[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3758-S3761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 42, a bill to improve the 
management and performance of the capital asset programs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs so as to better serve veterans, their 
families, caregivers, and survivors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 106

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 106, 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. 120

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 120, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for 
charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education 
scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students.


                                 S. 197

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 197, a bill to 
permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of 
funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 234

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 234, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 414

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 414, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity 
compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to 
streamline enrollment in health insurance affordability programs and 
minimum essential coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to withhold 
United States contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 443

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 443, 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. 502

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 502, a bill to 
amend the Animal Health Protection Act with respect to the importation 
of live dogs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 657, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to establish a tax credit for neighborhood revitalization, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to 
amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid 
Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 789, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint a coin in recognition of the 100th anniversary of 
the United States Foreign Service and its contribution to United States 
diplomacy.


                                 S. 930

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. 
Fischer) were added as cosponsors of S. 930, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public 
safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Vance) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 993, a bill to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1109

  At the request of Mr. Vance, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1109, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of 
naturalization

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under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                                S. 1291

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Hassan) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1291, a bill to require that social media platforms 
verify the age of their users, prohibit the use of algorithmic 
recommendation systems on individuals under age 18, require parental or 
guardian consent for social media users under age 18, and prohibit 
users who are under age 13 from accessing social media platforms.


                                S. 1377

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1377, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing 
credit.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an excess 
urban heat mitigation grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1384

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Vance) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1384, a bill to promote and 
protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                S. 1409

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill to 
protect the safety of children on the internet.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to 
establish a program to award grants to entities that provide 
transportation connectors from critically underserved communities to 
green spaces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1474

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1474, a bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish a 
dairy nutrition incentive program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1478

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1478, a bill to designate 
United States Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, 
Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New 
York, and Massachusetts as the ``National Medal of Honor Highway'', and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1525

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Vance) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1525, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to address governmental interference in 
content moderation decisions by providers of interactive computer 
services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1529

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Lujan) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1529, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to 
provide for greater protection of roosters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Education to award grants for outdoor learning spaces 
and to develop living schoolyards.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1557, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1606, a bill to 
end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and 
maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1639

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1639, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase funding for 
the purchase of specialty crops, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1650

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1650, a bill to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may 
not be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign 
exchanges, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1666

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1666, a 
bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to reauthorize animal 
disease prevention and management programs.


                                S. 1688

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to 
require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1975 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land 
use policies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1706

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1706, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for 
qualified business income.


                                S. 1729

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1729, 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. 1751

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1751, a bill to amend the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers 
involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1829

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1829, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum 
from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1887

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Ricketts) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1887, a bill to provide visa availability for 
the Government Employee Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Kelly, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to amend the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for the 
establishment of a Critical Supply Chain Site Development grant 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1972

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1972, a bill to 
increase college transparency and for other purposes.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from

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Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Ricketts) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2003, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
of State to provide additional assistance to Ukraine using assets 
confiscated from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other 
sovereign assets of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2036

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2036, a 
bill to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from changing energy 
conservation standards for distribution transformers for a certain 
period, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2129

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2129, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a 
prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage organizations offering an 
MA-PD plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to 
include certain drugs and biosimilar biological products on such 
formulary, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2195

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2195, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduction 
program.


                                S. 2217

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2217, a bill to 
amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
provide full Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 2228

  At the request of Mr. Kelly, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2228, a bill to amend the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to 
clarify the scope of a major Federal action under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to certain projects 
relating to the production of semiconductors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2248

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2248, a bill to 
require a pilot program on the use of big data analytics to identify 
vessels evading sanctions and export controls and to require a report 
on the availability in the United States of emerging and foundational 
technologies subject to export controls.


                                S. 2260

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2260, a bill to require 
transparency in notices of funding opportunity, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2286

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2286, a bill to improve the effectiveness and 
performance of certain Federal financial assistance programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2327

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2327, a bill to 
provide support for nationals of Afghanistan who supported the United 
States mission in Afghanistan, adequate vetting for parolees from 
Afghanistan, adjustment of status for eligible individuals, and special 
immigrant status for at-risk Afghan allies and relatives of certain 
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2357

  At the request of Mr. Vance, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2357, a bill to amend 
chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gender-
affirming care on minors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2428

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2428, a bill to establish a 
grant program for innovative partnerships among teacher preparation 
programs, local educational agencies, and community-based organizations 
to expand access to high-quality tutoring in hard-to-staff schools and 
high-need schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2430

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2430, a bill to 
amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to 
exclude certain air emissions from emergency notification requirements, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2449

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2449, a bill to amend the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make permanent the moratorium on benefit 
transaction fees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2451

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2451, a bill to allow for hemp-derived cannabidiol and 
hemp-derived cannabidiol containing substances in dietary supplements 
and food.


                                S. 2488

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2488, a bill to provide 
for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2494

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2494, a bill to update the 
21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2502, a bill to require 
the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of 
Defense to develop a bug bounty program relating to dual-use 
foundational artificial intelligence models.


                                S. 2553

  At the request of Mr. Fetterman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2553, a bill to 
amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking 
workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 36

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), 
the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Braun), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Cramer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 36, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor relating to 
``Rescission of Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal 
Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption Rule''.


                              S. RES. 285

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 285, a resolution to provide 
for the approval of final regulations relating

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to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to 
the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the 
Office of Compliance, now known as the Office of Congressional 
Workplace Rights, on August 19, 1996, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 306

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 306, a resolution recognizing that the 
United States needs to support and empower mothers in the workforce by 
investing in the Mom Economy.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 455

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 455 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2226, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 523

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 523 proposed to S. 
2226, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 638

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 638 
proposed to S. 2226, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1037

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1037 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2226, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1058

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1058 proposed to S. 2226, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Schmitt) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1058 proposed 
to S. 2226, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1069

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1069 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2226, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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