[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4679-S4680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to 
reauthorize the READ Act.


                                 S. 45

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 45, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify reporting requirements, promote tax 
compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty 
service industry.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 133, a bill to extend the 
National Alzheimer's Project.


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 135, a bill to provide for a period of continuing 
appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the 
normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and 
consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations.


                                 S. 592

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 592, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to increase the mileage rate offered by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs through their Beneficiary Travel 
program for health related travel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 652, 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. 722

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit certain expenses associated 
with obtaining or maintaining recognized postsecondary credentials to 
be treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 
accounts.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 740, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans 
unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 928

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 928, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide 
prevention, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill 
to prohibit certain uses of xylazine, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1199

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1199, a bill to combat 
the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting 
accountability and transparency by the tech industry.


                                S. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill to 
provide for payment rates for durable medical equipment under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1384

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1384, a bill to 
promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1507, a bill to 
provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement 
agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to 
use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement 
efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the program of 
comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of veterans, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1800, 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. 2085

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare 
coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.


                                S. 2090

  At the request of Mr. Mullin, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2090, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of motor vehicles with 
internal combustion engines.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to direct the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to 
develop a National Strategy to Close the Digital Divide, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2284

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2284, a bill to 
require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate.


                                S. 2407

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2407, 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. 2444

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2444, a bill to establish 
an interactive online dashboard to improve

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public access to information about grant funding related to mental 
health and substance use disorder programs.


                                S. 2515

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 2515, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to 
expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S 
corporations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2581

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2581, a bill to extend the 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.


                                S. 2738

  At the request of Mr. Vance, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2738, a bill to prohibit through 
December 31, 2024, the imposition of a mask mandate on passengers of 
air carriers or public transit and in educational settings within the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2757, a bill to limit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from modifying the rate of payment or reimbursement 
for transportation of veterans or other individuals via special modes 
of transportation under the laws administered by the Secretary, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2781

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2781, a bill to promote 
remediation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2817

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2817, a 
bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit 
employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, 
to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to 
register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2835

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2835, a bill making 
continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a Government 
shutdown.


                                S. 2860

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the 
Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. 
Duckworth), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kelly), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2860, a bill to create protections for financial 
institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned 
marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for 
other purposes.

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