 220, a 
resolution designating the month of June 2019 as ``National Post-
Traumatic Stress Awareness Month'' and June 27, 2019, as ``National 
Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day''.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Res. 252, a resolution designating September 2019 as National 
Democracy Month as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system 
of government of the United States to a more free and stable world.


                              S. RES. 260

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 260, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of sustained United States leadership to 
accelerating global progress against maternal and child malnutrition 
and supporting the commitment of the United States Agency for 
International Development to global nutrition through the Multi-
Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 367

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 367 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 385

  At the request of Ms. McSally, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 385 intended to be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 391

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 391 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 540

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 540 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 576

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 576 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 584

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr.

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Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 584 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 650

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 650 
intended to be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 694

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 694 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 699

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 699 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 702

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 702 
intended to be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 773

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
773 intended to be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 789

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 789 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 859

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 859 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1790, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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