October 19, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 178 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) 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. 511

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


                                 S. 997

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 997, a bill to recognize and 
honor the service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet 
Nurse Corps during World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1374

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) 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. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to 
establish the Strength in Diversity Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1687

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1687, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a special rule for 
certain casualty losses of uncut timber.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1700, a bill to provide a 
temporary safe harbor for publishers of online content to collectively 
negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which 
content may be distributed.


                                S. 2246

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2246, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide equal 
coverage of in vitro specific IgE tests and percutaneous tests for 
allergies under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2477

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2477, a bill to 
establish a National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases.


                                S. 2561

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2561, a bill to 
amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by 
the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2842

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2842, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 
to expand and expedite access to cardiac rehabilitation programs and 
pulmonary rehabilitation programs under the Medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3072

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Hawley) 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.

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                                S. 3182

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3182, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out the Women's 
Health Transition Training pilot program through at least fiscal year 
2020, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3471

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3471, a bill to ensure that goods made with forced 
labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic 
of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3684

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3684, a bill to make 
supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, the 
Interior, Homeland Security, Labor, and Commerce for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3686

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3686, a bill to provide 
for parental notification and intervention in the case of an 
unemancipated minor seeking an abortion.


                                S. 3722

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3722, a bill to authorize 
funding for a bilateral cooperative program with Israel for the 
development of health technologies with a focus on combating COVID-19.


                                S. 3812

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3812, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for hospital 
care, medical services, and nursing home care from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to include veterans of World War II.


                                S. 3967

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3967, a bill to reform 
Federal Aviation Administration safety requirements for commercial air 
tour operators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4012

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Smith), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4012, a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 
Restaurant Revitalization Fund to provide structured relief to food 
service or drinking establishments through December 31, 2020, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4212

  At the request of Ms. McSally, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4212, a bill to amend 
title 28, United States Code, to strip foreign sovereign immunity of 
certain foreign states to secure justice for victims of novel 
coronavirus in the United States.


                                S. 4216

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as cosponsors of S. 4216, 
a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Comptroller General of the United States to conduct studies and report 
to Congress on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services 
under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs 
during the COVID-19 emergency.


                                S. 4225

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4225, a bill to establish 
authority to destroy counterfeit devices offered for import, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 4255

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4255, a 
bill to amend the CARES Act to establish community investment programs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 4258

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4258, a bill to establish a grant program for small 
live venue operators and talent representatives.


                                S. 4349

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Jones), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) 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 names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) and the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 4380, 
a bill to provide redress to the employees of Air America.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4380, supra.


                                S. 4395

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4395, a bill to amend 
title 46, United States Code, to authorize maritime transportation 
emergency relief, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4426

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 4426, a bill to establish an Office of 
Subnational Diplomacy within the Department of State, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4555

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4555, a bill to reauthorize 
funding for programs to prevent, investigate, and prosecute elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4564

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 4564, a bill to 
authorize the location of a memorial on the National Mall to 
commemorate and honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on 
active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4657

  At the request of Mr. Jones, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4657, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate one week each year as 
``Buddy Check Week'' for the purpose of outreach and education 
concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4701

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4701, a bill to amend the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect 
to future interstate designations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 4764

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4764, a bill to require the 
Secretary of

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Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program for public-
private partnerships for disaster mitigation projects, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 4799

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler) were added as cosponsors of S. 4799, a 
bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced 
abortions by the Government of the People's Republic of China.


                                S. 4805

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 4805, a bill to create a point of order against 
legislation modifying the number of Justices of the Supreme Court of 
the United States.


                              S.J. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 14, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of not 
more than 9 justices.


                              S.J. RES. 76

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 76, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be 
composed of nine justices.


                            S. CON. RES. 49

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Kaine), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the Senator from Arizona (Ms. 
Sinema), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen), the 
Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Ms. Warren), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 
49, a concurrent resolution mandating procedures to ensure adequate 
precautions against COVID-19 in Senate buildings.


                              S. RES. 679

  At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy) 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.


                              S. RES. 680

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 680, a resolution condemning the 
People's Republic of China's use of military aggression to change the 
status quo at the Line of Actual Control between India and China.


                              S. RES. 689

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) 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 Louisiana 
(Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 716

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 716, a resolution designating the week of 
October 5 through October 9, 2020, as ``Malnutrition Awareness Week''.


                              S. RES. 745

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 745, a resolution honoring the life, legacy, and 
example of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 25th 
anniversary of his death

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