November 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 177 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S6448-S6450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 12

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 12, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care 
through expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the amount of certain 
qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 206, a bill to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the 
Army Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls''.


                                 S. 430

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


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 473

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, her name 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. 518

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 518, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare 
coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of 
durable medical equipment.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 565, a bill to require the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on 
projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to limit the 
authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment 
duties performed in other States.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ``Roddie'' Edmonds 
in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II.


                                 S. 655

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


                                 S. 670

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 670, a bill to make daylight savings time 
permanent, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to amend 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the 
Department of Justice Inspector General.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cruz, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
743, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
743, supra.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill to promote 
neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods 
and digital services.


                                 S. 851

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 
851, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational 
safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the 
health care and social service industries to develop and implement a 
comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) 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. 907

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 907, a bill to 
preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the 
labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and 
federally funded construction projects, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 966

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 966, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the physician 
self-referral prohibitions to promote care coordination in the merit-
based incentive payment system and to facilitate physician practice 
participation in alternative payment models under the Medicare program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1087

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1087, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make changes with 
respect to water quality certification, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1267, a bill to establish within the Smithsonian 
Institution the National Museum of the American Latino, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to require 
plans for military installations for full military funeral honors for 
veterans at such installations.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1437, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security 
Act to require that direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription 
drugs and biological products include truthful and non-misleading 
pricing information.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) 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. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2020 
through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and 
children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, 
domestic violence, and sexual assault.


                                S. 1903

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1903, a bill to establish an 
interagency One Health Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2001, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his 
extraordinary contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and 
recreational opportunity.


                                S. 2027

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2027, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the 
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) 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. 2216

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) and the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 2377, a bill to 
apply the Medicaid asset verification program to all applicants for, 
and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2427

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2427, a bill to amend title 31, United 
States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue 
quarter dollars in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2473

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2473, a bill 
to extend certain provisions of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 
Act until September 30, 2030, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2483

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, a bill to 
counter efforts by foreign governments to pursue, harass, or otherwise 
persecute individuals for political and other unlawful motives 
overseas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2590

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2590, a bill to protect the 
dignity of fetal remains, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2625

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2625, a bill to authorize 
the admission of a limited number of Kurdish Syrians and other Syrian 
partners as special immigrants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2662

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2662, a bill to 
amend sections 111, 169, and 171 of the Clean Air Act to clarify when a 
physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a 
stationary source constitutes a modification or construction, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to establish 
a program for research, development, and demonstration of solar energy 
technologies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to 
impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian 
terrorism, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2690

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill to reduce 
mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, 
improve school safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2701

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-
Smith)

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were added as cosponsors of S. 2701, a bill to amend the Controlled 
Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I 
controlled substances.


                                S. 2742

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2742, a bill to 
require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate.


                                S. 2745

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2745, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination by 
abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome.


                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2770, a bill to 
direct the Attorney General to make grants to States that have in place 
a law providing for the rights of sexual assault survivors, and for 
other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 5

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 5, a 
concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 98, a resolution establishing the 
Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for the placement in 
offices of Senators of children, spouses, and siblings of members of 
the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have died from a 
training-related injury.


                              S. RES. 371

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 371, a resolution 
reaffirming the support of the United States for the people of the 
Republic of South Sudan and calling on all parties to uphold their 
commitments to peace and dialogue as outlined in the 2018 revitalized 
peace agreement.


                              S. RES. 395

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 395, a resolution recognizing the 
40th anniversary of the Iran Hostage Crisis, and for other purposes.

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