[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 151 (Thursday, September 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5603-S5605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend title 
54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of 
amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address 
the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) 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. 638

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to require 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate 
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act of 
1980, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for 
physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical 
care.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Smith) were added as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) 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. 818

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to exempt 
certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging operations 
from child labor laws.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 875, a bill to provide for the reporting 
to State and local law enforcement authorities of cases in which the 
national instant criminal background check system indicates that a 
firearm has been sought to be acquired by a prohibited person, so that 
authorities may pursue criminal charges under State law, and to ensure 
that the Department of Justice reports to Congress on prosecutions 
secured against prohibited persons who attempt to acquire a firearm.


                                 S. 926

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 926, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that kombucha is exempt from 
any excise taxes and regulations imposed on alcoholic beverages.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1032, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to modify the definition of income for purposes of determining the 
tax-exempt status of certain corporations.


                                S. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to require the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration to give preferential consideration to 
individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller 
training and veterans when hiring air traffic control specialists.


                                S. 1355

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1355, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income 
for AmeriCorps educational awards.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to amend parts 
B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to eliminate barriers to 
providing child welfare services for children and youth in need, to 
provide additional resources to implement programmatic changes 
necessary to meet the requirements of the Family First Prevention 
Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to require reporting 
regarding certain drug price increases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a 
bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to provide increased protection 
for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1628

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1628, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the employer credit for paid 
family and medical leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1700, a bill to provide a temporary safe 
harbor for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with 
dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which content may be 
distributed.

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                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to 
amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to 
provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account.


                                S. 1766

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1766, a bill to implement policies to end preventable 
maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 1841

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1841, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership 
ownership structure to energy power generation projects and 
transportation fuels, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill to limit the 
fees charged and collected from applicants for naturalization and 
related benefits based on poverty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2158

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2158, a bill to improve 
certain programs of the Department of Health and Human Services with 
respect to heritable disorders.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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 Alabama 
(Mr. Jones), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2254, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust 
Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the 
Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined 
benefit plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2293

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2293, a bill to extend the authority of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States and to modify the quorum requirement 
of the Bank, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2317

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2317, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit 
individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed 
wages for up to five years of such service, and to support State 
medical training programs for caregivers.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2414

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2414, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit.


                                S. 2434

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2434, a bill to establish 
the National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                S. 2452

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2452, a bill to provide 
incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship 
practices, to provide for increased reforestation across the United 
States, to establish the Coastal and Estuary Resilience Grant Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2453

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2453, a bill to assist in 
the conservation of the North Atlantic right whale by supporting and 
providing financial resources for North Atlantic right whale 
conservation programs and projects of persons with expertise required 
for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2461, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                S. 2463

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 2493

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2493, a bill to establish the Malign Foreign Influence Response 
Center in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2496, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the Medicare and 
disability insurance benefits waiting periods for disabled individuals.


                             S. CON. RES. 9

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 9, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that tax-exempt 
fraternal benefit societies have historically provided and continue to 
provide critical benefits to the people and communities of the United 
States.


                              S. RES. 205

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 313

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 313, a 
resolution designating

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the week of September 22 through September 28, 2019, as ``Gold Star 
Families Remembrance Week''.


                              S. RES. 318

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 318, a 
resolution to support the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria, and the Sixth Replenishment.

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