April 11, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 63 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S2436-S2437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 29

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 29, a bill to establish the Office of 
Critical Technologies and Security, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 151

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Hassan) 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. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. 213

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 213, a bill to amend the 
SOAR Act.


                                 S. 255

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 255, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include individuals receiving 
Social Security Disability Insurance benefits under the work 
opportunity credit, increase the work opportunity credit for vocational 
rehabilitation referrals, qualified SSI recipients, and qualified SSDI 
recipients, expand the disabled access credit, and enhance the 
deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation 
barriers in the handicapped and elderly.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health 
services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 323

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor 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. 342

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 342, a bill to 
reauthorize title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to 
improve and encourage innovation in international education, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner) 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. 427

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 427, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to 
research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to 
autism, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 509

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 509, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the United States Coast 
Guard.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician 
certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital 
services.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 
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. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 684

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 693

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend 
title 36, United States Code, to require that the POW/MIA flag be 
displayed on all days that the flag of the United States is displayed 
on certain Federal property.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 715

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 715, a bill to 
improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the manufacturing 
sector by directing the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the 
National Academies and other appropriate Federal agencies, to develop a 
national smart manufacturing plan and to provide assistance to small- 
and medium-sized manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 716

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 716, a bill to impose 
sanctions

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under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to combat 
corruption, money laundering, and impunity in Guatemala, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
McSally) were added as cosponsors of S. 750, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to improve 
mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a 
bill to provide for the consideration of a definition of anti-Semitism 
for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning 
education programs or activities.


                                 S. 867

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 867, a bill 
to protect students of institutions of higher education and the 
taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving 
oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, 
particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students 
and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to provide 
for a permanent extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision 
requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and 
small rural hospitals.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a 
bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals 
with younger onset Alzheimer's disease.


                                 S. 926

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of S. 
926, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that 
kombucha is exempt from any excise taxes and regulations imposed on 
alcoholic beverages.


                                 S. 948

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 948, a bill to provide 
incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved 
communities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
prescription drug plan sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the 
Medicare program from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims 
submitted by pharmacies.


                                S. 1013

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1013, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to reauthorize school-based health centers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1026, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line 
deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous 
itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred 
in the trade or business of being an employee.


                                S. 1043

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1043, a bill to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees 
in the private sector.


                                S. 1062

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a 
bill to provide authorization for nonpecuniary damages in an action 
resulting from a cruise ship accident occurring on the high seas.


                                S. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1081, a bill to amend title 54, United States 
Code, to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 1125, a bill to amend the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


                             S. CON. RES. 5

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 5, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                            S. CON. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 13, a concurrent 
resolution reaffirming the United States commitment to Taiwan and to 
the implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act.


                               S. RES. 85

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 85, a resolution 
recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of Easterseals, a 
leading advocate and service provider for children and adults with 
disabilities, including veterans and older adults, and their caregivers 
and families.


                              S. RES. 120

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 120, a resolution 
opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global 
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.


                              S. RES. 144

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 144, a resolution 
designating May 5, 2019, as the ``National Day of Awareness for Missing 
and Murdered Native Women and Girls''.

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