ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 178
(Senate - November 07, 2019)

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                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 133

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) 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. 206

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 259

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 259, a bill to 
impose criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in international 
doping fraud conspiracies, to provide restitution for victims of such 
conspiracies, and to require sharing of information with the United 
States Anti-Doping Agency to assist its fight against doping, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 287

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 287, a bill to amend the 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the authority of 
the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to 
impair national security, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 445

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 445, a bill to allow 
veterans to use, possess, or transport medical marijuana and to discuss 
the use of medical marijuana with a physician of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs as authorized by a State or Indian Tribe, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 631

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to provide for 
the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) 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. 655

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


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to improve 
mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to 
establish a postsecondary student data system.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Scott) 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. 834

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the national strategy 
for combating and eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 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. 995

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 995, a bill to 
amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
program under such title relating to lifespan respite care.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 
and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) 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. 1123

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1123, a bill to transfer and 
limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a 
class of aliens.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. McSally) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1374

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill 
to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting 
periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for 
individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1399, a bill to amend title VIII of the 
Public Health Services Act to revise and extend nursing workforce 
development programs.


                                S. 1499

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1499, a bill to establish National Wildlife Corridors 
to provide for the protection and restoration of certain native fish, 
wildlife, and plant species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1590

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington

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(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1608

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to provide 
for the publication by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of 
physical activity recommendations for Americans.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1757

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1766, a bill to implement policies to end 
preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.


                                S. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2012

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2012, a bill to provide 
that certain regulatory actions by the Federal Communications 
Commission shall have no force or effect.


                                S. 2250

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2250, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish State and Indian tribe 
grants for community colleges and grants for Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and 
Minority-Serving Institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2254

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2427

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 2453

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2453, a bill to assist in the conservation of the North Atlantic 
right whale by supporting and providing financial resources for North 
Atlantic right whale conservation programs and projects of persons with 
expertise required for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales, 
and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Markey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2453, supra.


                                S. 2629

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2629, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public Health Service 
Corps.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 2651

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2651, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide inscriptions for spouses and children on 
certain headstones and markers furnished by the Secretary, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2671, a bill to build safer, thriving communities, and save lives by 
investing in effective violence reduction initiatives.
  At the request of Mr. Murphy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2671, supra.


                                S. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 2695

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the 
Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as cosponsors of S. 2695, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the 
defense of United States agriculture and food through the National Bio 
and Agro-Defense Facility, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2701

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2701, a bill to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances 
as schedule I controlled substances.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2707, a bill to provide for 
a regional center for security studies for the Arctic in the Department 
of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2711

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 2711, a 
bill to require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-
related misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2733

  At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2733, a bill to 
save and strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal 
Government.


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2740, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act to clarify the regulatory framework with respect to 
certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved new 
drug application, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2777

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr.

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Rubio), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2777, a bill to assist States, tribes, territories, 
counties, and cities in implementing the Family First Prevention 
Services Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2797

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2797, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to parole into the United States certain relatives of current 
and former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2805

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2805, a bill to improve 
transit-oriented development financing, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 98

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the 
Senator from Maine (Mr. King) 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. 292

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 292, a resolution 
calling on the Government of Cameroon and armed separatist groups to 
respect the human rights of all Cameroonian citizens, to end all 
violence, and to pursue an inclusive dialogue to resolve the conflict 
in the Northwest and Southwest regions.


                              S. RES. 395

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey) 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. 408

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 408, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that Members of Congress and their 
staffs, employees of the Executive Office of the President and 
executive branch agencies, and the President of the United States have 
a duty to protect the identities of whistleblowers and safeguard 
whistleblowers from retaliation.

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