September 23, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 153 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S5629-S5631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 208

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 208, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 427

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor 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. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) 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. 560

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 560, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health 
insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for 
treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who 
were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known 
as the ``Six Triple Eight''.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage 
individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for 
students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations and 
eligible workforce training organizations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) 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. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 892, 
a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the women 
in the United States who joined the workforce during World War II, 
providing the aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition, and other 
materials to win the war, that were referred to as ``Rosie the 
Riveter'', in recognition of their contributions to the United States 
and the inspiration they have provided to ensuing generations.


                                 S. 903

  At the request of Ms. McSally, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 903, a bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish advanced 
nuclear goals, provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron 
source, make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for research, 
development, and demonstration of advanced nuclear reactor concepts, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 948

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 948, a bill to provide incentives to 
physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1048, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Reducing Youth Use 
of E-Cigarettes Initiative.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, a bill to deter 
foreign interference in United States elections, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1141

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1141, a bill to 
provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and 
encourage investment.


                                S. 1191

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1191, a 
bill to reauthorize section 340H of the Public Health Service Act to 
continue to encourage the expansion, maintenance, and establishment of 
approved graduate medical residency programs at qualified teaching 
health centers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1222

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1222, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to 
provide hospital care and medical services to veterans in the Freely 
Associated States of the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and to 
conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing 
regional offices, suboffices, contact units, or other subordinate 
offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Freely Associated 
States to provide such care and services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 1268

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland

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(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1268, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals receive 
adequate payment for the acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration 
of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Museum in the District 
of Columbia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) 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. 1602

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1602, a bill to amend the 
United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a 
research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy 
storage systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to amend 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide 
for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill 
to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including 
sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the 
administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve 
safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1821, a bill to amend the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 to provide for research on, and 
the development and deployment of, marine energy, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1831

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1831, a bill to amend 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill 
to limit the fees charged and collected from applicants for 
naturalization and related benefits based on poverty, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1982, a bill to improve 
efforts to combat marine debris, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former 
members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual 
orientation of the member, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to disregard 
parental income and assets when determining Medicaid eligibility for 
disabled children.


                                S. 2074

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2080

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 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. 2102

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2102, a bill to provide 
funding for programs and activities under the SUPPORT for Patients and 
Communities Act.


                                S. 2158

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2158, a bill to improve 
certain programs of the Department of Health and Human Services with 
respect to heritable disorders.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2160, a bill to require carbon monoxide alarms in certain federally 
assisted housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2288

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2288, a bill to amend title 
VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a 
Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural 
gas suppliers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2321, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 100th 
anniversary of the establishment of Negro Leagues baseball.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to enhance 
global engagement to combat marine debris, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2434

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2434, a 
bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

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                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2461, a bill to 
designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
wilderness.


                                S. 2479

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2479, a bill to 
provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and 
compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2489

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2489, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for financial 
assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families 
in permanent housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2491

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2491, a bill to 
terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2496, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the Medicare and 
disability insurance benefits waiting periods for disabled individuals.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Scott of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2502, a bill 
to ban the Federal procurement of certain drones and other unmanned 
aircraft systems, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 59

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 59, a resolution recognizing the duty of 
the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.


                              S. RES. 215

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 215, a resolution 
calling for greater religious and political freedoms in Cuba, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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.


                              S. RES. 303

  At the request of Mr. Hawley, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 303, a resolution calling upon the leadership of 
the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to 
dismantle its kwan-li-so political prison labor camp system, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 304

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 304, a 
resolution designating September 2019 as ``National Workforce 
Development Month''.


                              S. RES. 309

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 309, a resolution 
designating September 2019 as ``National Voting Rights Month''.


                              S. RES. 313

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 313, a 
resolution designating the week of September 22 through September 28, 
2019, as ``Gold Star Families Remembrance Week''.
  At the request of Mr. Cruz, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 313, supra.

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