November 5, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 176 — 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. 170

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 179

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 179, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a clinical trial of the 
effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of adults with chronic 
pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of 
additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 457

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to 
require that $1 coins issued during 2019 honor President George H.W. 
Bush and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bullion coins 
during 2019 in honor of Barbara Bush.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) 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. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 514, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the benefits and services provided 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs to women veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 610

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 610, a bill to amend title 9 of the 
United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                 S. 692

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical 
devices.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to designate 
the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public 
Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 762

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from California 
(Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 762, a bill to provide for 
funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation 
Administration activities in the event of a Government shutdown, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 814

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) 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. 839

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to extend 
Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1032, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to modify the definition of income for purposes of 
determining the tax-exempt status of certain corporations.


                                S. 1102

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1102, a bill to 
promote security and energy partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1238

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1238, a bill to provide 
requirements for Executive agency spending at the end of a fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Lee) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1380, a bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal 
Procedure to remind prosecutors of their obligations under Supreme 
Court case law.


                                S. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to modify 
the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to 
herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during 
the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23d Headquarters Special Troops 
and the 3133d Signal Service Company in recognition of their unique and 
distinguished service as a ``Ghost Army''

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that conducted deception operations in Europe during World War II.


                                S. 1458

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1458, a bill to codify the 
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the National Park 
Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1583, a bill to amend 
the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide for additional 
procedures for families with children under the age of 6, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1622

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1622, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as 
schedule I controlled substances.


                                S. 1665

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1665, a bill to 
modify the procedures for issuing special recreation permits for 
certain public land units, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 1766

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1766, a bill to implement policies to end 
preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.


                                S. 1804

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1804, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue 
guidelines relating to the appropriate inclusion of residential 
manufactured homes in Consolidated Plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1820

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1820, a bill to improve the integrity and 
safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication 
control program to be developed and enforced by an independent 
Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1822, a bill to 
require the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules relating 
to the collection of data with respect to the availability of broadband 
services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1838, a bill to amend the 
Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1846

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements with State, 
local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative 
coins in recognition of the 75th anniversary of the integration of 
baseball.


                                S. 2026

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2026, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to 
school program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 2216

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2248

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2248, 
a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to redesignate and expand 
the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 2353

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2353, a bill to direct the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance for 
firefighters and other emergency response personnel on best practices 
to protect them from exposure to PFAS and to limit and prevent the 
release of PFAS into the environment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2417, a bill to provide for payment of proceeds from savings bonds to a 
State with title to such bonds pursuant to the judgment of a court.


                                S. 2427

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2459

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2459, a bill 
to amend title 9, United States Code, to prohibit predispute 
arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes 
arising from claims of servicemembers and veterans.

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                                S. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2539, a bill to modify and 
reauthorize the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2565

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2565, a bill to establish a Global 
Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of 
climate-displaced persons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2567

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2567, a bill to provide 
rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural 
housing projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2590

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2590, a bill to protect the dignity of fetal remains, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2603

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2603, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to end the immigrant visa backlog, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2613

  At the request of Ms. Harris, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2613, a bill to provide a 
path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2625

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2641, a bill to promote 
United States national security and prevent the resurgence of ISIS, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2662

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 2666

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2666, a bill to promote the 
development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2679

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2679, a bill to facilitate the automatic 
acquisition of citizenship for lawful permanent resident children of 
military and Federal Government personnel residing abroad, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added as cosponsors of S. 2680, a bill to 
impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian 
terrorism, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2749

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2749, a bill to provide requirements for the 
.gov domain, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2750, a bill to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Operation Stonegarden 
grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2765

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2765, a bill to improve Federal fiscal controls and 
the congressional budget process.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) 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. 112

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 112, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States condemns all 
forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful 
impacts of violence against children.


                              S. RES. 371

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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 
Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 395, a resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Iran 
Hostage Crisis, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 404

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Res. 404, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
United States should work in cooperation with the international 
community and continue to exercise global leadership to address the 
causes and effects of climate change, and for other purposes.

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