July 30, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 129 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S5196-S5199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 63

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 63, a bill to implement the recommendations 
of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process 
Reform.


                                 S. 110

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 110, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a permanent extension of 
the lower income threshold for the medical expense deduction.


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. 176

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 176, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on estates, 
gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) 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. 296

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 340, a bill to promote competition in the market for 
drugs and biological products by facilitating the timely entry of 
lower-cost generic and biosimilar versions of those drugs and 
biological products.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill 
to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to improve the orderly 
transfer of the executive power during Presidential transitions.

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                                 S. 402

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 402, a bill to plan, 
develop, and make recommendations to increase access to sexual assault 
examinations for survivors by holding hospitals accountable and 
supporting the providers that serve them.


                                 S. 427

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 430

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, a bill to extend the 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.


                                 S. 433

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 567

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill clarifying that it 
is United States policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the 
Golan Heights.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act of 
1980, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 754

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 754, a bill to encourage 
partnerships among public agencies and other interested parties to 
promote fish conservation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 803, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to restore incentives for investments in qualified 
improvement property.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to 
amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to 
provide full Federal funding of such part.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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. 978

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 978, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the work 
opportunity credit.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the President to set a 
minimum annual goal for the number of refugees to be admitted, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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. 1203

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 1203, 
a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve 
the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1209

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1209, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval of 
abbreviated new drug applications.


                                S. 1236

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1236, a bill 
to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify the composition 
of the membership of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1253, a bill to apply 
requirements relating to delivery sales of cigarettes to delivery sales 
of electronic nicotine delivery systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) 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. 1279

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1279, a bill to reauthorize mandatory funding programs 
for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-
serving institutions.


                                S. 1341

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1341, a bill 
to adopt a certain California flammability standard as a Federal 
flammability standard to protect against the risk of upholstered 
furniture flammability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1408, a bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve child care protections provided 
through interstate background checks.


                                S. 1424

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1424, a bill to promote 
affordable access to evidence-based

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opioid treatments under the Medicare program and require coverage of 
medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, opioid overdose 
reversal medications, and recovery support services by health plans 
without cost-sharing requirements.


                                S. 1620

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1620, a bill to amend 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the slaughter 
of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom 
slaughter facility, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1703, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to all Gold Star 
Families in recognition of their sacrifice and service to the United 
States.


                                S. 1750

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1750, a bill to establish the Clean School Bus Grant Program, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1784

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1784, a bill 
to provide for the issuance of a Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal 
Stamp.


                                S. 2022

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 2023

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2023, a bill to modify the 
Federal and State Technology Partnership Program of the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2025

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2025, a bill to amend the 
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify the definition 
of agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2032

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2032, a bill to 
expand research on the cannabidiol and marihuana.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to provide a 
civil remedy for individuals harmed by sanctuary jurisdiction policies, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2064

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as cosponsors of S. 2064, a bill to 
direct the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts to consolidate the Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2080

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2080, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative 
care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing 
schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician 
assistant education programs, to promote education and research in 
palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty 
careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                S. 2100

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2100, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a small business start-up 
tax credit for veterans creating businesses in underserved communities.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2103, a bill to improve access to affordable insulin.


                                S. 2108

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2108, a bill to amend 
section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional 
population tiers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2147

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2147, a bill 
to double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
inaccurate caller identification information, and to extend the statute 
of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such 
violations.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2238, 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.
  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2238, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Schatz, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2238, supra.


                                S. 2242

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 2242, a bill to amend the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the obligation to 
report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of 
compliance and reporting systems by Presidential campaigns to detect 
and report such acts.


                                S. 2245

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2245, a bill to cap 
noninterest Federal Spending as a percentage of potential GDP to right-
size the government, grow the economy, and balance the budget.


                                S. 2258

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2258, a bill to 
provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers.


                                S. 2261

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2261, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Treasury to issue Clean Energy Victory Bonds.


                                S. 2289

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2289, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an extension of 
the energy credit and the credit for residential energy efficient 
property.

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                                S. 2291

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2291, a bill to require all newly 
constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses 
to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with 
disabilities.


                                S. 2293

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2293, a bill to extend the authority of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States and to modify the quorum 
requirement of the Bank, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2300

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2300, a bill 
to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to establish 
a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance the industrial 
competitiveness of the United States by developing technologies to 
reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2302

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and 
the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2302, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2310

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2310, a bill to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to establish a competitive grant program 
to repair, improve, rehabilitate, or replace bridges to improve the 
safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and 
freight over bridge crossings, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 13, a joint 
resolution to repeal the authorizations for use of military force 
against Iraq, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator 
from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Booker) were added as cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, supra.

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