[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S990-S992]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 30

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 30, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide 
chiropractic health care services for certain covered beneficiaries as 
part of the TRICARE program.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination 
against providers of health services that are not involved in abortion.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to posthumously award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recognition of his 
dedication to justice and equality.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) 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. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 477

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) 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. 560

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) 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. 561

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to amend the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which 
States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added as cosponsors 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Wicker) 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. 717

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, 
and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing 
mixtures and articles, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 739

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 739, a bill to protect 
the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) 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. 815

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against 
income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the 
blind.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) 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. 877

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to prohibit the 
sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to amend the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset 
Alzheimer's disease.


                                 S. 944

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Hassan) were added as cosponsors 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. 1119

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1119, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the 
stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals.


                                S. 1130

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the

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health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness 
about unexpected sudden death in early life.


                                S. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) 
were added as cosponsors 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.


                                S. 1517

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1517, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Labor to award grants for promoting industry or sector 
partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to 
improve worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an 
infrastructure investment.


                                S. 1531

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1531, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide protections for health insurance consumers from surprise 
billing.


                                S. 1546

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1546, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for 
projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used 
during mass evacuations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1569

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1569, a bill to amend 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow certain expenditures 
for cybersecurity-related services or assistance.


                                S. 1727

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1727, a bill to establish the Partnership Fund for 
Peace to promote joint economic development and finance ventures 
between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies and those in the United 
States and Israel to improve economic cooperation and people-to-people 
peacebuilding programs, and to further shared community building, 
peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and 
Palestinians.


                                S. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill 
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal 
years 2020 through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase 
protection of women and children in their homes and communities and 
reduce female homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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 names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1908, a bill to amend the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer 
meals.


                                S. 1923

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1923, a bill to 
require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security 
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act and to provide, in 
the case of elderly beneficiaries under such title, for an annual cost-
of-living increase which is not less than 3 percent.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) 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. 2084

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to 
consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2085, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Education 
to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs 
about the Holocaust, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2233

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. 
Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 2233, a bill to nullify the 
effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to 
share citizenship data.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2321, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in 
commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Negro 
Leagues baseball.


                                S. 2366

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2366, a bill to streamline 
the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility 
verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-
sharing subsidy.


                                S. 2390

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2390, a bill 
to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of 
Federal law, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2427

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2427, a bill to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the 19th 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2461, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                S. 2467

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2467, a bill 
to establish a program to award grants to entities that provide 
transportation connectors from critically underserved urban communities 
and rural communities to green spaces.


                                S. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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

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as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 2660

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2660, a bill to establish a grant program for wind 
energy research, development, and demonstration, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2661

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 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. 2690

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill to reduce 
mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, 
improve school safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2803

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) 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. 2831

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2831, a bill to amend title 51, United States Code, 
to modify the national space grant college and fellowship program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2892

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2892, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional 
residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis.


                                S. 2948

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2948, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
for work therapy using service dog training.


                                S. 3055

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3055, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a Federal student loan borrower 
to elect to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and 
repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower 
is otherwise eligible.


                                S. 3129

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3129, a bill to provide for 
certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3167

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3167, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.


                                S. 3176

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Hassan), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 3176, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the 
United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to make 
improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and 
to authorize the appropriations of funds to Israel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3206

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3206, a bill to amend 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting accessibility for 
individuals with disabilities and older individuals, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3218

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3218, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3231

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3231, a bill to increase the 
rates of pay under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems 
and for prevailing rate employees by 3.5 percent, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3236

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3236, a bill to amend part D 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that child support for 
unborn children is collected and distributed under the child support 
enforcement program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3239

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3239, a bill to designate 
the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located 
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the ``William T. 
Coleman, Jr., Federal Building''.


                              S.J. RES. 6

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added as cosponsors of S.J. 
Res. 6, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification 
of the equal rights amendment.


                              S.J. RES. 68

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 68, a 
joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces 
from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not 
been authorized by Congress.

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