[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 68 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2874-S2876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 173

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 173, a bill to 
amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe 
storage of firearms, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 363

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 363, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals and 
communities who volunteered or donated items to the North Platte 
Canteen in North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II from December 
25, 1941, to April 1, 1946.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a new national 
program to support mid-career workers, including workers from 
underrepresented populations, in reentering the STEM workforce, by 
providing funding to small- and medium-sized STEM businesses so the 
businesses can offer paid internships or other returnships that lead to 
positions above entry level.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff) 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. 789

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 815

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army 
Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls''.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, a bill to 
establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the 
Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ 
Peoples, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1064

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) were added as cosponsors of S. 1064, a 
bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out 
a national project to prevent and cure Parkinson's, to be known as the 
National Parkinson's Project, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1206

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1206, a bill to amend the 
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and 
otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1274

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1829

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to 
protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around 
the world, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2223

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2223, a bill to amend the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide families year-round 
access to nutrition incentives under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition 
Incentive Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2407

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) 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. 2488

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


                                S. 2626

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2626, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President 
of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and 
support for terrorism.


                                S. 2682

  At the request of Mr. Warnock, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2682, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the tree assistance program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2768

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2768, a bill to protect 
hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2791

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2791, a bill to 
amend title 14,

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United States Code, to make appropriations for Coast Guard pay in the 
event an appropriations Act expires before the enactment of a new 
appropriations Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2901

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2901, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing 
incidents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2936

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2936, a bill to 
establish as a permanent program the organic market development grant 
program of the Department of Agriculture.


                                S. 3071

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3071, a bill to 
amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and 
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use 
of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery 
projects.


                                S. 3348

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) 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 Florida 
(Mr. Scott) 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. 3556

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 3556, 
a bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports 
after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to 
make improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public 
safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the 
Standard Occupational Classification system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3561

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3561, a bill to protect 
consumers from price gouging of residential rental and sale prices, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3755

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3755, a bill to amend the CARES Act to remove a 
requirement on lessors to provide notice to vacate, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3766

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3766, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for outreach and education to Medicare 
benefeciaries to simplify access to information for family caregivers 
through 1-800-MEDICARE, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3775

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Rounds) were added as cosponsors of S. 3775, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for 
Alzheimer's Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3834

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3834, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure veterans may obtain a physical 
copy of a form for reimbursement of certain travel expenses by mail or 
at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3874

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3874, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign support for terrorist organizations 
in Gaza and the West Bank, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3953

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Lujan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3953, a bill to make 
demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or 
consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of 
increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools 
and secondary schools.


                                S. 4047

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4047, a bill to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4051

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Tuberville) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4051, a bill to prohibit 
transportation of any alien using certain methods of identification, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4072

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4072, a bill to 
prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain 
rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.


                                S. 4153

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4153, a bill to require 
the Environmental Protection Agency to assess the lifecycle greenhouse 
gas emissions associated with the forest biomass combustion for 
electricity when developing relevant rules and regulations and to carry 
out a study on the impacts of the forest biomass industry, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 63, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of 
Labor relating to ``Employee or Independent Contractor Classification 
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act''.


                              S.J. RES. 70

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the names of the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 70, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection relating to ``Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation 
Z)''.


                              S.J. RES. 72

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of 
S.J. Res. 72, a joint resolution providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to ``The 
Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for 
Investors''.

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                              S. RES. 158

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 158, a 
resolution condemning the deportation of children from Ukraine to the 
Russian Federation and the forcible transfer of children within 
territories of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russian forces.


                              S. RES. 466

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 466, a resolution 
calling upon the United States Senate to give its advice and consent to 
the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the 
Sea.
  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 466, supra.


                              S. RES. 569

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 569, a resolution recognizing religious freedom 
as a fundamental right, expressing support for international religious 
freedom as a cornerstone of United States foreign policy, and 
expressing concern over increased threats to and attacks on religious 
freedom around the world.


                              S. RES. 599

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 599, a resolution 
protecting the Iranian political refugees, including female former 
political prisoners, in Ashraf-3 in Albania.


                              S. RES. 628

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 628, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in 
Schools Initiative, a call to action to communities across the country 
to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights 
protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, particularly 
LGBTIQI+ young people, in K-12 schools.


                              S. RES. 638

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 638, a 
resolution calling for the immediate release of Ryan Corbett, a United 
States citizen who was wrongfully detained by the Taliban on August 10, 
2022, and condemning the wrongful detention of Americans by the 
Taliban.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1820

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Hawley) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1820 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 7888, a bill to reform the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1822 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 7888, a bill to reform the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978.

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