[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5841-S5843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need 
long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 175, a bill 
to improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for 
aliens in the United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 433

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 477

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 477, a bill to 
authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 518, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain lymphedema 
compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 595, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and 
treat obesity, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 655

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 655, a bill to 
impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-
cigarettes.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to combat 
international extremism by addressing global fragility and violence and 
stabilizing conflict-affected areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 753

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 753, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of 
outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing 
facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) 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. 879

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 983

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 983, a bill to 
amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the 
weatherization assistance program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1012, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to protect the confidentiality of substance 
use disorder patient records.


                                S. 1015

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr.

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Wyden) 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. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 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. 1045

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1045, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in health care 
facilities with critical shortages of nurses through programs for loan 
repayment and scholarships for nurses.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1048, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Reducing Youth Use 
of E-Cigarettes Initiative.


                                S. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1203

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public 
service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, giving women in the United States the right to vote.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 1267, a bill to 
establish within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of the 
American Latino, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1564

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1564, a bill to require 
the Securities and Exchange Commission and certain Federal agencies to 
carry out a study relating to accounting standards, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1725

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1725, a bill to permit 
occupational therapists to conduct the initial assessment visit and 
complete the comprehensive assessment under a Medicare home health plan 
of care for certain rehabilitation cases.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) 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 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1838, a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1908

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the 
efficiency of summer meals.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to 
provide a civil remedy for individuals harmed by sanctuary jurisdiction 
policies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2074

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2074, a bill to amend 
section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) to 
eliminate the separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic 
drugs in schedule III, IV, or V, such as buprenorphine, for maintenance 
or detoxification treatment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2158

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) 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. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2160, 
a bill to require carbon monoxide alarms in certain federally assisted 
housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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. 2216

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of 
veterans, notify veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations 
relating to eligibility for caregiver programs, and temporarily extend 
benefits for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family 
caregiver program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 2289

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2289, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an extension of 
the energy credit and the credit for residential energy efficient 
property.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2295, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to 
provide for

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payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a State with title to such 
bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.


                                S. 2434

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


                                S. 2439

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2439, a bill to amend the 
Trademark Act of 1946 to provide that the licensing of a mark for use 
by a related company may not be construed as establishing an employment 
relationship between the owner of the mark, or an authorizing person, 
and either that related company or the employees of that related 
company, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2461, a bill to designate 
a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                S. 2546

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2546, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group 
health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with 
such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step 
therapy protocol, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2550, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and 
promotional expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine 
delivery systems.


                                S. 2574

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2574, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the ability of 
Medicare and Medicaid providers to access the National Practitioner 
Data Bank for the purpose of conducting employee background checks.


                              S.J. RES. 53

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), 
the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 53, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental 
Protection Agency relating to ``Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; 
Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric 
Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing 
Regulations''.


                              S.J. RES. 57

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 57, a joint resolution opposing 
the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish 
military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria.


                            S. CON. RES. 21

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 21, a 
concurrent resolution strongly condemning human rights violations, 
violence against civilians, and cooperation with Iran by the Houthi 
movement and its allies in Yemen.


                              S. RES. 303

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


                              S. RES. 318

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


                              S. RES. 339

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 339, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of National Retirement Security Week, 
including raising public awareness of the various tax-preferred 
retirement vehicles, increasing personal financial literacy, and 
engaging the people of the United States on the keys to success in 
achieving and maintaining retirement security throughout their 
lifetimes.

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