[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 185 (Tuesday, November 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6669-S6672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 172

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 172, a bill to delay the 
reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until 
after 2021.


                                 S. 350

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 350, a bill to restore the application of the Federal 
antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect 
competition and consumers.


                                 S. 393

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for 
justices and judges of the courts of the United States.


                                 S. 457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to require that 
$1 coins issued during 2019 honor President George H.W. Bush and to 
direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bullion coins during 2019 
in honor of Barbara Bush.


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 505

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to 
ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States 
against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 727

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Connecticut

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(Mr. Murphy) 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. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) 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. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women in the United 
States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the 
aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition, and other materials to win 
the war, that were referred to as ``Rosie the Riveter'', in recognition 
of their contributions to the United States and the inspiration they 
have provided to ensuing generations.


                                 S. 944

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 944, a bill to 
enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security 
Administration and the stability of the transportation security 
workforce by applying a unified personnel system under title 5, United 
States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration 
who are responsible for screening passengers and property, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 982

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 982, a bill to 
increase intergovernmental coordination to identify and combat violent 
crime within Indian lands and of Indians.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) 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. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a 
minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to promote 
United States-Mongolia trade by authorizing duty-free treatment for 
certain imports from Mongolia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1311

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1311, a bill 
to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the 
National Forest System.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1397, a bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to 
provide for a national Federal write-in absentee ballot for domestic 
use.


                                S. 1531

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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. 1572

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1572, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional reporting on crime 
and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study 
abroad, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 1601

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1601, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring all 
new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert 
system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1657

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1657, a bill to provide 
assistance to combat the escalating burden of Lyme disease and other 
tick and vector-borne diseases and disorders.


                                S. 1772

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1772, a bill to 
establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing 
Crisis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were added as cosponsors of S. 1838, 
a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1838, supra.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill to provide 
support to States to establish invisible high-risk pool or reinsurance 
programs.


                                S. 1979

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1979, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to provide for the minimum size of crews 
of freight trains, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1992

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven) were added as cosponsors of S. 1992, a bill to amend the 
FAST Act to repeal a rescission of funds.


                                S. 2012

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2012, a bill to 
provide that certain regulatory actions by the Federal Communications 
Commission shall have no force or effect.


                                S. 2180

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2180, a bill to provide 
oversight of the border zone in which Federal agents may conduct 
vehicle checkpoints and stops and enter private land without a warrant, 
and to make technical corrections.


                                S. 2203

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2203, a bill to extend 
the transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization

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System fees from the Travel Promotion Fund to the Corporation for 
Travel Promotion (Brand USA) through fiscal year 2027, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2407

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2407, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for individuals 
acting as agents or attorneys for the preparation, presentation, or 
prosecution of a claim under a law administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs without being recognized by the Secretary for such 
purposes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) 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. 2418

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2418, a 
bill to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to modify 
a definition and the disposition and authorized uses of qualified outer 
Continental Shelf revenues under that Act and to exempt State and 
county payments under that Act from sequestration, to provide for the 
distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State 
of Alaska, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2446

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2446, a bill to provide certain coverage of audiologist services 
under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2483

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, a bill to counter efforts 
by foreign governments to pursue, harass, or otherwise persecute 
individuals for political and other unlawful motives overseas, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2491

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2491, a bill to 
terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 2549

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2549, a bill to allow 
nonprofit child care providers to participate in the loan programs of 
the Small Business Administration.


                                S. 2615

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2615, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to improve the historic rehabilitation tax credit, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2666, a bill to promote the development of renewable 
energy on public land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Markey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2671, a bill to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives by 
investing in effective violence reduction initiatives.


                                S. 2679

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2679, a bill to 
facilitate the automatic acquisition of citizenship for lawful 
permanent resident children of military and Federal Government 
personnel residing abroad, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2710

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2710, a bill to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions 
items to the Hong Kong Police Force.
  At the request of Ms. McSally, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2710, supra.


                                S. 2732

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2732, a bill to 
amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Terra, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2733

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2733, a bill to save and strengthen critical 
social contract programs of the Federal Government.


                                S. 2741

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2741, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2743

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2743, a bill to establish 
the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2754

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2754, a bill to create jobs and drive innovation 
and economic growth in the United States by supporting and promoting 
the manufacture of next-generation technologies, including 
refrigerants, solvents, fire suppressants, foam blowing agents, 
aerosols, and propellants.


                                S. 2765

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2765, a bill to improve Federal fiscal controls and 
the congressional budget process.


                                S. 2774

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2774, a bill to direct the 
Attorney General to establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court 
Program.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2794, a bill to provide for the creation of 
the Missing Armed Forces Personnel Records Collection at the National 
Archives, to require the expeditious public transmission to the 
Archivist and public disclosure of Missing Armed Forces Personnel 
records, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2805

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2805, a bill to improve transit-
oriented development financing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2833

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2833, a 
bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit 
protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their 
dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2836, a bill to prohibit 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services from taking any action to 
implement,

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enforce, or otherwise give effect to the final rule, entitled 
``Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of 
Authority''.


                                S. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2869, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions of detention 
of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 98, a 
resolution establishing the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship 
Program for the placement in offices of Senators of children, spouses, 
and siblings of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties 
or who have died from a training-related injury.


                              S. RES. 395

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 395, a resolution 
recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 411

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 411, a 
resolution affirming that States maintain primacy for the regulation of 
hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas production on State and 
private lands, that the President has no authority to declare a 
moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on State and private 
lands, and that the President should not attempt to declare a 
moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands 
(including the Outer Continental Shelf) or lands held in trust for an 
Indian Tribe, unless the moratorium is authorized by an Act of 
Congress.


                              S. RES. 418

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 418, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Government 
of Turkey's crackdown on dissent related to its incursion into 
northeast Syria, and broader human rights violations.


                              S. RES. 420

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 420, a resolution 
encouraging the President to expand the list of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs of presumptive medical conditions associated with 
exposure to Agent Orange to include Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, 
hypertension, and hypothyroidism.


                              S. RES. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 429, a resolution recognizing the importance of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1866 and the laws derived from the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

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