August 4, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 138 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S4729-S4731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 624

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to 
amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
for same day registration.


                                 S. 695

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 695, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow parents of 
eligible military dependent children to establish Military Education 
Savings Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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. 1193

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1193, a bill to 
amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend 
the period during which certain reclamation fees are required to be 
paid.


                                S. 1764

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1764, a bill 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges for 
telephone and advanced communications services in the correctional and 
detention facilities.


                                S. 1802

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. 
Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1802, a bill to provide a 
work opportunity tax credit for military spouses and to provide for 
flexible spending arrangements for childcare services for military 
families.


                                S. 2226

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Ms. Harris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2226, a bill to 
require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance 
with plans developed and enacted into law by independent redistricting 
commissions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2233

  At the request of Mr. Udall, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2233, a bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that 
requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.


                                S. 2330

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Romney) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2330, a bill to amend the Ted 
Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to provide for congressional 
oversight of the board of directors of the United States Olympic and 
Paralympic Committee and to protect amateur athletes from emotional, 
physical, and sexual abuse, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2339

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. 
Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2339, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for accreditation reform, to 
require institutions of higher education to publish information 
regarding student success, to provide for fiscal accountability, and to 
provide for school accountability for student loans.


                                S. 2548

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2548, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take 
action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                S. 3190

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3190, a bill to authorize 
dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and 
require the Federal Government to take steps to prevent domestic 
terrorism.


                                S. 3206

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors of S. 3206, a 
bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to increase voting 
accessibility for individuals with disabilities and older individuals, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3233

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3233, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to skilled 
nursing facility services for hemophilia patients.


                                S. 3235

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3235, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program on 
posttraumatic growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3369

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3369, a bill to require the Office of Management and 
Budget to revise the Standard Occupational Classification system to 
establish a separate code for direct support professionals, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3391

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3391, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out an 
active transportation investment program to make grants to eligible 
applicants to

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build safe and connected options for bicycles and walkers within and 
between communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3490

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3490, a bill for the 
relief of Rebecca Trimble.


                                S. 3544

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3544, a bill to assist 
older Americans and people with disabilities affected by COVID-19.


                                S. 3612

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3612, a bill to clarify for 
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of 
coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary 
business expenses.


                                S. 3672

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3672, a bill to provide 
States and Indian Tribes with flexibility in administering the 
temporary assistance for needy families program due to the public 
health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), to 
make emergency grants to States and Indian Tribes to provide financial 
support for low-income individuals affected by that public health 
emergency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3693

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3693, a bill to 
amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to foster efficient 
markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that 
purchase livestock from producers.


                                S. 3703

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3703, a bill to amend the 
Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act to improve the prevention of 
elder abuse and exploitation of individuals with Alzheimer's disease 
and related dementias.


                                S. 3704

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3704, a bill to amend the 
Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to further support 
advanced technological manufacturing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3705

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3705, a bill to establish a 
private-public partnership to preserve jobs in the aviation 
manufacturing industry, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3748

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3748, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off 
crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their 
extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.


                                S. 3763

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3763, a bill to 
establish the Pandemic Responder Service Award program to express our 
gratitude to front-line health care workers.


                                S. 3768

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3768, a bill to protect 
older adults and people with disabilities living in nursing homes, 
intermediate care facilities, and psychiatric hospitals from COVID-19.


                                S. 3806

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3806, a bill to waive cost share 
requirements for certain Federal assistance provided under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


                                S. 3814

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3814, a bill 
to establish a loan program for businesses affected by COVID-19 and to 
extend the loan forgiveness period for paycheck protection program 
loans made to the hardest hit businesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3896

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3896, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management to establish and maintain a public directory of 
the individuals occupying Government policy and supporting positions, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3900

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3900, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Defense to carry out a grant program to support science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics education in the Junior 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps and for other purposes.


                                S. 3910

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3910, a bill to establish 
a presumption that certain firefighters who are Federal employees and 
have COVID-19 contracted that disease while in the performance of their 
official duties, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3964

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3964, a bill to amend the national service laws to 
prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly 
related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health 
emergency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4017

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4017, a bill to extend 
the period for obligations or expenditures for amounts obligated for 
the National Disaster Resilience competition.


                                S. 4032

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4032, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow above-the-line 
deductions for charitable contributions for individuals not itemizing 
deductions.


                                S. 4061

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from California (Ms. Harris) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4061, a bill to provide emergency nutrition 
assistance to States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4075

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4075, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to provide for the release of certain Federal 
interests in connection with certain grants under that Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4117

  At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4117, a bill to provide 
automatic forgiveness for paycheck protection program loans under 
$150,000, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4150

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4150, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to certain 
providers of transportation services affected by the novel coronavirus.


                                S. 4152

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4152, a bill to provide for the adjustment or 
modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of

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loans for critical rural utility service providers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4156

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4156, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to provide relief from hardship due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic to agricultural producers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4177

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4177, a bill to authorize supplemental funding for 
supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4235

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4235, a bill to 
amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of 
Agriculture as a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 4258, a bill to establish a 
grant program for small live venue operators and talent 
representatives.


                                S. 4285

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4285, a bill to 
establish a pilot program through which the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services shall allocate funds to States for the provision of 
Internet-connected devices to libraries.


                                S. 4299

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4299, a bill to 
provide grants for tourism and events support and promotion in areas 
affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4308

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4308, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to include special districts in the coronavirus 
relief fund, to direct the Secretary to include special districts as an 
eligible issuer under the Municipal Liquidity Facility, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4324

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4324, a bill to 
facilitate the availability, development, and production of domestic 
resources to meet national personal protective equipment and material 
needs, and ensure American leadership in advanced research and 
development and semiconductor manufacturing.


                                S. 4340

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4340, a bill to ensure that a State 
or local jurisdiction is ineligible to receive or use funds allocated, 
appropriated, or authorized to address COVID-19 if that State or 
jurisdiction discriminates against religious individuals or religious 
institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4345

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4345, a bill to amend section 
212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that efforts to 
engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered in visa 
issuance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4371

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4371, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require employers to cash out the 
flexible spending accounts of employees who separate from employment, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4372

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4372, a bill to provide 
for unused benefits in a dependent care FSA to be carried over from 
2020 to 2021, to provide for benefits to be accessed after termination 
of employment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4393

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 4393, a bill to improve the provision of health care and other 
benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who were 
exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 624

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 624, a resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the activities of Russian national Yevgeniy 
Prigozhin and his affiliated entities pose a threat to the national 
interest and national security of the United States.


                              S. RES. 663

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 663, a resolution 
supporting mask-wearing as an important measure to limit the spread of 
the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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