[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 177 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6999-S7001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 385

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 385, a bill to improve the 
full-service community school program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis) and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Daines) were added as cosponsors 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. 618

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 618, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and extend the deduction for 
charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing deductions.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 657, a bill to modify the 
presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to 
herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during 
the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of 
the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, 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. 796

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to codify 
maternity care coordination programs at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 976, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve and to

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expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to 
certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 998

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 1106

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Lujan) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1106, a bill to prohibit the sale of 
shark fins, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the 
Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used 
in Federal research, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1404

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) 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. 1425

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1425, a bill to enable the 
Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions to 
cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug 
or biosimilar, to foster competition, and facilitate the efficient 
review of petitions filed in good faith to raise legitimate public 
health concerns, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1536

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1536, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of medical 
nutrition therapy services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1548

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1548, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the diversity of participants in 
research on Alzheimer's disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1670

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1670, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable 
credit for working family caregivers.


                                S. 1779

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1779, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive 
health services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to remove 
college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-
prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1813

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1813, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to support research on, and 
expanded access to, investigational drugs for amyotrophic lateral 
sclerosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1850

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1850, a bill to preserve 
the memorials to chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1873

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1873, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of 
multi-cancer early detection screening tests.


                                S. 1988

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1988, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth 
services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to provide for 
nonpreemption of measures by State and local governments to divest from 
entities that engage in certain boycott, divestment, or sanctions 
activities targeting Israel or persons doing business in Israel or 
Israeli-controlled territories, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2172

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2172, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve grants, payments, and technical 
assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to serve 
homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2207

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2207, a bill to temporarily 
increase the availability of temporary nonimmigrant nonagricultural 
workers for the purposes of restoring American forests, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2222

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Tuberville) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2222, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to lower the standard for removing 
employees who disclose tax return information without authorization, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol 
Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2405

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2405, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2502, a bill to provide first-
time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity 
to expunge that conviction after successful completion of court-imposed 
probation.


                                S. 2565

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2565, a bill to amend 
title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the testing of a 
community-based palliative care model.


                                S. 2675

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.

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Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2675, a bill to amend the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase appropriations to 
Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2700

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2700, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, 
prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety 
officers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2765

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2765, a bill to provide that 
Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal 
year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the 
budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.


                                S. 2854

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2854, a bill to allow for the transfer 
and redemption of abandoned savings bonds.


                                S. 2863

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Tuberville) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2863, a bill to require 
the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Taliban and persons 
assisting the Taliban in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2869

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2869, a bill to temporarily 
limit the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to prescribe chargeable premium rates for flood 
insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program.


                                S. 2876

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2876, a bill to prioritize 
the efforts of, and to enhance coordination among, United States 
agencies to encourage countries in Central and Eastern Europe to 
improve the security of their telecommunications networks, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2919

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2919, a bill to designate Indigenous Peoples' 
Day as a legal public holiday and replace the term ``Columbus Day'' 
with the term ``Indigenous Peoples' Day'', and for other purposes.


                                S. 2948

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2948, a bill to 
protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources 
development projects.


                              S.J. RES. 21

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. 
Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 21, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment 
for a crime.


                              S. RES. 321

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 321, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic 
fatalities to zero by 2050.
  At the request of Ms. Smith, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 321, supra.


                              S. RES. 377

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 377, a resolution 
urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a 
terrorist organization.

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