September 10, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 144 — 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. 13

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to include the 
State of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue 
sharing program, to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in 
certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 184

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 184, a bill to authorize 
the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or 
gun violence prevention.


                                 S. 191

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 191, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Defense to include in periodic health 
assessments, separation history and physical examinations, and other 
assessments an evaluation of whether a member of the Armed Forces has 
been exposed to open burn pits or toxic airborne chemicals, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 227

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to direct the 
Attorney General to review, revise, and develop law enforcement and 
justice protocols appropriate to address missing and murdered Indians, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 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. 473

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to include certain Federal positions 
within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement 
purposes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to establish the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian 
Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take actions necessary to ensure that 
certain individuals may update the burn pit registry with the cause of 
death of a registered individual, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 558, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to authorize a program on children and

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the media within the National Institutes of Health to study the health 
and developmental effects of technology on infants, children, and 
adolescents.


                                 S. 655

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 655, a bill to 
impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-
cigarettes.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 743, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the soldiers of the 5307th 
Composite Unit (Provisional), commonly known as ``Merrill's 
Marauders'', in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service in 
the jungles of Burma during World War II.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 800, a bill to establish a postsecondary 
student data system.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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 names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset 
Alzheimer's disease.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 933, a bill to improve data collection and 
monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 997

  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
997, a bill to recognize and honor the service of individuals who 
served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1203

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1218

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1243

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1243, a bill 
to provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of 
the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1254

  At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1254, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to review and report on certain laws, safety measures, 
and technologies relating to the illegal passing of school buses, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 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 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), and the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 1398

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1398, a bill to promote the 
use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1409

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1409, a bill to 
enhance the ability of the Office of the National Ombudsman to assist 
small businesses in meeting regulatory requirements and develop 
outreach initiatives to promote awareness of the services the Office of 
the National Ombudsman provides, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1590, a bill to amend the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for 
thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to 
increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health 
services providers by low-income local educational agencies.


                                S. 1727

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1727, a bill to establish the 
Partnership Fund for Peace to promote joint economic development and 
finance ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies and 
those in the United States and Israel to improve economic cooperation 
and people-to-people peacebuilding programs, and to further shared 
community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation 
between Israelis and Palestinians.


                                S. 1739

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1739, a bill to 
enable projects that will aid in the development and delivery of 
related instruction associated with apprenticeship and 
preapprenticeship programs that are focused on serving the skilled 
technical workforce at the National Laboratories and certain facilities 
of the National Nuclear Security Administration, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors 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. 1777

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1777, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include in the Annual Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices a section on conflict-related sexual and 
gender-based violence, to amend the Global Magnitsky Human Rights 
Accountability Act to authorize the President to impose economic 
sanctions and a visa ban on the

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leader of an organization that commits sexual or gender-based violence.


                                S. 1877

  At the request of Mr. Braun, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1877, a bill to establish procedures and consequences in the event of a 
failure to complete regular appropriations.


                                S. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2043, a bill to 
provide incentives for hate crime reporting, provide grants for State-
run hate crime hotlines, and establish alternative sentencing for 
individuals convicted under the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. 
Hate Crimes Prevention Act.


                                S. 2072

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2072, a bill to provide 
for an increase, effective December 1, 2019, in the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to 
designate Regional Ocean Partnerships of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) 
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. 2183

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2183, a bill to require the 
Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation 
in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal 
programs, offices, and initiatives.


                                S. 2206

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2206, a bill to express the 
sense of Congress regarding restoration and maintenance of the 
Mardasson Memorial in Bastogne, Belgium.


                                S. 2216

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to formally recognize caregivers of 
veterans, notify veterans and caregivers of clinical determinations 
relating to eligibility for caregiver programs, and temporarily extend 
benefits for veterans who are determined ineligible for the family 
caregiver program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2330

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2330, a bill to amend the Ted Stevens Olympic and 
Amateur Sports Act to provide for congressional oversight of the board 
of directors of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and 
to protect amateur athletes from emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2366

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2366, a bill to streamline 
the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility 
verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-
sharing subsidy.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 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. 274

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) 
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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