September 29, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 169 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S5950-S5952]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 195

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 195, a bill to require the Director 
of the Government Publishing Office to establish and maintain a website 
accessible to the public that allows the public to obtain electronic 
copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to 
promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Risch, his name 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. 741

  At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 741, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
plans to provide for cost sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no 
less favorable than the cost sharing provided for anticancer 
medications administered by a health care provider.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to 
establish a postsecondary student data system.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against 
income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the 
blind.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) was added as a cosponsor 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. 944

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 944, a bill to 
enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security 
Administration and the stability of the transportation security 
workforce by applying a unified personnel system under title 5, United 
States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration 
who are responsible for screening passengers and property, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to amend the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1902

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1902, a bill to require the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product 
safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect 
children from tip-over related death or injury, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2054

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) 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. 2389

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2389, a bill to provide access to counsel for children and other 
vulnerable populations.


                                S. 2748

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) 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. 2753

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2753, a bill 
to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for 
the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 2907

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2907, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medical 
nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders under 
the Medicare program.


                                S. 3004

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3004, a bill to protect 
human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTI people around the 
world, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3072

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3072, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval 
of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for 
abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with 
respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3176

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3176, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the United States-Israel Strategic 
Partnership Act of 2014 to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of 
funds to Israel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3232

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3232, a bill to promote and 
support the local arts and creative economy in the United States.


                                S. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3353, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of 
immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3356

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3356, a bill to 
support the reuse and recycling of batteries and critical minerals, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3517

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3517, a bill to 
increase the ability of nursing facilities to access to telehealth 
services and obtain technologies to allow virtual visits during the 
public health emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 
2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.


                                S. 3761

  At the request of Mr. Peters, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 3825

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3825, a bill 
to establish the Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assistance 
Network, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4063

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4063, a bill to 
provide that, due to the disruptions caused by COVID-19, applications 
for impact aid funding for fiscal year 2022 may use certain data 
submitted in the fiscal year 2021 application.


                                S. 4152

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4152, a bill to provide for the adjustment or 
modification by the Secretary of Agriculture of loans for critical 
rural utility service providers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4166

  At the request of Ms. Sinema, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4166, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to secure medical opinions 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities who die from COVID-19 
to determine whether their service-connected disabilities were the 
principal or contributory cases of death, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4181

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4181, a bill to establish 
a Library Stabilization Fund to respond to and accelerate the recovery 
from coronavirus.


                                S. 4258

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


                                S. 4327

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4327, a bill to establish the Taiwan Fellowship 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4347

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4347, a bill 
to establish a Coronavirus Rapid Response Federal Labor-Management Task 
Force, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4349

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4349, a bill to address behavioral health and well-
being among health care professionals.


                                S. 4384

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4384, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address exposure by 
members of the Armed Forces to toxic substances at Karshi-Khanabad Air 
Base, Uzbekistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4393

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 4429

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4429, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study regarding toxic 
exposure by members of the Armed Forces deployed to Karshi Khanabad Air 
Base, Uzbekistan, to include such members in the open burn pit 
registry, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4431

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4431, a bill to 
increase wildfire preparedness and response throughout the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4532

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4532, a bill to amend title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act to require coverage of hearing devices and systems 
in certain private health insurance plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4571

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) and the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 4571, a bill to 
extend certain deadlines for the 2020 decennial census.


                                S. 4600

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4600, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to improve the responses of the Department of 
Defense to sex-related offenses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4613

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4613, a bill to amend the Fairness to Contact 
Lens Consumers Act to prevent certain

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automated calls and to require notice of the availability of contact 
lens prescriptions to patients, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4661

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4661, a bill to authorize the President 
to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of 
valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


                                S. 4676

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4676, a bill to improve the debt relief program under 
the CARES Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4684

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4684, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 
Arapahoe Street in Thermopolis, Wyoming, as the ``Robert L. Brown Post 
Office''.


                                S. 4710

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 4710, a bill to obtain and direct the 
placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a monument to 
honor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth 
Bader Ginsburg.


                                S. 4715

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 4715, a bill to grant Federal charter to the 
National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.


                              S. RES. 689

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
689, a resolution condemning the crackdown on peaceful protestors in 
Belarus and calling for the imposition of sanctions on responsible 
officials.


                              S. RES. 709

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 724

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 724, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the practice of 
politically motivated imprisonment of women around the world and 
calling on governments for the immediate release of women who are 
political prisoners.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2660

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2660 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 8337, a bill making continuing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes

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