May 21, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 85 — 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. 52

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 52, a bill to halt the 
wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, encourage a negotiated 
political settlement, and hold Syrian human rights abusers accountable 
for their crimes.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor 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 Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 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. 160

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 178

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 178, a bill to condemn gross human rights 
violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end 
to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities 
inside and outside China.


                                 S. 189

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 189, a bill to protect the privacy of 
users of social media and other online platforms.


                                 S. 249

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 249, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to 
develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World 
Health Organization, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 388

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill 
to reduce the ability of the U.S. Immigration and

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Customs Enforcement to engage in inappropriate civil immigration 
enforcement actions that harm unaccompanied alien children and to 
ensure the safety and welfare of unaccompanied alien children.


                                 S. 436

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 436, a bill to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to require the development of 
public transportation operations safety risk reduction programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added as cosponsors of S. 466, a 
bill to provide that certain guidance related to waivers for State 
innovation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall 
have no force or effect.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 513

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 513, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, with respect to civil forfeitures 
relating to certain seized animals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 514, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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. 640

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 640, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require pharmacy-
negotiated price concessions to be included in negotiated prices at the 
point-of-sale under part D of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 651

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 726

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to require group and individual health insurance coverage 
and group health plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer 
drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost sharing provided for 
anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 758, a bill to ensure affordable abortion 
coverage and care for every woman, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 814

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 814, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes 
outpatient self-management training services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 833

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 833, a bill to amend 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to participant votes on the 
suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and 
declining status.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to extend 
Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 841, a bill to enhance the 
ability of Federal agencies to deliver relocation management services 
to the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 846, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
limit certain rolling stock procurements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to 
provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to 
aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility 
requirements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 880, a bill to provide 
outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care 
planning services furnished under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) 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. 972

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 972, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to encourage retirement savings, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) 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. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1039, a bill to limit the use of funds 
for kinetic military operations in or against Iran.


                                S. 1045

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Tennessee

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(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1045, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to expand the authority of the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to permit nurses to practice in health 
care facilities with critical shortages of nurses through programs for 
loan repayment and scholarships for nurses.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1083, a bill to address the fundamental injustice, 
cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and 
the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a 
commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for 
reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and 
de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, 
and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make 
recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, a bill 
to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to establish a State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1190

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1190, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for payments for certain rural health clinic 
and Federally qualified health center services furnished to hospice 
patients under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1195

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) were added as cosponsors of S. 1195, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to clarify presumption relating to the exposure 
of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of 
Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1218

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1218, a bill to 
require the review of the service of certain members of the Armed 
Forces during World War I to determine if such members should be 
awarded the Medal of Honor, to authorize the award of the Medal of 
Honor based on the results of the review, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Reed), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1235, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United 
States the right to vote.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend 
title 17, United States Code, to establish an alternative dispute 
resolution program for copyright small claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1370

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1370, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to treat certain military survivor benefits as earned income for 
purposes of the kiddie tax.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1394, a bill to provide collective bargaining 
rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1405, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for production of 
refined coal.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to discontinue 
a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement 
officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance 
with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is 
solely a function of the Federal Government.


                                S. 1458

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1458, a bill to codify the 
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park 
Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1463

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1463, a bill to establish 
a scorekeeping rule to ensure that increases in guarantee fees of 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used to offset provisions that 
increase the deficit.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1514, a bill to amend 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education that participate in programs under such title to 
distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the 
institution, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1540

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1540, a bill to 
protect elections for public office by providing financial support and 
enhanced security for the infrastructure used to carry out such 
elections, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 81

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 81, a resolution 
calling for accountability and justice for the assassination of Boris 
Nemtsov.


                              S. RES. 120

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 120, supra.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 184, a resolution condemning the Easter Sunday 
terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, offering sincere condolences to the 
victims, to their families and friends, and to the people and nation of 
Sri Lanka, and expressing solidarity and support for Sri Lanka.


                              S. RES. 207

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 207, a resolution 
congratulating the Senate GLASS Caucus staff association for lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and

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transgender Senate staff on the 15-year anniversary of the association.


                              S. RES. 212

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Cassidy), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Gardner) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 212, a resolution celebrating the 100th 
anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, 
providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United 
States.

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