March 26, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 52 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 133, a bill to award a Congressional 
Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant mariners of 
World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service 
during World War II.


                                 S. 151

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. 
Warren), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from 
Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 151, a bill to 
deter criminal robocall violations and improve enforcement of section 
227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 187

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 187, a bill to require Senate 
confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 203, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track 
maintenance credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-
skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 260

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 260, a bill to assist 
employers providing employment under special certificates issued under 
section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to transform 
their business and program models, to support individuals with 
disabilities to transition to competitive integrated employment, to 
phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 261, a bill to extend the authorization of 
appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands 
conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act through fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 272

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 272, a bill to establish 
the policy of the United States regarding the no-first-use of nuclear 
weapons.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in 
recognition of his dedication to justice and equality.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 317, a bill to 
amend title XIX

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of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of 
providing coordinated care for children with complex medical conditions 
through a health home.


                                 S. 323

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 323, a 
bill to direct the Secretary of Education to establish the Recognition 
Inspiring School Employees (RISE) Program recognizing excellence 
exhibited by classified school employees providing services to students 
in prekindergarten through high school.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the 
Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) were added as cosponsors of S. 362, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical 
limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country 
numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to 
gather information about the illicit production of illicit fentanyl in 
foreign countries and to withhold bilateral assistance from countries 
that do not have emergency scheduling procedures for new illicit drugs, 
cannot prosecute criminals for the manufacture or distribution of 
controlled substance analogues, or do not require the registration of 
tableting machine and encapsulating machines.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 460, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance 
to employer payments of student loans.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to amend title 
36, United States Code, to authorize The American Legion to determine 
the requirements for membership in The American Legion, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to 
promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 518, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain lymphedema 
compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment.


                                 S. 521

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van 
Hollen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 521, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination 
provisions.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), and the 
Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as cosponsors of S. 546, a 
bill to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation 
Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 555

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 555, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who 
participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation-exposed 
veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of 
certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to require 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to 
Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind 
schedule, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Mr. Daines, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
590, a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and 
Dr. Christine Darden, to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals 
to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to honor all of the women who contributed to the success of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race.
  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, supra.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to increase certain funeral benefits for 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), and the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 
622, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the 
requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to 
promote the economic security and safety of survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to 
provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the 
Union.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of certain fringe 
benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in unrelated 
business taxable income.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 651, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age requirement 
with respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to clarify the 
status and enhance the effectiveness of immigration courts, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

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(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 668, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under 
Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 673

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 673, a bill to amend 
the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of option years in 
the award price for sole source contracts, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 673, supra.


                                 S. 684

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 684, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health 
coverage.


                                 S. 692

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical 
devices.


                                 S. 703

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 703, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to address health, safety, and environmental hazards at private 
military housing units, to prohibit the payment by members of the Armed 
Forces of deposits or other fees relating to such housing units, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 707

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 707, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include in the Annual Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices a section on reproductive rights, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 708

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 708, a bill to amend 
the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 727, a bill to combat 
international extremism by addressing global fragility and violence and 
stabilizing conflict-affected areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to ensure 
affordable abortion coverage and care for every woman, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 771

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 771, a bill to amend section 21 
of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small 
business development center counselors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to require an annual 
report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 775, a bill to amend the America 
COMPETES Act to require certain agencies to develop scientific 
integrity policies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit 
against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for 
the blind.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States 
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild 
and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting 
corridors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 861, 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 LGBTI Peoples, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 100

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 100, a resolution 
recognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American 
Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.


                              S. RES. 118

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 118, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of paying tribute to those individuals who 
have faithfully served and retired from the Armed Forces of the United 
States, designating April 18, 2019, as ``Military Retiree Appreciation 
Day'', and encouraging the people of the United States to honor the 
past and continued service of military retirees to their local 
communities and the United States.


                              S. RES. 120

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the 
Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Gardner), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 120, a resolution opposing efforts 
to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, 
and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.

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