[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 139 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5890-S5893]
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 Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 173

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 242

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, 
to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, or adult 
child, or another related individual, who has a serious health 
condition, and to allow employees to

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take, as additional leave, parental involvement and family wellness 
leave to participate in or attend their children's and grandchildren's 
educational and extracurricular activities or meet family care needs.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator 
from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 
428, a bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the 
Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that 
discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods 
for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals 
with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1028

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1028, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1185, a bill to prohibit the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting the 
use of lead ammunition or tackle on certain Federal land or water under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1706

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1706, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction 
for qualified business income.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2001, a bill to 
require certain flags of the United States to be made in the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2138

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2138, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Labor to take initiatives to measure the impact of 
automation on the workforce in order to inform workforce development 
strategies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2176

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2176, a bill to prohibit commercial 
sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment under the 
Medicaid program of certain providers across State lines, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2405

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2405, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure pharmacy access and choice 
for Medicare beneficiaries.


                                S. 2888

  At the request of Mr. King, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Rosen) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2888, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize 
representatives of veterans service organizations to participate in 
presentations to promote certain benefits available to veterans during 
preseparation counseling under the Transition Assistance Program of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3180

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3180, a bill to establish a 
working waterfronts grant program.


                                S. 3197

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) 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. 3297

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3297, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the availability 
of medical nutrition therapy services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3381

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3381, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow intangible drilling and 
development costs to be taken into account when computing adjusted 
financial statement income.


                                S. 3491

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3491, a bill to prohibit 
United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and 
the Green Climate Fund.


                                S. 3519

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3519, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether 
hospital emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing as a 
routine procedure for patients experiencing an overdose, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3740

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3740, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the 
residential substance use disorder treatment program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3812

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 3812, a bill 
to provide firearm licensees an opportunity to correct statutory and 
regulatory violations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3825

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3825, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a State 
innovation demonstration authority.


                                S. 4004

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4004, a bill to amend the 
Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the 
Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department 
of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4075

  At the request of Mr. Hagerty, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Ms. Lummis), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 4075, a bill to prohibit payment 
card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or 
assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer 
from a general merchandise retailer or sporting goods retailer, and for 
other purposes.

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                                S. 4100

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4100, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to establish the National Cemeteries 
Foundation to support the educational outreach activities of the 
Veterans Legacy Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4186

  At the request of Mr. Welch, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4186, a bill to eliminate 
toxic substances in beverage containers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4280

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Schmitt), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fetterman), 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors 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. 4437

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4437, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to 
coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans 
enrolled in both the Medicare program and the system of annual patient 
enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 4440

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4440, a bill to 
authorize additional monies to the Public Housing Capital Fund of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4528

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4528, a bill to award 
posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Marshall Walter ``Major'' 
Taylor in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, 
trailblazer, role model, and equal rights advocate.


                                S. 4539

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 4539, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain 
provisions with respect to qualified ABLE programs permanent.


                                S. 4569

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4569, a bill to require 
covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4687

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4687, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to wildland firefighters in recognition of 
their strength, resiliency, sacrifice, and service to protect the 
forests, grasslands, and communities of the United States, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4698

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4698, a bill to authorize 
the Joint Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4727

  At the request of Mr. Schmitt, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4727, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review 
of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.


                                S. 4730

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4730, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy 
credit with respect to electrochromic glass.


                                S. 4832

  At the request of Mrs. Britt, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 4868

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4868, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the use of official time by 
Federal employees.


                                S. 4891

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4891, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to limit 
copayments for outpatient visits for mental health or behavioral health 
under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4892

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4892, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant 
program for first responder mental health and wellness, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4932

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4932, a bill to amend the 
National Quantum Initiative Act to provide for a research, development, 
and demonstration program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4933

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4933, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax-exempt controlled 
entity rules with respect to certain stock of government-sponsored 
enterprises.


                              S.J. RES. 45

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) 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. 96

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 96, a 
joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 
Department of Education relating to ``Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 
Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial 
Assistance''.


                             S.J. RES. 108

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 108, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States to reaffirm the principle that no person is above the 
law.


                              S. RES. 599

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Butler) 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. 669

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Budd) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 669, a resolution designating October 
10, 2024, as ``American Girls in Sports Day''.


                              S. RES. 684

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 684, a 
resolution supporting the role of the United States in

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helping save the lives of children and protecting the health of people 
in low-income countries with vaccines and immunization through Gavi, 
the Vaccine Alliance ('' Gavi'').


                              S. RES. 740

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 740, a resolution 
acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and 
discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 
individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the 
Foreign Services, and the Federal civil service.


                              S. RES. 802

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from 
Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Tuberville), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Warnock) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 802, a resolution 
designating August 2024 as ``National Catfish Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2903

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2903 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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