July 29, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 128 — 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. 117

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need 
long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 153

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 153, a bill to 
promote veteran involvement in STEM education, computer science, and 
scientific research, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 178

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) 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. 433

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 433, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms 
under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to allow Members 
of Congress to opt out of the Federal Employees Retirement System, and 
allow Members who opt out of the Federal Employees Retirement System to 
continue to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 479, a bill to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to 
commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 628

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for 
tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy 
property.

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                                 S. 684

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Booker) 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. 720

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 720, a bill to require 
the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide 
student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to 
direct the National Science Foundation to support STEM education 
research focused on early childhood.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor 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. 756

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                                 S. 814

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) 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. 880

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) 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. 885

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand access to 
school-wide arts and music programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1007, 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. 1027

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1027, a bill to clarify the 
status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic 
Trails as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1107, a bill to require a review of women and lung 
cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an 
interagency task force on the use of public lands to provide medical 
treatment and therapy to veterans through outdoor recreation.


                                S. 1333

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1333, a bill to amend the 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, 
including making changes to the Do Not Pay Initiative, for improved 
detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1374

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the names of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1374, 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. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to 
amend the Clean Air Act to create a national zero-emission vehicle 
standard, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1615

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1615, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to provide compensation and 
credit for retired pay purposes for maternity leave taken by members of 
the reserve components, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1757, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army 
Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary 
service during World War II.


                                S. 1817

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1817, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act to improve nutritional and other program 
requirements relating to purchases of locally produced food.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1890, a bill to 
provide for grants for energy efficiency improvements and renewable 
energy improvements at public school facilities.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial 
assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision 
of suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and 
veteran families through the award of grants to such entities, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1932

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1932, a bill to support 
water infrastructure in Reclamation States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1969

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1969, a bill to

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authorize the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2054, a bill to 
posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen 
Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith, in 
recognition of their contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 2062

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2062, a bill 
to prohibit the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup unless the United 
States Soccer Federation provides equitable pay to the members of the 
United States Women's National Team and the United States Men's 
National Team.


                                S. 2068

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2068, a bill to prohibit the Bureau of 
the Census from including citizenship data in the legislative 
redistricting data prepared by the Bureau.


                                S. 2074

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2074, a bill to amend 
section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) to 
eliminate the separate registration requirement for dispensing narcotic 
drugs in schedule III, IV, or V, such as buprenorphine, for maintenance 
or detoxification treatment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry 
out educational programs about the Holocaust, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to appropriately limit the authority to award 
bonuses to Federal employees.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2179, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the resources to 
provide services to meet the urgent needs of Holocaust survivors to age 
in place with dignity, comfort, security, and quality of life.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2185, a bill to 
provide labor standards for certain energy jobs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2229

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2229, a bill to protect 
consumers from deceptive practices with respect to online booking of 
hotel reservations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2231

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2231, a bill to establish 
American opportunity accounts, to modify estate and gift tax rules, to 
reform the taxation of capital income, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to 
amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to provide pay 
equity for amateur athletes and other personnel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2254, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a 
Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the 
Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2256

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2256, a bill to protect 
children affected by immigration enforcement actions.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill 
to make necessary reforms to improve compliance with loss mitigation 
requirements by servicers of mortgages for single family housing 
insured by the FHA, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, a 
resolution designating September 2019 as National Democracy Month as a 
time to reflect on the contributions of the system of government of the 
United States to a more free and stable world.


                              S. RES. 263

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 263, a resolution 
honoring the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added as 
cosponsors 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.

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