[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 149 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5539-S5542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 191

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor 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. 211

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to amend the 
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian 
victims of crime, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 279

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 279, a bill to allow 
tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health 
Benefits Program.


                                 S. 315

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 315, a bill to authorize 
cyber hunt and incident response teams at the Department of Homeland 
Security, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) 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. 427

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 427, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to enhance activities of the National 
Institutes of

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Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance 
programs relating to autism, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 427, supra.


                                 S. 433

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 433, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the 
Medicare program.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) 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.


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  On page S5540, September 17, 2019, in the first column, the 
following appears: S. 633 At the request of Mr. Moran, the names 
of the Senator from Iowa . . .
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 460 At the 
request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) 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. 633 At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of 
the Senator from Iowa . . .


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                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator 
from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) were added as cosponsors of S. 633, a 
bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's 
Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
Battalion, known as the ``Six Triple Eight''.


                                 S. 655

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and 
the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as cosponsors of S. 
655, a bill to impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for 
use in e-cigarettes.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) 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. 692

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical 
devices.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) 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. 785

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to improve 
mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for 
homeless and foster care youth.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) 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. 901

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset Alzheimer's disease.


                                 S. 959

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 959, a bill to establish in the 
Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) 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. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1168, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for 
religious groups.


                                S. 1222

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1222, a 
bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
program to provide hospital care and medical services to veterans in 
the Freely Associated States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and to 
conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing 
regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other subordinate 
offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Freely Associated 
States to provide such care and services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1263, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish an interagency task force on the use of 
public lands to provide medical treatment and therapy to veterans 
through outdoor recreation.


                                S. 1307

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1307, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1427

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1427, a bill to amend the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to improve the 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to prevent 
a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or 
received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias 
in the commission, from obtaining a firearm.


                                S. 1476

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1476, a bill to waive the 24-
month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled 
by Huntington's disease.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1676, a bill to improve 
the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic 
kidney disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1757, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 
United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of 
their extraordinary service during World War II.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual 
orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the 
administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve 
safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, and

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queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1822, a bill to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to issue rules relating to the collection of data with 
respect to the availability of broadband services, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1838, a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 
1992, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to 
establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of 
the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1863

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the 
sites associated with the life and legacy of the noted American 
philanthropist and business executive Julius Rosenwald, with a special 
focus on the Rosenwald Schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to 
eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide 
prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran 
families through the award of grants to such entities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1970

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1970, a bill to secure the 
rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain 
collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free 
and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2001, a bill 
to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of 
his extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, 
and recreational opportunity.


                                S. 2024

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2024, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the American History 
for Freedom grant program.


                                S. 2061

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2061, a bill to amend the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand 
eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding 
homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2103, a bill to improve access to affordable insulin.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2179, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 
to provide social service agencies with the resources to provide 
services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age in 
place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.


                                S. 2203

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 2203, a bill to extend the 
transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees from the Travel 
Promotion Fund to the Corporation for Travel Promotion (Brand USA) 
through fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2206

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2206, a bill to express 
the sense of Congress regarding restoration and maintenance of the 
Mardasson Memorial in Bastogne, Belgium.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2321, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 100th 
anniversary of the establishment of Negro Leagues baseball.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to 
provide for payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a State with 
title to such bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.


                                S. 2462

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2462, a bill to 
help reduce household energy burdens by expanding access to solar 
energy for low-income households.


                                S. 2463

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2463, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for regulation and taxation of 
electronic cigarettes and alternative nicotine products.


                              S.J. RES. 11

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 11, a joint 
resolution to prohibit the unauthorized use of United States Armed 
Forces in hostilities with respect to Venezuela.


                              S. RES. 205

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 205, a 
resolution expressing the gratitude of the Senate for the people who 
operate or support diaper banks and diaper distribution programs in 
their local communities.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) and the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) 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. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, a resolution 
expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost 
lives, freedoms, and other rights for adhering to their beliefs and 
practices, and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ 
harvesting, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 303

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 303, a resolution calling 
upon the leadership of the Government of the Democratic People's 
Republic of Korea to dismantle its kwan-li-so political prison labor 
camp system, and for other purposes.

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