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                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to designate the 
same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health 
Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.


                                 S. 904

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 904, a bill to authorize 
the Department of Labor's voluntary protection program.


                                S. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1168, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public 
institutions of higher education for religious groups.


                                S. 1357

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, 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. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, 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. 1720

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1720, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to 
allow the interstate sale of State-inspected meat and poultry, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2022

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2022, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for improvements to the 
specially adapted housing program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2570

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Hawley), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2570, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond in recognition of his 
service to the United States as an athlete, activist, role model, and 
community leader.


                                S. 2715

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2715, a bill to develop and implement policies to 
advance early childhood development, to provide assistance for orphans 
and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3038

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3038, a bill to promote 
innovative acquisition techniques and procurement strategies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3064

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3064, a bill to 
oppose violations of religious freedom in Ukraine by Russia and armed 
groups commanded by Russia.


                                S. 3152

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3152, a bill to require 
the Federal Communications Commission to incorporate data on maternal 
health outcomes into its broadband health maps.


                                S. 3287

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3287, a bill to modify the governmentwide financial 
management plan, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3287, supra.


                                S. 3393

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3393, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of 
veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability 
retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related 
disability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3455

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3455, a bill to prohibit certain 
individuals from downloading or using TikTok on any device issued by 
the United States or a government corporation.


                                S. 3612

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3612, a bill to clarify for purposes of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance 
does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses.


                                S. 3620

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3620, a bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department 
of the Treasury.


                                S. 3685

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3685, a bill to provide emergency rental assistance 
under the Emergency Solutions Grants program of the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development in response to the public health 
emergency resulting from the coronavirus, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3745

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 3745, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Education to provide relief to borrowers of 
student loans for whom the Department of Education found 
misrepresentation by the institution of higher education or a State 
attorney general has asserted a right to borrower defense discharge.


                                S. 3793

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3793, a bill to amend 
the CARES Act to modify the employee retention tax credit to secure the 
paychecks and benefits of workers, to provide a refundable credit 
against payroll taxes for the operating costs of employers, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a small business rebate, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3806

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3806, a bill 
to waive cost share requirements for certain Federal assistance 
provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act.


                                S. 3812

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3812, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital care, 
medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to include veterans of World War II.


                                S. 3856

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3856, a bill to 
authorize emergency homeless assistance grants under the Emergency 
Solutions Grants program of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development for response to the public health emergency relating to 
COVID-19, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3933

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3933, a bill to restore 
American leadership in semiconductor manufacturing by increasing 
Federal incentives in order to enable advanced research and 
development, secure the supply chain, and ensure long-term national 
security and economic competitiveness.


                                S. 3997

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3997, a bill to strengthen the security and 
integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise.


                                S. 3998

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3998, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to simplify payments for 
telehealth services furnished by Federally qualified health centers or 
rural health clinics under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3999

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3999, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to ensure access to mental health and 
behavioral health services furnished through telehealth under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 4003

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4003, a bill to improve United States 
consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and 
respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian 
emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address 
the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4012

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4012, a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization 
Fund to provide structured relief to food service or drinking 
establishments through December 31, 2020, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4034

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4034, a bill to 
expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly Home 
Detention Pilot Program, provide for compassionate release based on 
COVID-19 vulnerability, shorten the waiting period for judicial review 
during the COVID-19 pandemic, and make other technical corrections.


                                S. 4068

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4068, a bill to prohibit 
firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a 
background check.


                                S. 4076

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4076, a bill to remove 
Confederate names, symbols, displays, monuments, and paraphernalia from 
assets of the Department of Defense.


                                S. 4085

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4085, a bill to make certain States and 
political subdivisions of States ineligible to receive Federal finance 
assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4086

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 4086, a 
bill amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the definition of 
Vietnam era for purposes of the laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4108

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4108, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase Federal support to 
State Medicaid programs during economic downturns, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4110

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4110, a bill to designate residents of the Hong 
Kong Special Administrative Region as Priority 2 refugees of special 
humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4129

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4129, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds.


                                S. 4138

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Delaware

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(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4138, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a telework travel 
expenses program.


                                S. 4157

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4157, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to expand the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation 
and Analysis Center, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4162

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4162, a bill 
to provide certainty for airport funding.


                                S. 4169

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4169, a bill to establish a National 
Commission on United States Counterterrorism Policy, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4172

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4172, a bill to provide emergency funding for child welfare services 
provided under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4181

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4181, a bill to establish 
a Library Stabilization Fund to respond to and accelerate the recovery 
from coronavirus.


                                S. 4196

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4196, a bill to 
modify, consolidate, or repeal unnecessary agency major rules, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 16, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct 
election of the President and Vice President of the United States.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, a resolution 
expressing solidarity with Falun Gong practitioners who have lost 
lives, freedoms, and other rights for adhering to their beliefs and 
practices, and condemning the practice of non-consenting organ 
harvesting, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1681

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1681 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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. 1788

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1788 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1883 proposed 
to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 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. 1887

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1887 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. 1901

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1901 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1907 proposed 
to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 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. 1932

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1932 
intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. 1970

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1970 intended 
to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1982 intended to be 
proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 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. 1983

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1983 intended to be 
proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 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. 2049

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2049 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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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                           AMENDMENT NO. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2067 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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. 2244

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2244 intended to 
be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021 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. 2252

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2252 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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.
  At the request of Mr. Wyden, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2252 intended to be proposed to S. 4049, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2341

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2341 proposed to S. 
4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 
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. 2364

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez 
Masto), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2364 intended to be proposed 
to S. 4049, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021 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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