September 23, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 165 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S5833-S5835]
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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Crapo, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
514, supra.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating to commercial 
motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 861, a 
bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 
of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of 
LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to 
foster security in Taiwan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 946, a bill to direct the Comptroller General 
of the United States to complete a study on barriers to participation 
in federally funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have 
been traditionally underrepresented in such trials.


                                S. 1602

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1602, a bill to 
amend the United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to 
establish a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-
scale energy storage systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 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 queer or questioning foster youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2001

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 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. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2054, a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, 
collectively, to Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, 
and Sean Smith, in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 2438

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2438, a bill to prevent, 
treat, and cure tuberculosis globally.


                                S. 2748

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2748, a bill to repeal 
the section of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
that requires the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate and 
auction the T-Band spectrum.


                                S. 2882

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2882, a bill to establish a community

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wildfire defense grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2898, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to provide for a full annuity supplement for 
certain air traffic controllers.


                                S. 2950

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2950, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to concede exposure to airborne hazards and 
toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3595

  At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3595, a bill to 
require a longitudinal study on the impact of COVID-19.


                                S. 3761

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3761, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans service 
organizations and recognized agents and attorneys opportunities to 
review Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating determinations 
before they are finalized, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3831

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3831, a bill to 
authorize the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel 
and Tourism, to statutorily establish the United States Travel and 
Tourism Advisory Board, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4003

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4003, a bill to improve United States 
consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and 
respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian 
emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address 
the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4032

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 4150

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4150, supra.


                                S. 4233

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4233, a bill to establish 
a payment program for unexpected loss of markets and revenues to timber 
harvesting and timber hauling businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4258, a bill to establish a 
grant program for small live venue operators and talent 
representatives.


                                S. 4279

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4279, a bill to require the 
disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action documents.


                                S. 4298

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4298, a bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for 
improvements to meat and poultry facilities to allow for interstate 
shipment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4349

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4349, a bill to address behavioral health and well-
being among health care professionals.


                                S. 4380

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4380, a bill to provide 
redress to the employees of Air America.


                                S. 4520

  At the request of Mrs. Loeffler, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4520, a bill to transfer the 
responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to the Small 
Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4528

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4528, a bill to strengthen 
the United States ties with Latin American and Caribbean countries 
through diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation, to counter 
efforts by the People's Republic of China to undermine United States 
interests and values in the Americas, and to promote economic 
development and competitiveness in the Latin American and Caribbean 
region.


                                S. 4579

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4579, a bill to 
increase, effective as of December 1, 2020, the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4582

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4582, a bill to extend, 
temporarily, daylight saving time, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4629

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4629, a bill to address 
issues involving the People's Republic of China.


                                S. 4634

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the 
Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Cassidy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
4634, a bill to provide support for air carrier workers, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 672

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 672, a resolution 
designating September 2020 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. 679

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 679, a resolution 
expressing appreciation and support for essential employees with 
disabilities or who are blind during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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                              S. RES. 685

  At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 685, a 
resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United 
States Armed Forces and veterans and condemning the disgraceful 
denigration by President Donald Trump of military service, prisoners of 
war, and Gold Star families.


                              S. RES. 709

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 709, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate that the August 13, 2020, and September 11, 
2020, announcements of the establishment of full diplomatic relations 
between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the State 
of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain are historic achievements.


                              S. RES. 711

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 711, a resolution 
calling on the President of the United States to take executive action 
to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt

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