[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5271-S5274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 624, a bill to amend the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide for same day 
registration.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Durbin) 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. 785

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 785, a bill to improve mental health care provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to extend 
Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.

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                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) were added as cosponsors of S. 892, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women in the United 
States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the 
aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition, and other materials to win 
the war, that were referred to as ``Rosie the Riveter'', in recognition 
of their contributions to the United States and the inspiration they 
have provided to ensuing generations.


                                 S. 997

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 997, a bill to recognize 
and honor the service of individuals who served in the United States 
Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1068

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1068, a bill to secure the 
Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1267, a bill to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the 
National Museum of the American Latino, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the 23d Headquarters Special Troops and the 
3133d Signal Service Company in recognition of their unique and 
distinguished service as a ``Ghost Army'' that conducted deception 
operations in Europe during World War II.


                                S. 1609

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1609, a bill to 
amend the Securities Act of 1934 to require country-by-country 
reporting.


                                S. 1644

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1644, a bill to ensure 
that State and local law enforcement may cooperate with Federal 
officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and 
suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States.


                                S. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2043, a bill to 
provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-
run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for 
individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. 
Hate Crimes Prevention Act.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2057

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2057, a bill to establish a 
National Climate Bank.


                                S. 2226

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2226, a bill 
to require States to carry out congressional redistricting in 
accordance with plans developed and enacted into law by independent 
redistricting commissions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2233

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2233, a bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order 
that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 2238, a bill to protect 
elections for public office by providing financial support and enhanced 
security for the infrastructure used to carry out such elections, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2669

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2669, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and 
require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal 
campaigns to detect and report such acts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2693

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2693, a bill to improve 
oversight by the Federal Communications Commission of the wireless and 
broadcast emergency alert systems.


                                S. 2695

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2695, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the defense of 
United States agriculture and food through the National Bio and Agro-
Defense Facility, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2815

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 3264

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3264, a bill to expedite and 
streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal 
land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3470

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3470, a 
bill to establish the National Office of New Americans, to reduce 
obstacles to United States citizenship, to support the integration of 
immigrants into the social, cultural, economic, and civic life of the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3485

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3485, a bill to 
expand the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expand revenue sharing 
for offshore wind, to reauthorize the National Oceans and Coastal 
Security Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3487

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3487, a bill to 
amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide for the compensation 
of elderly victims of property damage, to provide increased funding for 
the crime victim compensation fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3677

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3677, a bill to require the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration to promulgate an emergency temporary 
standard to protect employees from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2, 
and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3703

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3703, a bill to amend the 
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act to improve the prevention of 
elder abuse and exploitation of individuals with Alzheimer's disease 
and related dementias.


                                S. 3814

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) 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. 3856

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3856, a bill to authorize 
emergency homeless assistance grants under the Emergency Solutions 
Grants program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
response to the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3900

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3900, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a grant program to support 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in the 
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and for other purposes.


                                S. 3933

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3933, a bill to restore 
American leadership in semiconductor manufacturing by increasing 
Federal incentives in order to enable advanced research and 
development, secure the supply chain, and ensure long-term national 
security and economic competitiveness.


                                S. 4000

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4000, a bill to require 
Federal law enforcement and prison officials to obtain or provide 
immediate medical attention to individuals in custody who display 
medical distress.


                                S. 4003

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4003, a bill 
to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, 
programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset 
of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian 
actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from 
such violence, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4061

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 4061, a bill to provide 
emergency nutrition assistance to States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4071

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4071, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust identification number 
requirements for taxpayers filing joint returns to receive Economic 
Impact Payments.


                                S. 4075

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4075, a bill to 
amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide 
for the release of certain Federal interests in connection with certain 
grants under that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4106

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4106, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price 
transparency.


                                S. 4108

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4108, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to increase Federal support to State 
Medicaid programs during economic downturns, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4117

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 4117, a bill to provide 
automatic forgiveness for paycheck protection program loans under $150, 
000, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4129

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4129, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds.


                                S. 4140

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4140, a bill to 
provide additional emergency funding for certain nutrition programs.


                                S. 4150

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) 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. 4160

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4160, a bill to enable certain hospitals that 
were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under 
section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 
public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4174

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4174, a bill to 
provide emergency appropriations to the United States Postal Service to 
cover losses related to the COVID-19 crisis and to direct the Board of 
Governors of the United States Postal Service to develop a plan for 
ensuring the long term solvency of the Postal Service.


                                S. 4186

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 4186, a bill to provide grants to States that do not suspend, 
revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of a person or refuse to 
renew a registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or 
criminal fine or fee, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4233

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 4255

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Tillis), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4255, a bill to amend the CARES Act to establish 
community investment programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4258, a bill to establish a grant program for 
small live venue operators and talent representatives.

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                                S. 4285

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4285, a bill to establish a 
pilot program through which the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services shall allocate funds to States for the provision of Internet-
connected devices to libraries.


                                S. 4286

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4286, a bill to authorize appropriations 
for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity 
resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.


                                S. 4290

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4290, a bill to provide 
much needed liquidity to America's job creators.


                                S. 4296

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 4296, a bill to provide the 
Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the 
authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free 
Communities Support Program.


                                S. 4317

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4317, a bill to lessen the burdens on interstate commerce by 
discouraging insubstantial lawsuits relating to COVID-19 while 
preserving the ability of individuals and businesses that have suffered 
real injury to obtain complete relief.


                                S. 4338

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4338, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to temporarily suspend increased line speeds 
at meat and poultry establishments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4344

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4344, a bill to provide a tax credit to live 
event venues that provided refunds on tickets for events that were 
cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


                                S. 4362

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4362, a bill to 
prohibit water and power shutoffs during the COVID-19 emergency period, 
provide drinking and waste water assistance to households, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4374

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4374, a bill to establish a 
Government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the 
Federal workforce, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4390

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4390, a bill to establish a 
grant program to support schools of medicine and schools of osteopathic 
medicine in underserved areas.


                                S. 4395

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4395, a bill to 
amend title 46, United States Code, to authorize maritime 
transportation emergency relief, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4402

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4402, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify certain activities that 
would have been authorized under Nationwide Permit 12 and other 
Nationwide Permits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4433

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4433, a bill to authorize the 
National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative 
work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4439

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4439, a bill to require any 
COVID-19 drug developed in whole or in part with Federal support to be 
affordable and accessible by prohibiting monopolies and price gouging, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4442

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4442, a bill to amend 
subtitle A of title II of division A of the CARES Act to provide 
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to individuals with mixed income 
sources, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 524

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 524, a resolution 
condemning the practice of politically motivated imprisonment, calling 
for the immediate release of political prisoners in the Russian 
Federation, and urging action by the United States Government to impose 
sanctions with respect to persons responsible for that form of human 
rights abuse.


                              S. RES. 578

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Toomey), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) 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.


                              S. RES. 658

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 658, a resolution 
calling for a free, fair, and transparent presidential election in 
Belarus taking place on August 9, 2020, including the unimpeded 
participation of all presidential candidates.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2582

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2582 intended 
to be proposed to S. 178, a bill to condemn gross human rights 
violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end 
to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities 
inside and outside China.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2593

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2593 intended to 
be proposed to S. 178, a bill to condemn gross human rights violations 
of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to 
arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities 
inside and outside China

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