[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5512-S5514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 91

  At the request of Mr. Hagerty, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 91, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism 
during the Holocaust.


                                 S. 413

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 413, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the rate of the 
excise tax on the repurchase of corporate stock, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to 
amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require the 
Secretary of Energy to establish an abandoned wells research, 
development, and demonstration program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, 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 an exceptions process for any medication step 
therapy protocol, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 930

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kelly) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 930, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer 
benefits for exposure-related cancers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1005

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Welch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1005, a bill to amend the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization 
assistance program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1094

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1094, a bill to 
provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online content to 
collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the 
terms on which content may be distributed.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to authorize an 
electronic health record modernization program of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and increase oversight and accountability of the 
program to better serve veterans, medical professionals of the 
Department, and taxpayers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1193

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1193, a bill to prohibit discrimination against 
individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1206

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 1409

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill to 
protect the safety of children on the internet.


                                S. 1573

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1573, a bill to 
reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for 
Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act.


                                S. 2176

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2176, a bill to prohibit commercial sexual 
orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2363

  At the request of Mr. Hickenlooper, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2363, a bill 
to promote and expand high-quality youth apprenticeship programs and 
provide support and incentives to help employees establish such 
programs.


                                S. 2379

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2379, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness 
visit and initial preventive physical examination.


                                S. 2402

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Hickenlooper) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2402, a bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act to establish a career pathways grant program.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Mullin) 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. 3021

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3021, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permanently extend 
certain in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation flexibilities 
established in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3279

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3279, a bill to promote 
equity in advanced coursework and programs at elementary and secondary 
schools.


                                S. 3290

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3290, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the authority of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish improvements and structural 
alterations as part of home health services for disabled veterans.


                                S. 3679

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3679, a bill to 
reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, 
and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3821

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3821, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the payment method 
for oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services, to 
increase beneficiary access to oxygen and oxygen related equipment, 
supplies, and services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3849

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3849, a bill to 
promote United States leadership in technical standards by directing 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department 
of State to take certain actions to encourage and enable United States 
participation in developing standards and specifications for artificial 
intelligence and other critical and emerging technologies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3981

  At the request of Mr. Hickenlooper, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3981, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to carry out a program of research, training, 
and investigation related to Down syndrome, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4279

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4279, a bill to 
require the Department of State and the Department of Defense to engage 
with the Government of Japan regarding areas of cooperation within the 
Pillar Two framework of the AUKUS partnership, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4356

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4356, a bill to facilitate 
the implementation of security measures undertaken by the United States 
Postal Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4380

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4380, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to promote matriculation, and increase in the 
graduation rates, of individuals with disabilities within higher 
education.


                                S. 4436

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 4436, a bill 
to improve the safety of infant formula through testing of infant 
formula for microorganisms and toxic elements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4499

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4499, a bill to 
reauthorize grants to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 
the Boy Scouts of America, the National 4-H Council, and the National 
FFA Organization to establish pilot projects to expand the programs 
carried out by the organizations in rural areas and small towns, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 4621

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4621, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the application of the 
income tax on cash tips through a deduction allowed to all individual 
taxpayers.


                                S. 4629

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Butler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4629, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual 
orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the 
administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve 
safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4680

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4680, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Jens Stoltenberg, in recognition of his 
contributions to the security, unity, and defense of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization.


                                S. 4722

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Schmitt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4722, a bill to prohibit 
the United States from collaborating with certain foreign countries of 
concern on fundamental research intended to support the military, 
intelligence, or security capabilities of the United States, to 
strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific 
and research enterprise, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4723

  At the request of Ms. Butler, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4723, a bill to limit the separation of 
families at or near ports of entry.


                                S. 4731

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4731, a bill to amend 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for food-based 
interventions.


                                S. 4760

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4760, a bill to establish 
requirements for investigations of certain complaints of 
discrimination.


                              S.J. RES. 82

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 82, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Food and Drug 
Administration relating to ``Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed 
Tests''.


                              S.J. RES. 85

  At the request of Mr. Ricketts, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 85, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National 
Marine Fisheries Service relating to ``Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and 
Designating Critical Habitat''.


                              S.J. RES. 98

  At the request of Ms. Lummis, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 98, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of 
Agriculture relating to ``Use of Electronic Identification Eartags as 
Official Identification in Cattle and Bison''.


                             S.J. RES. 103

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 103, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission relating to ``Safeguarding and Securing the 
Open Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom''.


                            S. CON. RES. 38

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 38, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Operation 
Legend was successful in reducing and combating violent crime in the 
largest cities of the United States and that a future presidential 
administration committed to enforcing and maintaining law and order 
should consider implementing a similar policy.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2323

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2323 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction,

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and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2330

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2330 
intended to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2390

  At the request of Mr. Marshall, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2390 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2505

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2505 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2738

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2738 intended to be 
proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2785

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2785 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2810

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2810 
intended to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2842

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2842 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2853

  At the request of Mr. Hickenlooper, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2853 intended to be proposed to S. 
4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2921

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2921 
intended to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2959

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2959 intended to be proposed to S. 4638, a 
bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2995

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2995 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3076

  At the request of Mr. Marshall, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 3076 intended to be proposed to S. 2073, 
a bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require agencies to 
include a list of outdated or duplicative reporting requirements in 
annual budget justifications, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3145

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3145 
intended to be proposed to S. 4638, a bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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