[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 126 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5776-S5778]
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 Georgia 
(Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 597

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset 
and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Padilla, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez, Jr., in recognition of his 
service to the United States.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deductibility of 
charitable contributions to certain organizations for members of the 
Armed Forces.


                                 S. 711

  At the request of Mr. Budd, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 711, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of the invaluable service that working 
dogs provide to society.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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 Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1294

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


                                S. 1424

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1424, a bill to amend 
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve health care 
coverage under vision and dental plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1677

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1677, a bill to secure the 
Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.


                                S. 2150

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2150, a bill to establish 
an Interagency Council on Service to promote and strengthen 
opportunities for military service, national service, and public 
service for all people of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2273

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2273, a bill to amend the 
Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.


                                S. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2337, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate 
certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet 
pollution, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2444

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2542

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2542, a bill to amend the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish a last acre program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2645

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2645, a bill to reduce the 
health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat 
Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, 
planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial 
assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2647

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 2647, a bill to improve 
research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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.

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                                S. 3028

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3028, a bill to 
continue in effect certain Executive orders imposing sanctions with 
respect to Iran, to prevent the waiver of certain sanctions imposed by 
the United States with respect to Iran until the Government of Iran 
ceases to attempt to assassinate United States officials, other United 
States citizens, and Iranian nationals residing in the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3096

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3096, a bill to 
amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the regularized 
appointment of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3102

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3102, a bill to 
establish the American Worker Retirement Plan, improve the financial 
security of working Americans by facilitating the accumulation of 
wealth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3197

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3197, a bill to establish 
and authorize funding for an Iranian Sanctions Enforcement Fund to 
enforce United States sanctions with respect to Iran and its proxies 
and pay off the United States public debt and to codify the Export 
Enforcement Coordination Center.


                                S. 3457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3457, a bill to promote 
fairness in the sale of event tickets.


                                S. 3470

  At the request of Mrs. Britt, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3470, a bill to amend 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to permit a State to 
include as part of the mail voter registration form a requirement that 
applicants provide proof of citizenship, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3548

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Mullin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3548, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price 
transparency.


                                S. 3673

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3673, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the purchase of 
single-family homes by certain large investors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3702

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3702, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for 
working family caregivers.


                                S. 3815

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3815, a bill to direct the Securities and 
Exchange Commission to promulgate rules with respect to the electronic 
delivery of certain required disclosures, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3884

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3884, a bill to 
establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the 
minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift 
work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance 
recruitment and retention of such officers.


                                S. 4141

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4141, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the FIFA 
World Cup 2026, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4235

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4235, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize 
grants to support for law enforcement officers and families, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4255

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4255, a bill to 
modernize Federal firearms laws to account for advancements in 
technology and less-than-lethal weapons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4280

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4280, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care 
facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient 
rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during 
any period in which regular visitation is restricted.


                                S. 4282

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4282, a bill to prohibit 
the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing any rule or regulation 
requiring the mandatory use of electronic identification eartags on 
cattle and bison.


                                S. 4292

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
4292, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to 
vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4363

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4363, a bill to secure the 
rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain 
collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free 
and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4632

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4632, a bill to establish an earlier 
application processing cycle for the FAFSA.


                                S. 4741

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4741, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide a phase-in for plasma-derived products 
under the manufacturer discount program.


                                S. 4751

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Fetterman) were added as cosponsors of S. 4751, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to establish and clarify the applicable statute 
of limitations for seeking remedy for a legal wrong due to agency 
action, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4767

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4767, a bill to amend 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to reduce fraudulent 
enrollments in qualified health plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4770

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4770, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies from contracting with companies engaged in a boycott 
of Israel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4825

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.

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4825, a bill to provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms 
accessories.


                                S. 4832

  At the request of Mrs. Britt, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4832, a bill to require 
the Federal Communications Commission to amend the rules of the 
Commission to include a shark attack as an event for which a wireless 
emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4839

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4839, a 
bill to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Reauthorization Act of 2006 to modify the authority of the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy with respect to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4857

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4857, a bill to 
eliminate the period of limitations for certain offenses, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4879

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4879, a bill to 
prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in 
biomedical research.


                                S. 4907

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4907, a bill to improve 
weather research and forecasting by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 39

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 39, a joint 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of 
amendment commonly known as the ``Equal Rights Amendment'' has been 
validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, and the Archivist of the United 
States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th 
Amendment without delay.


                              S.J. RES. 95

  At the request of Mr. Mullin, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 95, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental 
Protection Agency relating to ``Hazardous and Solid Waste Management 
System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities; 
Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments''.


                             S.J. RES. 103

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) 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.J. RES. 104

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 104, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration relating to ``Corporate Average 
Fuel Economy Standards for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model 
Years 2027 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty 
Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and Beyond''.


                              S. RES. 781

  At the request of Mr. Warnock, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 781, a resolution supporting the United States Olympic and 
Paralympic Teams in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2502 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. 2610

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2610 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. 2801

  At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2801 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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