[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7157-S7159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 109

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 109, a bill to 
prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 221

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 221, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require the Under Secretary of Health to 
report major adverse personnel actions involving certain health care 
employees to the National Practitioner Data Bank and to applicable 
State licensing boards, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 272

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
272, a bill to establish the policy of the United States regarding the 
no-first-use of nuclear weapons.


                                 S. 327

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to amend the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide for a lifetime 
National Recreational Pass for any veteran with a service-connected 
disability.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to 
amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
provide full Federal funding of such part.


                                 S. 978

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 978, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the work 
opportunity credit.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, a bill to amend the Horse 
Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, 
strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of 
Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1029

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1029, a bill to allow the use of certified facility dogs in criminal 
proceedings in Federal courts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to 
explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education 
information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices 
issued by the Department of Education a criminal act.


                                S. 1268

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1268, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals receive adequate 
payment for the acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells under the 
Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 
opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District of 
Columbia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to modify the 
presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to 
herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during 
the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, supra.


                                S. 1572

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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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. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) 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. 1767

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1767, a bill to 
prohibit the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in 
commerce, or importation into the United States of any inclined sleeper 
for infants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1820

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 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. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to 
eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide 
prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran 
families through the award of grants to such entities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1908

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2001, a bill to award a Congressional 
Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his extraordinary 
contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational 
opportunity.


                                S. 2037

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2037, a bill to 
amend the STEM education program for American Indian, Alaska Native, 
and Native Hawaiian students under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from 
Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2373, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve 
obstetric care in rural areas.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) 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. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2641, a bill to promote 
United States national security and prevent the resurgence of ISIS, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2661

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2661, a bill 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to designate 9-8-8 as the 
universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide 
prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through 
the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans 
Crisis Line, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2673

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2673, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for eating disorders 
treatment for members and certain former members of the uniformed 
services, and dependents of such members, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) 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. 2777

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Manchin), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 2777, a bill to 
assist States, tribes, territories, counties, and cities in 
implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2803

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2803, a bill to 
provide Federal housing assistance on behalf of youths who are aging 
out of foster care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2809

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2809, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a surtax on 
high income individuals.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2916

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2916, a bill to reauthorize 
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2953

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2953, a bill to 
provide congressional oversight of United States talks with Taliban 
officials and Afghanistan's comprehensive peace process.


                                S. 2965

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2965, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to repeal the requirement that the United States 
Postal Service prepay future retirement benefits, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3051

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3051, a bill to improve 
protections for wildlife, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3054

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3054, a

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bill to establish that a State-based education loan program is excluded 
from certain requirements relating to a preferred lender arrangement.


                                S. 3072

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3072, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval 
of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for 
abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with 
respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 297

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 374

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 374, a resolution 
expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2019, as a 
national day of remembrance of the tragic terrorist bombing of the 
United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

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