[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2523-S2525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act to require coverage of hearing 
devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 107

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 107, a bill to amend the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow 
the interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 127

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill 
to support library infrastructure.


                                 S. 134

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 134, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a retraining assistance 
program for unemployed veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 144, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the Indian Health Service, to acquire private land to 
facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in Hemet, 
California, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 150, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to require the inclusion of certain audio-only 
diagnoses in the determination of risk adjustment for Medicare 
Advantage plans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 282

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 282, a bill to designate a 
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                 S. 437

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 437, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to concede exposure to 
airborne hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 450, a bill to award posthumously the Congressional 
Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to create a point of 
order against legislation modifying the number of Justices of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to 
amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a 
group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection 
with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication 
step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to authorize the 
location of a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and honor 
the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in support 
of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 605

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 605, a bill to 
reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries caused by 
underride crashes, to improve motor carrier and passenger motor vehicle 
safety, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 692

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the 
Army Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls''.


                                 S. 747

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 747, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the adjustment of status 
of essential workers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 754

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Colorado

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(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 754, a bill to provide health insurance 
benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the 
diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law 
enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill 
to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related 
misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to provide for 
the continuation of paid parental leave for members of the Armed 
Services in the event of the death of the child.


                                 S. 810

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand the list of diseases associated with 
exposure to certain herbicide agents for which there is a presumption 
of service connection for veterans who served in the Republic of 
Vietnam to include hypertension, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that kombucha is exempt from 
any excise taxes and regulations imposed on alcoholic beverages.


                                 S. 921

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 921, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to further 
protect officers and employees of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 998

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, 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. 1087

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1087, a bill to 
provide a duplication of benefits fix for Sandy CDBG-DR recipients, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1186

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1186, a bill 
to provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of 
the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1191, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances in 
the energy credit and to extend the credit for residential energy 
efficient property.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to small employers 
for covering military spouses under retirement plans.


                                S. 1404

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1404, 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. 1446

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1446, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and 
expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1479

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1479, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
taxpayers who remove lead-based hazards.


                                S. 1502

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1502, a bill to make Federal 
law enforcement officer peer support communications confidential, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1511

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1511, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to 
certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally 
disabled as a result of personal injuries sustain in the line of duty, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1520

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1520, a bill to 
reform the disposition of charges and convening of courts-martial for 
certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and 
increase the prevention of sexual assaults and other crimes in the 
military.


                                S. 1535

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1535, a bill to designate as wilderness certain 
Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and 
the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present 
and future generations of people in the United States.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Marshall, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1555, a bill to shorten the extension, and 
the amount, of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation in order to 
get Americans back to work.


                                S. 1566

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1566, a bill to provide 
grants to enable nonprofit disability organizations to develop training 
programs that support safe interactions between law enforcement 
officers and individuals with disabilities and older individuals.


                                S. 1570

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1570, a bill to facilitate 
nationwide accessibility and coordination of 211 services and 988 
services in order to provide information and referral to all residents 
and visitors in the United States for mental health emergencies, 
homelessness needs, other social and human services needs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1575, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security

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Act to encourage appropriate prescribing under Medicaid for victims of 
opioid overdose.


                                S. 1593

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1593, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general 
surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1595

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1595, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced penalties for 
convicted murderers who kill or target America's public safety 
officers.


                                S. 1599

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1599, a bill to protect 
law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 9

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 9, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine 
justices.


                               S. RES. 97

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 97, a 
resolution calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's 
Liberation Front, and other belligerents to cease all hostilities, 
protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and 
cooperate with independent investigations of credible atrocity 
allegations pertaining to the conflict in the Tigray Region of 
Ethiopia.


                              S. RES. 207

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 207, a resolution designating 
the week beginning November 8, 2021, as ``National Pregnancy Center 
Week'' to recognize the vital role that community-supported pregnancy 
centers play in saving lives and serving women and men faced with 
difficult pregnancy decisions

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