[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 186 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6718-S6720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 191

  At the request of Ms. McSally, her name 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. 286

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 286, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 505

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 610

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 610, a bill to 
amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
877, a bill to prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Vermont

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(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 1089

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses 
for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health 
flexible spending arrangements.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to identify and 
combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of 
countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and 
their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States 
assistance to designated countries in order to advance anti-corruption 
efforts in those countries and better serve United States taxpayers.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1399, a bill to amend title 
VIII of the Public Health Services Act to revise and extend nursing 
workforce development programs.


                                S. 1554

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1554, a bill to provide for an 
automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain 
internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1575, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to 
make available to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention copies of consular reports of death of United States 
citizens, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 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. 1820

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. Kennedy, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1838, a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1838, supra.


                                S. 1908

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was withdrawn 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.
  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, supra.


                                S. 1992

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1992, a bill to amend the FAST Act to repeal 
a rescission of funds.


                                S. 2080

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2080, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at 
accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, 
social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant 
education programs, to promote education and research in palliative 
care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in 
academic palliative medicine.


                                S. 2218

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2218, a bill to amend 
title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to restore Medicaid coverage for citizens of 
the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States 
under the Compacts of Free Association between the Government of the 
United States and the Governments of the Federated States of 
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
Palau.


                                S. 2365

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2365, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian 
organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of medical 
services and facilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2377, a bill to apply the 
Medicaid asset verification program to all applicants for, and 
recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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 North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 2561

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2561, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the 
Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2648

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2648, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the 
benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program.


                                S. 2674

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2674, a bill to 
amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish a grant program for 
improving infrastructure asset management by small public water 
systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) 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. 2699

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2699, a bill to 
reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act 
of 2009, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 2733

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2733, a bill to save and 
strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal Government.


                                S. 2745

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2745, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination by abortion 
against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2766, a bill to support and 
expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls 
around the world, and other purposes.


                                S. 2788

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2788, a bill to amend 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer 
certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2826

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2826, a bill to require a global 
economic security strategy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2835

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2835, a bill to include 
information regarding VA home loans in the Informed Consumer Choice 
Disclosure required to be provided to a prospective FHA borrower who is 
a veteran, to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 
provision of a certificate of eligibility for VA home loans during the 
preseparation counseling for members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2870

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2870, a 
bill to limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of 
restrictive housing in immigration detention, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2874, a bill to terminate 
certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection 
with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2898, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for 
certain air traffic controllers.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Scott) 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.

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