[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 30, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3079-S3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 138

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Welch) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 138, a bill to amend the Tibetan Policy Act 
of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to strengthen 
the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework 
for approval of new drugs.


                                 S. 592

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 928

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 935

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to 
require reporting regarding certain drug price increases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) 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. 1038

  At the request of Mr. Welch, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve transparency and 
prevent the use of abusive spread pricing and related practices in the 
Medicaid program.


                                S. 1113

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1113, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-
patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1176

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1176, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard 
that requires covered employers within the health care and social 
service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace 
violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1318

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1318, a bill 
to provide enhanced protections for election workers.


                                S. 1367

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1367, a bill to amend XIX 
of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by 
podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to 
appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII of such 
Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under 
Medicare, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1384

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


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1488, a bill to 
amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to remove certain eligibility 
disqualifications that restrict otherwise eligible students from 
participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1885

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1885, a bill to 
eliminate employment-based visa caps on abused, abandoned, and 
neglected children eligible for humanitarian status, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2039

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 2256

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2256, a bill to authorize the 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to 
establish an apprenticeship program and to establish a pilot program on 
cybersecurity training for veterans and members of the Armed Forces 
transitioning to civilian life, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2483

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and 
consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2932, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to State 
Medicaid agencies, public housing agencies, Continuums of Care, and 
housing finance agencies on connecting Medicaid beneficiaries with 
housing-related services and supports under Medicaid and other housing 
resources, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3047

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 3348

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3531

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3531, a bill to prohibit 
actions to carry out the Department of Commerce's pause in the issuance 
of new export licenses for certain exports under the Commerce Control 
List.


                                S. 3728

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3728, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to modify the administration of housing 
loans of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent or resolve 
default under such loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3765

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3765, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency 
Medical Services for Children program.

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                                S. 3775

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3967

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the names of the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 3967, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent 
certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3976

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3976, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate the deduction for 
personal casualty losses as in effect prior to the enactment of Public 
Law 115-97 (commonly referred to as the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs Act'').


                                S. 4001

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4001, a bill to establish a commission to study the potential transfer 
of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the 
Smithsonian Institution, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4015

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4015, a bill to 
temporarily suspend duties on imports of titanium sponge, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4036

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4036, a bill to establish a Government Spending 
Oversight Committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4051

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4051, a bill to prohibit transportation of any alien 
using certain methods of identification, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4091

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), 
the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Hawley), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4091, a bill to strengthen Federal efforts to 
counter antisemitism in the United States.


                                S. 4109

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4109, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to clarify roles and responsibilities 
within the Department of Defense relating to subconcussive and 
concussive brain injuries and to improve brain health initiatives of 
the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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. 73

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors 
of S.J. Res. 73, a joint resolution providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the multiple agencies relating to ``Partnerships With 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations''.


                              S. RES. 186

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 186, a 
resolution seeking justice for the Japanese citizens abducted by North 
Korea.


                              S. RES. 213

  At the request of Mr. Ricketts, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the 
Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 213, a resolution expressing support for the designation of May 
2023 as ``Renewable Fuels Month'' to recognize the important role that 
renewable fuels play in reducing carbon impacts, lowering fuel prices 
for consumers, supporting rural communities, and lessening reliance on 
foreign adversaries.


                              S. RES. 652

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 652, a resolution 
designating April 2024 as ``Second Chance Month''.

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