[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 156 (Thursday, September 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5550-S5552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to amend title 
13, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Commerce to provide 
advance notice to Congress before changing any questions on the 
decennial census, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to establish 
a postsecondary student data system.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 861, a bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the 
Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

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


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 1337

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Correctional 
Education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator 
from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 1791, 
a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex 
(including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status 
in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to 
improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2008

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the 
Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors of S. 2008, a 
bill to prohibit, as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, commercial 
sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2227

  At the request of Ms. Smith, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2227, a bill to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for 
reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, 
to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2257

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2257, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2438

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2438, a bill to 
prevent, treat, and cure tuberculosis globally.


                                S. 2500

  At the request of Ms. Smith, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2500, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan 
repayment program for mental health professionals to relieve workforce 
shortages, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2548

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the 
Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2548, a bill to amend the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent 
bullying and harassment of students.


                                S. 2741

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2741, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2815

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3103

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3103, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority 
to waive for certain facilities the 35-mile rule for designating 
critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3233

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3233, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to improve access to skilled nursing facility services for 
hemophilia patients.


                                S. 3487

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 3685

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3685, a bill to provide 
emergency rental assistance under the Emergency Solutions Grants 
program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in response 
to the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3750

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3750, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the accelerated and 
advance payment programs under parts A and B of the Medicare program 
during the COVID-19 emergency.


                                S. 3753

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 3753, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the 
disposal of controlled substances medications.


                                S. 3763

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3763, a bill to establish the 
Pandemic Responder Service Award program to express our gratitude to 
front-line health care workers.


                                S. 3799

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3799, a bill to expand 
access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and 
maternal health

[[Page S5551]]

services, for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to 
health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3814

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) 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. 3872

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3872, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited 
provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for 
certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4003

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 4007

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4007, a bill to amend the 
Trade Act of 1974 to modify the eligibility requirements for the 
Generalized System of Preferences to strengthen worker protections and 
to ensure that beneficiary developing countries afford equal rights and 
protection under the law, regardless of gender, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4012

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Reed), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors of S. 4012, a bill to 
establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund to provide 
structured relief to food service or drinking establishments through 
December 31, 2020, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4058

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4058, a bill to 
authorize grants to address substance use during COVID-19.


                                S. 4124

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4124, a bill to expedite 
hiring by the Department of Veterans Affairs of medical department 
personnel separating from the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4135

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4135, a bill to provide 
forgivable physical disaster loans to businesses damaged due to civil 
unrest, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4150

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) 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. 4193

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 4199

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4199, a bill to amend 
titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to lower 
prescription drug prices in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, to 
improve transparency related to pharmaceutical prices and transactions, 
to lower patients' out-of-pocket costs, and to ensure accountability to 
taxpayers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4227

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4227, a bill to improve 
access to economic injury disaster loans and emergency advances under 
the CARES Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4254

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Jones), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator 
from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 4254, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to encourage voting by students and to 
establish emergency procedures for institutions of higher education to 
assist students in exercising their right to vote.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4258, a bill to establish a 
grant program for small live venue operators and talent 
representatives.


                                S. 4338

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 4349

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4349, a bill to address 
behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.


                                S. 4353

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4353, a bill to 
provide emergency assistance for independent poultry growers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4372

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4372, a bill to provide for unused 
benefits in a dependent care FSA to be carried over from 2020 to 2021, 
to provide for benefits to be accessed after termination of employment, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4380

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4380, a bill to provide 
redress to the employees of Air America.


                                S. 4391

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4391, a 
bill to authorize a public service announcement campaign on the 
efficacy of cloth face coverings in reducing the spread of COVID-19, to 
authorize a program to provide cloth face coverings to any individual 
in the United States who requests one free of charge, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4422

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4422, a 
bill to establish

[[Page S5552]]

the Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives within the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4440

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4440, a bill to authorize the Director of the Center 
for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a Social Determinants 
of Health Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4472

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4472, a bill to amend the 
Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to 
include eligible telecommunications carriers and providers of 
educational broadband service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4497

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4497, a bill to 
temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat the 
COVID-19 pandemic.


                                S. 4511

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4511, a bill to make certain 
improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs relating to education, burial benefits, and other matters, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 4513

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 4513, a bill to ensure climate and environmental justice 
accountability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4528

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4528, a bill to strengthen the United States ties 
with Latin American and Caribbean countries through diplomatic, 
economic, and security cooperation, to counter efforts by the People's 
Republic of China to undermine United States interests and values in 
the Americas, and to promote economic development and competitiveness 
in the Latin American and Caribbean region.


                                S. 4529

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4529, a bill to improve access by Indian Tribes to 
support from the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support 
program (E-rate) of the Federal Communications Commission, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 75, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to the fundamental right to vote.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 274, a resolution 
expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost 
lives, freedoms, and other rights for adhering to their beliefs and 
practices, and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ 
harvesting, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 672

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 672, a 
resolution designating September 2020 as National Democracy Month as a 
time to reflect on the contributions of the system of government of the 
United States to a more free and stable world.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 672, supra

                          ____________________