[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5966-S5968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 127

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an 
agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, for the transfer of 
Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 133, a bill to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant 
mariners of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital 
service during World War II.


                                 S. 177

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 177, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army 
Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls''.


                                 S. 283

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 296

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health 
services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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. 477

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) 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. 560

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group 
and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide 
coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.


                                 S. 636

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 636, a bill to designate 
Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected 
status under such section.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 642, a bill to award a Congressional 
Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ``Roddie'' Edmonds in recognition 
of his heroic actions during World War II.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to designate 
the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public 
Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.


                                 S. 764

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 764, a bill to provide for 
congressional approval of national emergency declarations, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 765, a bill to promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the 
taxation of digital goods and digital services.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors 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. 778

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 778, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to conduct coastal community 
vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 953, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 West 
Kent Avenue in Missoula, Montana, as the ``Jeannette Rankin Post Office 
Building''.


                                S. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1508, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for 
convicted murderers who kill or target America's public safety 
officers.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for 
thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1615

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1615, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to provide compensation and 
credit for retired pay purposes for maternity leave taken by members of 
the reserve components, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1652, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for a refundable adoption tax credit.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income 
housing credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1820

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1820, a bill to improve 
the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-
doping and medication control program to be developed and enforced by 
an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control 
Authority.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) 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. 1941

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1941, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a 
permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children 
program.


                                S. 2028

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2028, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for new 
markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone.


                                S. 2132

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2132, a bill to promote 
security and provide justice for United States victims of international 
terrorism.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) 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 name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 2216

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) 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. 2246

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2246, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide equal 
coverage of in vitro specific IgE tests and percutaneous tests for 
allergies under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2264

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2264, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a new jury 
if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence for 
conviction of a crime punishable by death.


                                S. 2282

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2282, a bill to amend the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to enable Indian Tribes and 
tribally designated housing entities to apply for, receive, and 
administer grants and subgrants under the Continuum of Care Program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


                                S. 2298

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2298, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 2434

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

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Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2434, a bill to establish the 
National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                S. 2461

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


                                S. 2485

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2485, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies from using Government funds to pay for expenses at 
lodging establishments that are owned by or employ certain public 
officials or their relatives.


                                S. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2539, a bill to modify 
and reauthorize the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2546

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) 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. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2570, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
Greg LeMond in recognition of his service to the United States as an 
athlete, activist, role model, and community leader.


                                S. 2610

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2610, a bill to 
reauthorize certain programs under the Office of Indian Energy Policy 
and Programs of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2618, a bill to strengthen employee cost savings 
suggestions programs within the Federal Government.


                                S. 2625

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2625, a bill to authorize the admission of a limited number of Kurdish 
Syrians and other Syrian partners as special immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) and the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2641, 
a bill to promote United States national security and prevent the 
resurgence of ISIS, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2654

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2654, a bill to prohibit the obligation 
or expenditure of Federal funds for certain agreements relating to the 
46th G7 Summit, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 56

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 56, a joint resolution providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to 
``Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability''.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 297

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 297, a resolution 
commending the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) on the occasion of its 
50th anniversary for its significant accomplishments and contributions 
to the economic and social development of the Americas.


                              S. RES. 318

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) 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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