[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5442-S5445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
150, a bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 201

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 201, a bill to amend title 
13, United States Code, to make clear that each decennial census, as 
required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
several States, shall tabulate the total number of persons in each 
State, and to provide that no information regarding United States 
citizenship or immigration status may be elicited in any such census.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 514, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 614, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to 
removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears 
from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife.


                                 S. 997

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 1210

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) 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. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, a bill to establish 
within the Smithsonian Institution the National Museum of the American 
Latino, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) 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. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2539, a bill to modify 
and reauthorize the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2561

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors 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. 2766

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Hassan) were added as cosponsors of S. 2766, a bill to support and 
expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls 
around the world, and other purposes.


                                S. 2815

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) 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. 2833

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) 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. 2886

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 3043

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3043, a bill to modernize 
training programs at aviation maintenance technician schools, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3067

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3067, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to combat the opioid 
crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in the hospital 
outpatient setting.


                                S. 3089

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3089, a bill to improve the 
construction and leasing of medical facilities of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3141

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3141, a bill to amend the 
Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to clarify and expand 
food donation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3250

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3250, a bill to 
ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agents, and other 
personnel have

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adequate synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the Department of 
Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic opioid detection 
capability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3393

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3393, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt 
of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability 
retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related 
disability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3401

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3401, a bill to amend title II 
of the Social Security Act to replace the windfall elimination 
provision with a formula equalizing benefits for certain individuals 
with noncovered employment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3471

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3471, a bill to ensure 
that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States 
market, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3547

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3547, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive limitations on 
expansion of facility capacity under rural provider and hospital 
exception to ownership or investment prohibition during coronavirus 
2020 emergency period.


                                S. 3612

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3612, a bill to clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax 
treatment of ordinary business expenses.


                                S. 3693

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 3718

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3718, a bill to 
expand the waiver of affiliation rules for certain business concerns 
with more than 1 physical location, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3761

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3761, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans 
service organizations and recognized agents and attorneys opportunities 
to review Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating 
determinations before they are finalized, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3812

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added as cosponsors of S. 3812, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.


                                S. 3814

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor 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 Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) 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. 3898

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3898, a bill to provide 
flexibility for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in caring for 
homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3899

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3899, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance 
program for unemployed veterans, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3899, supra.


                                S. 4019

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) 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. 4048

  At the request of Ms. Warren, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
4048, a bill to modify the deadlines for completing the 2020 decennial 
census of population and related tabulations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4089

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 4098

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4098, a bill to provide 
funding for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4110

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4110, a bill to designate residents of the Hong Kong 
Special Administrative Region as Priority 2 refugees of special 
humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4117

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) 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. 4150

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 4166

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4166, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions for veterans with service-
connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 to determine whether their 
service-connected disabilities were the principal or contributory cases 
of death, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4174

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and 
the

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Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors 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. 4190

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) 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. 4191

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4191, a bill to require a 
report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the 
United States.


                                S. 4233

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4258, a bill to establish a grant program for small live venue 
operators and talent representatives.


                                S. 4292

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4292, a bill to prohibit 
Federal funds from being made available to teach the 1619 Project 
curriculum in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4299

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4299, a bill 
to provide grants for tourism and events support and promotion in areas 
affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4317

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) 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. 4374

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) 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. 4395

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors 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. Cassidy) 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. 4422

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 4422, a bill 
to establish the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives within the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4423

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4423, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
Act to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the 
authority to temporarily modify certain Medicare requirements for 
hospice care during the COVID public health emergency.


                                S. 4464

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4464, a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act 
to add additional demographic reporting requirements, to modify the 
goals of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4473

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4473, a bill to amend 
title 17, United States Code, to address circumvention of copyright 
protection systems with respect to the maintenance or repair of 
critical medical infrastructure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4491

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4491, a bill to 
designate methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4493

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4493, a bill 
to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Inspector 
General of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 4526

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 4526, a bill to ensure that 
COVID-19-related Federal programs and assistance provide for the 
translation of informational materials relating to awareness, 
screening, testing, and treatment for COVID-19 into priority languages.


                              S. RES. 509

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) 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. 658

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


                              S. RES. 670

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 670, a 
resolution recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome 
(PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of September 2020 as 
``PCOS Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 672

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 672, a 
resolution designating September 2020 as National Democracy Month as a 
time to reflect

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on the contributions of the system of government of the United States 
to a more free and stable world

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