[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5919-S5922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 1

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1, a bill to 
expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of 
big money in politics, and for other purposes.


                                  S. 8

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 8, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the 
refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan, to 
improve cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Ms. Butler, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
22, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer 
Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.


                                 S. 45

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 45, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify reporting requirements, 
promote tax

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compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in the beauty 
service industry.


                                 S. 312

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 312, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for 
ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 359

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 359, a bill to 
amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct 
for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 448, a bill to 
codify the existing Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of 
the National Park Service, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 630

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 630, a bill to 
establish a democracy advancement and innovation program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1097

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1097, a bill to 
establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1138

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1138, a bill to amend the 
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Financial Stability Act of 
2010 to require a reduction of financed emissions to protect financial 
stability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1294

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


                                S. 1307

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1307, a bill to ensure that 
students in schools have a right to read, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1384

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


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1467, supra.


                                S. 1610

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1610, a bill to 
authorize administrative absences and travel and transportation 
allowances for members of the Armed Forces to travel and obtain 
reproductive health care.


                                S. 1643

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1643, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to provide 
grants and loans to support and expand the domestic solar component 
manufacturing supply chain, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1700, a bill to 
address mental health issues for youth, particularly youth of color, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1756

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1756, a bill to amend the 
Farm Credit Act of 1971 to support the commercial fishing industry.


                                S. 1776

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1776, a bill to 
provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in 
the State of California, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) 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. 1950

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1950, a bill 
to extend the temporary order for fentanyl-related substances.


                                S. 1975

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1975, a bill to 
require a GAO study on the compliance of discharge review boards with 
statutory provisions and directives related to liberal consideration of 
certain conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1978

  At the request of Mr. Ossoff, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1978, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to develop requirements for military tenant 
advocates for privatized military housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2053

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to 
protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.


                                S. 2207

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2207, a bill to provide 
enhanced funding for family planning services.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2257

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2257, a bill to amend the 
Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting 
requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2323

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Welch) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2323, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for expanded coverage of services furnished by 
genetic counselors under part B of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2484

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2484, a bill to ensure that States do not prohibit an 
individual from obtaining, possessing, distributing, or using life-
saving drug testing technologies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2496, a bill to amend the National 
Housing Act to include information regarding VA home loans in the 
Informed Consumer Choice Disclosure required to be provided to 
prospective FHA borrowers.

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                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, 
purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing 
equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not 
unlawful.


                                S. 2623

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2623, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to harmonize the effective dates of all rules that the Secretary is 
required to issue under the Corporate Transparency Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2638

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2638, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to build safer, thriving 
communities, and save lives, by investing in effective community-based 
violence reduction initiatives, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2740, a bill to help small 
businesses prepare for and combat cybersecurity threats, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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. 2843

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2843, a bill to 
amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
for same day voter registration.


                                S. 2960

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2960, a bill to 
modify certain notice requirements, to study certain election 
requirements, to clarify certain election requirements, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2976

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2976, a bill to ensure that 
expenses relating to the acquisition or use of devices for use in the 
detection of fentanyl, xylazine, and other emerging adulterant 
substances, including test strips are allowable expenses under certain 
grant programs.


                                S. 3047

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3047, a bill to award payments to 
employees of Air America who provided support to the United States from 
1950 to 1976, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3193

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3193, a bill to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to allow for the use of telehealth 
in substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3291

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3291, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical 
limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country 
numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3348

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3348, a bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and 
Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal 
blooms, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3362

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Ricketts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3362, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional information in 
disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign sources, 
restrict contracts with certain foreign entities and foreign countries 
of concern, require certain staff and faculty to report foreign gifts 
and contracts, and require disclosure of certain foreign investments 
within endowments.


                                S. 3426

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3426, a bill to reauthorize the 
YouthBuild program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3440

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3440, a bill to 
prohibit the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene food service 
ware, expanded polystyrene loose fill, and expanded polystyrene 
coolers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3456

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Ricketts), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schmitt), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Cotton), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), 
the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the 
Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. 
Fischer) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 3456, a bill to provide a retroactive effective date for the 
promotions of senior officers of the Armed Forces whose military 
promotions were delayed as a result of the suspension of Senate 
confirmation of such promotions.


                              S.J. RES. 45

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 45, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections.


                              S.J. RES. 49

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 49, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National 
Labor Relations Board relating to a ``Standard for Determining Joint 
Employer Status''.


                              S. RES. 333

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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