[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 158 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4760-S4763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor 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 North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) 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. 133

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


                                 S. 134

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Mullin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 134, a bill to require an 
annual budget estimate for the initiatives of

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the National Institutes of Health pursuant to reports and 
recommendations made under the National Alzheimer's Project Act.


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) was added as a cosponsor 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. 141

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 141, 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. 265

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 265, a bill to 
reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment 
assistance program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 503

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 503, a bill to establish the 
Space National Guard.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 514, a bill to award posthumously the 
Congressional Gold Medal to Constance Baker Motley, in recognition of 
her enduring contributions and service to the United States.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1212

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1212, a bill to authorize notaries public to perform, 
and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and 
remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to 
require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a 
notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize 
notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when 
the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, 
record, or judicial proceeding of notarial officer's State or when the 
notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1274

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1274, a bill to permanently exempt payments 
made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from 
sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.


                                S. 1351

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1351, a bill to 
study and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1459

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1459, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue 
regulations concerning accommodations for powered wheelchairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1474

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1667

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1667, a bill to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to authorize lawful permanent resident status for 
certain college graduates who entered the United States as children, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1686

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1686, a bill to 
establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and 
community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a 
community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1730

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1730, a bill to strengthen 
the collection of data regarding interactions between law enforcement 
officers and individuals with disabilities.


                                S. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1731, 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. 1979

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1979, a bill to amend title 9 of the United 
States Code with respect to arbitration of disputes involving age 
discrimination.


                                S. 2026

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2026, a bill to 
provide support for programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
relating to the coordination of maternity health care, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit 
organizations to assist such organizations in carrying out programs to 
provide service dogs to eligible veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Mullin) 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. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) 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. 2243

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Welch) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2243, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at 
accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools 
and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and 
chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in 
palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty 
careers in academic palliative and hospice care.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 2253, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2260

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


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill 
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment 
under the Medicaid program of certain providers across State lines, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2397

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2397, a bill to amend section 
495 of the Public Health Service Act to require inspections of foreign 
laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure 
compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2458

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2458, a bill to amend the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act to promote crop insurance support for beginning farmers 
and ranchers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2515

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) 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. 2531

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2531, a 
bill to improve the communications between social media platforms and 
law enforcement agencies, to establish the Federal Trade Commission 
Platform Safety Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2581

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


                                S. 2644

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2644, a bill to 
establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided 
under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program.


                                S. 2662

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2662, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain activities relating to 
research for wood products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to amend 
the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize 
the position of Farmworker Coordinator.


                                S. 2703

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2703, a bill to amend 
the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish 
the Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce.


                                S. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Mullin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to clarify 
that section 8526(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 does not apply with respect to the use of funds for sports clubs, 
teams, training, or related activities provided for students.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 
and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 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. 2834

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2834, a bill to 
combat toxic indoor mold, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2835

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as 
cosponsors 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 New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) 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.


                                S. 2861

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2861, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, an American icon, in 
recognition of a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights 
for all, in sports and in society.


                                S. 2902

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2902, a bill to 
prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2911

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2911, a bill to prohibit 
the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from 
declaring certain emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing 
gun control.


                                S. 2938

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2938, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include child development and 
early learning as community services under the Federal work-study 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2953

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2953, a bill to 
consolidate or repeal unnecessary agency major rules, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2955

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2955, a bill to designate July 11 as 
National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide.


                              S. RES. 320

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 320, a resolution 
calling for the immediate release of Eyvin Hernandez, a United States 
citizen and Los Angeles County public defender, who was wrongfully 
detained by the Venezuelan regime in March 2022.


                              S. RES. 360

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 360, a resolution designating the week of September 25 through 
September 29, 2023, as ``National Hazing Awareness Week''.

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                              S. RES. 372

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Warnock), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
372, a resolution expressing concern about the spreading problem of 
book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression 
in the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1250

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1250 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 4366, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

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