[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 175 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5144-S5146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 45

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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. 134

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 134, a bill to require an 
annual budget estimate for the initiatives of the National Institutes 
of Health pursuant to reports and recommendations made under the 
National Alzheimer's Project Act.


                                 S. 141

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) 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. 276

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Ricketts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 276, a bill to 
require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to 
investigate the vetting and processing of illegal aliens apprehended 
along the southwest border and to ensure that all laws are being 
upheld.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 563

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 563, a bill 
to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 610

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 610, a bill to amend the 
Federal Credit Union Act to modify the frequency of board of directors 
meetings, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Ricketts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to close loopholes 
in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt 
to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 735

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 735, a bill to strengthen 
the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to increase civil penalties for, and improve 
enforcement with respect to, customs fraud, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 894

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 894, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and 
disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among 
public safety officers.


                                 S. 907

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 907, a bill to amend 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter 
of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom 
slaughter facility, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 954

  At the request of Mr. Warnock, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 954, a bill to provide for appropriate cost-sharing 
for insulin products covered under private health plans, and to 
establish a program to support health care providers and pharmacies in 
providing discounted insulin products to uninsured individuals.


                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 976, a bill to establish and expand 
child care programs for parents who work nontraditional hours, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1300, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition of the late Prime Minister Golda Meir and the 75th 
anniversary of the United States-Israel relationship.
  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, supra.


                                S. 1400

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1400, a bill to amend 
the Food Security Act of 1985 to modify the delivery of technical 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1467, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit 
against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for 
the blind.


                                S. 1631

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1631, a bill to 
enhance the authority granted to the Department

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of Homeland Security and Department of Justice with respect to unmanned 
aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1800

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 1829

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1842

  At the request of Mr. Marshall, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1842, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the regulation of 
zootechnical animal food substances.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a time-limited 
provisional approval pathway, subject to specific obligations, for 
certain drugs and biological products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2039

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2039, 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 for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on 
terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer 
medications administered by a health care provider.


                                S. 2258

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2258, a 
bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional 
types of food items.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2444

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Ricketts) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2444, a bill to establish an interactive online dashboard to improve 
public access to information about grant funding related to mental 
health and substance use disorder programs.


                                S. 2555

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2555, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare 
Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney 
General, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2581

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2581, a bill to extend the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill to prohibit the 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from 
issuing a rule or promulgating a regulation requiring certain vehicles 
to be equipped with speed limiting devices, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2700

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2700, a bill to 
amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require investment 
advisers for passively managed funds to arrange for pass-through voting 
of proxies for certain securities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2713

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2713, a bill to amend 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983 to make commodities available for the Emergency Food 
Assistance Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2824

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Ricketts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2824, a bill to secure 
the borders of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2825

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mrs. Britt) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2825, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, 
collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-
saving actions in Vietnam.


                                S. 2839

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2839, a bill to 
clarify the maximum hiring target for new air traffic controllers, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2878

  At the request of Mr. Budd, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2878, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from 
hours worked, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2992

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2992, a bill to require the 
establishment of a joint task force to identify and eliminate barriers 
to agriculture exports of the United States.


                                S. 3064

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3064, a bill to limit 
funding to the United Nations until the Islamic Republic of Iran has 
been expelled and investigated for violations of the Genocide 
Convention, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3065

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Welch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3065, a bill to provide 
counsel for unaccompanied children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3068

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3068, a bill to require each enterprise to 
include on the Uniform Residential Loan Application a disclaimer to 
increase awareness of the direct and guaranteed home loan programs of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3078

  At the request of Mr. Budd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3078, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
institutions of higher education that authorize Anti-Semitic events on 
campus from participating in the student loan and grant programs under 
title IV of such Act.

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                                S. 3094

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3094, a bill to prohibit the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, 
implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions 
from vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3097

  At the request of Mr. Welch, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3097, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for organic dairy producers 
and processors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3103

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3103, a bill to amend 
the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt 
on a consumer report, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 20

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 20, a 
resolution condemning the coup that took place on February 1, 2021, in 
Burma and the Burmese military's detention of civilian leaders, calling 
for an immediate and unconditional release of all those detained, 
promoting accountability and justice for those killed by the Burmese 
military, and calling for those elected to serve in parliament to 
resume their duties without impediment, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 333

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 333, a resolution designating 2024 as 
the Year of Democracy as a time to reflect on the contributions of the 
system of Government of the United States to a more free and stable 
world.


                              S. RES. 385

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 385, a resolution calling for the 
immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and 
journalist, who was wrongfully detained by the Government of the 
Russian Federation in March 2023.


                              S. RES. 408

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 408, a resolution 
condemning Hamas for its premeditated, coordinated, and brutal 
terrorist attacks on Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately 
release all hostages and return them to safety, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1113

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1113 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1134

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) and 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 1134 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1250

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator 
from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1351

  At the request of Mr. Warnock, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1351 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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