[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 160 (Wednesday, September 16, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5652-S5654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 593

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to amend the 
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and 
otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 839

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


                                 S. 959

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 959, a bill to establish in the Smithsonian 
Institution a comprehensive women's history museum, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1210

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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.

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                                S. 1820

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1820, a bill 
to improve the integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a 
uniform anti-doping and medication control program to be developed and 
enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication 
Control Authority.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) 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. 2815

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) 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. 2936

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2936, a bill to provide for the 
admission and protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and other 
vulnerable individuals, to provide for the processing of refugees and 
asylum seekers in the Western Hemisphere, and to modify certain special 
immigrant visa programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3051

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3051, a bill to 
improve protections for wildlife, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3264

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) 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. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3353, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of 
immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3353, supra.


                                S. 3366

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3366, a bill to amend the 
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to make the National Parks and 
Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at no cost to members of Gold 
Star Families.


                                S. 3393

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) 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. 3471

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 3605

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3605, a bill to amend 
the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to provide specialty 
crop block grants to fund State food banks and food access networks.


                                S. 3718

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) 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. 3753

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3761

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3899

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


                                S. 4003

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 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. 4110

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor 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. 4150

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 4152

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4152, a bill to provide for the 
adjustment or modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for 
critical rural utility service providers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4159

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4159, a bill to amend 
the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act to 
accommodate emerging technologies.


                                S. 4234

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4234, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to identify a certain amount of Federal spectrum 
to be reallocated for mobile and fixed wireless broadband use, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4258, a bill to establish a grant program for small 
live venue operators and talent representatives.


                                S. 4349

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 4349, a bill to address behavioral health and well-being among 
health care professionals.


                                S. 4417

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4417, a 
bill to provide temporary impact aid construction grants

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to eligible local educational agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4422

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor 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. 4482

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4482, a bill to require the 
Secretary of State to submit to Congress an annual report regarding 
instances of Arab government retribution toward citizens and residents 
who engage in people-to-people relations with Israelis.


                                S. 4526

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor 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. 4544

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4544, a bill to specify 
the Federal share of the costs of certain duty of the National Guard in 
connection with the Coronavirus Disease 2019.


                                S. 4559

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4559, a bill to 
respond to the provision of bounties by the Government of the Russian 
Federation for the killing of members of the Armed Forces of the United 
States and members of the Resolute Support Mission led by the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization and with respect to certain Russian 
political figures and oligarchs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4571

  At the request of Mr. Peters, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
4571, a bill to extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor 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 Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Peters) were added as cosponsors 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1551 
intended to be proposed to S. 2657, a bill to support innovation in 
advanced geothermal research and development, and for other purposes

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