[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4440-S4442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 190

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator 
from California (Mr. Padilla) were added as cosponsors of S. 190, a 
bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require 
the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt 
of veterans' disability compensation and retirement pay for disability 
retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related 
disability, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator 
from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez 
Masto) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 424, 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 LGBTQI Peoples, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, 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. 596

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of 
programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to establish an 
interactive online dashboard to allow the public to review information 
for Federal grant funding related to mental health programs.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 888

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 888, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1035, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Labor to take initiatives to measure the impact of 
automation on the workforce in order to inform workforce development 
strategies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1125, a bill to recommend that the Center for 
Medicare and Medicaid Innovation test the effect of a dementia care 
management model, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1137

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1137, a bill 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gay and trans panic 
defenses.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 1157, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-
line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous 
itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred 
in the trade or business of being an employee.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension 
offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                S. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1338, a bill to 
repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for 
the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil 
proceedings.


                                S. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill to direct the 
Director of the National Science Foundation to support STEM education 
and workforce development research focused on rural areas, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1408, a bill to 
posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen 
Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in 
recognition of their contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 1489

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1489, 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. 1521

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from

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Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1521, a bill to require certain civil 
penalties to be transferred to a fund through which amounts are made 
available for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research 
Program at the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1838, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
program on using alternative credit scoring information for veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1873

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors 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. 1896

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1896, a bill to prohibit 
the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in 
any algorithmic process, to require transparency in the use of 
algorithmic processes and content moderation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2130

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2130, a bill to 
modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and 
to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for 
renewable energy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2164

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2164, a bill to 
provide for certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2340

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2340, a bill to 
improve the safety and security of the Federal judiciary.


                                S. 2410

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) were added as cosponsors of S. 2410, a bill 
to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of 
students.


                                S. 2512

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2512, a bill to amend title 
28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices 
and judges of the courts of the United States.


                                S. 2607

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2607, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the former hostages of the Iran Hostage 
Crisis of 1979-1981, highlighting their resilience throughout the 
unprecedented ordeal that they lived through and the national unity it 
produced, marking 4 decades since their 444 days in captivity, and 
recognizing their sacrifice to the United States.


                                S. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to protect the 
voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters.


                                S. 2706

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2706, a bill 
to improve diversity in clinical trials and data collection for COVID-
19 and future public health threats to address social determinants of 
health.


                                S. 2834

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2834, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
rehabilitation innovation centers under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2889

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2889, a bill to amend the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to address the timing for the use 
of funds with respect to grants made to shuttered venue operators.


                                S. 2958

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2958, a bill to require the 
Attorney General to make competitive grants to State, tribal, and local 
governments to establish and maintain witness protection and assistance 
programs.


                                S. 3021

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator 
from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3021, a bill to provide non-medical counseling 
services for military families.


                                S. 3089

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3089, a bill to amend 
section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
as members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 
and to require the Committee to consider the security of the food and 
agriculture systems of the United States as a factor to be considered 
when determining to take action with respect to foreign investment, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3295

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator 
from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 3295, a 
bill to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the 
transmission of HIV.


                                S. 3304

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3304, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve the ability of veterans to electronically submit complaints 
about the delivery of health care services by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 3316

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3316, a bill to 
provide for certain whistleblower incentives and protections.


                                S. 3361

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3361, a bill to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of 
franchise fee, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3483

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3483, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity 
compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had 
such disease prior to death, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3794

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr.

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Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3794, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to establish an emergency grant aid program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3854

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3854, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve certain programs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for home and community based services 
for veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3855

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3855, a bill to amend 
section 7014 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
advance toward full Federal funding for impact aid, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3899

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3899, a bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 to reauthorize and update the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3909

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3909, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military 
personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit.
  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3909, supra.


                                S. 3938

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from California (Mr. 
Padilla) were added as cosponsors of S. 3938, a bill to reauthorize the 
READ Act.


                                S. 4009

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added as cosponsors of S. 4009, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rebase the calculation 
of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent 
hospitals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4105

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4105, a bill to treat 
certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified 
liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986.


                                S. 4111

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4111, a bill to support research and State 
management efforts relating to chronic wasting disease, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4223

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4223, a bill to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2022, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4382

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4382, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games 
in Los Angeles, California.


                                S. 4419

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4419, a bill to require 
small, medium, and large hub airports to certify that airport service 
workers are paid the prevailing wage and provided fringe benefits, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 4466

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4466, a bill to amend the Peace Corps Act by 
reauthorizing the Peace Corps, providing better support for current, 
returning, and former volunteers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4485

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4485, a bill to amend the 
Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income, 
veteran status, or military status.


                                S. 4612

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4612, a bill to protect a 
person's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in 
contraception, and to protect a health care provider's ability to 
provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to 
contraception.


                                S. 4666

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4666, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for 
attorney fees awarded with respect to certain wildfire damages and to 
exclude from gross income settlement funds received with respect to 
such damages.


                                S. 4741

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4741, a bill to 
encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and 
the countries in the Western Balkans, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 709

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 709, a 
resolution expressing the commitment of the Senate to building on the 
20 years of success of the George McGovern-Robert Dole Food for 
Education and Child Nutrition Program.


                              S. RES. 735

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 735, a resolution 
acknowledging and commemorating the women in the Army who served in the 
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women's Army Corp during World War 
II.

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