[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6858-S6860]
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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) 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. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) 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. 237

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 237, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician 
assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare 
program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-
provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor 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. 670

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 670, a bill to make 
daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1130

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help 
better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death 
in early life.


                                S. 1279

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1279, a bill 
to reauthorize

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mandatory funding programs for historically Black colleges and 
universities and other minority-serving institutions.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 1602

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1602, a bill to amend the 
United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a 
research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy 
storage systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1622

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1622, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as 
schedule I controlled substances.


                                S. 1657

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1660

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1660, a bill to provide greater 
support for grandfamilies and older caretaker relatives.


                                S. 1719

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1719, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 to create an interdivisional taskforce at the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for senior investors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1967

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1967, a bill to 
promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal land and 
to increase opportunities for collaboration with non-Federal partners, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2054, a bill to posthumously award the 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, 
J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recognition of their 
contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 2327

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2327, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the eligibility 
requirements for transfer of unused entitlement to Post-9/11 
Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2492

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2492, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide 
awareness and prevention training and condition State educational 
agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies 
receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and 
implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention 
training policy.


                                S. 2561

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) 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. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 2591

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2591, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2621

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2621, a bill to provide for 
the restoration of legal rights for claimants under holocaust-era 
insurance policies.


                                S. 2699

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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.


                                S. 2715

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2715, a bill to develop and 
implement policies to advance early childhood development, to provide 
assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing 
countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2816

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2816, a bill to ensure 
that fixed broadband internet access service assisted by any Federal 
broadband support program meets a minimum speed threshold.


                                S. 2827

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2827, a bill to amend title 54, United States 
Code, to establish within the National Park Service the U.S. African-
American Burial Grounds Network, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2833

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 2842

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2842, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2018 to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs 
and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2877

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2877, a bill to reauthorize the 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 2931

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator

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from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2931, a 
bill to establish a process for obtaining a Federal certificate of 
rehabilitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2941

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2941, a bill to require the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to establish a consumer recycling 
education and outreach grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2949

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2949, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations 
to provide service dogs to veterans with severe post-traumatic stress 
disorder, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2962

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2962, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to permit withdrawals from certain retirement plans for 
repayment of student loan debt, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 22

  At the request of Mr. Markey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 22, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale 
mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.


                              S. RES. 260

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 260, a 
resolution recognizing the importance of sustained United States 
leadership to accelerating global progress against maternal and child 
malnutrition and supporting the commitment of the United States Agency 
for International Development to global nutrition through the Multi-
Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.

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