[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4422-S4425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 92

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 92, a bill to amend chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint 
resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 159

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 159, a bill to implement equal 
protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.


                                 S. 350

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 549

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 549, a bill to 
modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for individuals 
with disabilities, protect the ability of individuals to exercise the 
right to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 1067

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to 
provide for research to better understand the causes and consequences 
of sexual harassment affecting individuals in the scientific, 
technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce and to examine 
policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such 
harassment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to 
amend the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for 
construction of new all-electric homes.


                                S. 1210

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the 
exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency 
medical responders.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1964

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1964, a bill to support 
educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and 
preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2579, a bill to 
direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to 
carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science 
agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal 
research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent 
pool, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2815

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were added as cosponsors of S. 2815, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.


                                S. 2882

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2882, a bill to establish a 
community wildfire defense grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2886

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2886, a bill to 
prohibit the use of animal testing for cosmetics and the sale of 
cosmetics tested on animals.


                                S. 3176

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3328

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3328, a bill to award grants to States to establish or improve, and 
carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize high-level student 
proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a 
second language.


                                S. 3559

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3559, a bill to provide 
emergency financial assistance to rural health care facilities and 
providers impacted by the COVID-19 emergency.


                                S. 3606

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3606, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Health Force and a Resilience Force 
to respond to public health emergencies and meet public health needs.


                                S. 3693

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3693, a bill to 
amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient 
markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that 
purchase livestock from producers.


                                S. 3745

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3745, a bill to direct the Secretary of Education to 
provide relief to borrowers of student loans for whom the Department of 
Education found misrepresentation by the institution of higher 
education or a State attorney general has asserted a right to borrower 
defense discharge.


                                S. 3814

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3814, a bill to establish a loan program 
for businesses affected by COVID-19 and to extend the loan forgiveness 
period for paycheck protection program loans made to the hardest hit 
businesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3819

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3819, a bill to 
encourage the protection and promotion of internationally recognized 
human rights during the novel coronavirus pandemic, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3840

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3840, a 
bill to protect the continuity of the food supply chain of the United 
States in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3855

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3855, a bill to ensure 
ethical and accountable use of COVID-19 relief funds, to prevent 
corruption and bias in the disbursement and supervision of those funds, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3886

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3886, a bill to prohibit the use of 
funds for an explosive nuclear weapons test.


                                S. 3995

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3995, a bill to limit the 
authority of States or other taxing jurisdictions to tax certain income 
of employees for employment duties performed in other States or taxing 
jurisdictions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3997

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3997, a bill to strengthen the 
security and integrity of the United States scientific and research 
enterprise.


                                S. 4014

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4014, a bill to provide for 
supplemental loans under the Paycheck Protection Program.


                                S. 4019

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4019, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National 
Independence Day as a legal public holiday.


                                S. 4084

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 4084, a bill 
to prohibit biometric surveillance by the Federal Government without 
explicit statutory authorization and to withhold certain Federal public 
safety grants from State and local governments that engage in biometric 
surveillance.

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                                S. 4089

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4089, a bill to amend 
title 11, United States Code, to improve protections for employees and 
retirees in business bankruptcies.


                                S. 4117

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4117, a bill to provide automatic 
forgiveness for paycheck protection program loans under $150,000, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 4150

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4150, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to certain providers of 
transportation services affected by the novel coronavirus.


                                S. 4158

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4158, a bill to 
examine the extent of the reliance of the United States on foreign 
producers for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 
pandemic and produce recommendations to secure the supply chain of 
personal protective equipment.


                                S. 4162

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4162, a bill to provide 
certainty for airport funding.


                                S. 4172

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4172, a bill to provide 
emergency funding for child welfare services provided under parts B and 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4182

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4182, a bill to provide 
nursing homes with resources for responding to the COVID-19 public 
health emergency to protect the health and safety of residents and 
workers, to reauthorize funding for programs under the Elder Justice 
Act of 2009, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4190

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4190, a bill to authorize 
the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish a 
regional program to assess, monitor, and benefit the hydrology of 
saline lakes in the Great Basin and the migratory birds and other 
wildlife dependent on those habitats, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4193

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4193, a bill to develop 
and nationally disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources 
to promote understanding about African-American history.


                                S. 4204

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4204, a bill to establish an 
Interagency Task Force to analyze preparedness for national pandemics, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4220

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4220, a bill to limit the use of Federal 
law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4230

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4230, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to mental 
health services and certain evaluation and management services 
furnished through telehealth under the Medicare program.


                                S. 4233

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4233, a bill to establish a 
payment program for unexpected loss of markets and revenues to timber 
harvesting and timber hauling businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4248

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4248, a bill to 
establish a grant program to provide funds for health care entities to 
establish or improve bias and anti-racism training to help reduce 
racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 testing, treatment, health 
outcomes, and vaccine access.


                                S. 4252

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 4252, a bill to 
provide funding for States to improve their unemployment compensation 
programs, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 509

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 509, a resolution 
calling upon the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution 
on Iran that extends the dates by which Annex B restrictions under 
Resolution 2231 are currently set to expire.


                              S. RES. 578

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 578, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran's state-
sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued 
violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1885

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1885 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2051 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2328

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2328 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2352

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2352 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2433 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of

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the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2435

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2435 
intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2437

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2437 intended to be proposed 
to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2441

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2441 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2451

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from California (Ms. 
Harris) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2451 intended to be 
proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2457

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2457 intended to be proposed 
to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes

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