September 17, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 149 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 149
(Senate - September 17, 2019)
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[Pages S5539-S5542] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 191 At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) 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. 211 At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to secure urgent resources vital to Indian victims of crime, and for other purposes. S. 279 At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 279, a bill to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. S. 315 At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 315, a bill to authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. S. 362 At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) 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. 427 At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) 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 [[Page S5540]] Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to autism, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 427, supra. S. 433 At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 433, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program. S. 460 At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney) 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. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S5540, September 17, 2019, in the first column, the following appears: S. 633 At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: S. 460 At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney) 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. 633 At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= S. 633 At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) were added as cosponsors 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 Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as cosponsors of S. 655, a bill to impose additional restrictions on tobacco flavors for use in e-cigarettes. S. 668 At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 668, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening. S. 692 At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) 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. 743 At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) 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. 785 At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 789 At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster care youth. S. 803 At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property. S. 901 At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 959 At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 959, a bill to establish in the Smithsonian Institution a comprehensive women's history museum, and for other purposes. S. 966 At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 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. 1168 At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were added as cosponsors of S. 1168, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure campus access at public institutions of higher education for religious groups. S. 1222 At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 1263 At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the names of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors 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. 1307 At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1307, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve nutrition in tribal areas, and for other purposes. S. 1427 At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1427, a bill to amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to improve the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program, and for other purposes. S. 1462 At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in the commission, from obtaining a firearm. S. 1476 At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1476, a bill to waive the 24- month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease. S. 1676 At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1676, a bill to improve the understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease, and for other purposes. S. 1757 At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) 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. 1791 At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 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 [[Page S5541]] queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes. S. 1822 At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) 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. 1838 At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 1838, a bill to amend the Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes. S. 1840 At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a bill to establish certain requirements for the small refineries exemption of the renewable fuels provisions under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. S. 1863 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the sites associated with the life and legacy of the noted American philanthropist and business executive Julius Rosenwald, with a special focus on the Rosenwald Schools, and for other purposes. S. 1906 At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families through the award of grants to such entities, and for other purposes. S. 1970 At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1970, a bill to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes. S. 2001 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 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. 2024 At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2024, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the American History for Freedom grant program. S. 2061 At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 2061, a bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes. S. 2103 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) were added as cosponsors of S. 2103, a bill to improve access to affordable insulin. S. 2179 At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) 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. 2203 At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 2203, a bill to extend the transfer of Electronic Travel Authorization System fees from the Travel Promotion Fund to the Corporation for Travel Promotion (Brand USA) through fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. S. 2206 At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 2321 At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) 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. 2417 At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2462 At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2462, a bill to help reduce household energy burdens by expanding access to solar energy for low-income households. S. 2463 At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2463, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for regulation and taxation of electronic cigarettes and alternative nicotine products. S.J. RES. 11 At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 11, a joint resolution to prohibit the unauthorized use of United States Armed Forces in hostilities with respect to Venezuela. S. RES. 205 At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 205, a resolution expressing the gratitude of the Senate for the people who operate or support diaper banks and diaper distribution programs in their local communities. S. RES. 252 At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) 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. 274 At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. S. RES. 303 At the request of Mr. Hawley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor 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. [[Page S5542]] ____________________
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