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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 30
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 30, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services for certain covered beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program.
S. 183
At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mrs. Loeffler) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit governmental discrimination against providers of health services that are not involved in abortion.
S. 277
At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Fred Korematsu, in recognition of his dedication to justice and equality.
S. 296
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.
S. 460
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 477
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 477, a bill to authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.
S. 560
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
S. 561
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 633
At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 642
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 642, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ``Roddie'' Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II.
S. 717
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of asbestos and asbestos-containing mixtures and articles, and for other purposes.
S. 739
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 739, a bill to protect the voting rights of Native American and Alaska Native voters.
S. 750
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax credit, and for other purposes.
S. 815
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) 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. 866
At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
S. 877
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to prohibit the sale of shark fins, and for other purposes.
S. 901
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to support individuals with younger onset Alzheimer's disease.
S. 944
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) 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. 1119
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1119, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals.
S. 1130
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life.
S. 1381
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 1381, a bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
S. 1517
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1517, a bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an infrastructure investment.
S. 1531
At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. McSally) were added as cosponsors of S. 1531, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections for health insurance consumers from surprise billing.
S. 1546
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1546, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations, and for other purposes.
S. 1569
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1569, a bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to allow certain expenditures for cybersecurity-related services or assistance.
S. 1727
At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Young) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1727, a bill to establish the Partnership Fund for Peace to promote joint economic development and finance ventures between Palestinian entrepreneurs and companies and those in the United States and Israel to improve economic cooperation and people-to-people peacebuilding programs, and to further shared community building, peaceful coexistence, dialogue, and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
S. 1781
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2020 through 2022 to provide assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras through bilateral compacts to increase protection of women and children in their homes and communities and reduce female homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
S. 1906
At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) 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. 1908
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1908, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals.
S. 1923
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1923, a bill to require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the Social Security Act and to provide, in the case of elderly beneficiaries under such title, for an annual cost-
of-living increase which is not less than 3 percent.
S. 2054
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) 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. 2084
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes.
S. 2085
At the request of Ms. Rosen, the names of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 2085, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust, and for other purposes.
S. 2233
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 2233, a bill to nullify the effect of the recent executive order that requires Federal agencies to share citizenship data.
S. 2321
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) were added as cosponsors 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. 2366
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2366, a bill to streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-
sharing subsidy.
S. 2390
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2390, a bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
S. 2427
At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2427, a bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter dollars in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 2461
At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2461, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.
S. 2467
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2467, a bill to establish a program to award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban communities and rural communities to green spaces.
S. 2570
At the request of Ms. Sinema, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 2570, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Greg LeMond in recognition of his service to the United States as an athlete, activist, role model, and community leader.
S. 2641
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2641, a bill to promote United States national security and prevent the resurgence of ISIS, and for other purposes.
S. 2660
At the request of Ms. Smith, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2660, a bill to establish a grant program for wind energy research, development, and demonstration, and for other purposes.
S. 2661
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2661, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to designate 9-8-8 as the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line, and for other purposes.
S. 2680
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, and for other purposes.
S. 2690
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill to reduce mass violence, strengthen mental health collaboration in communities, improve school safety, and for other purposes.
S. 2803
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2803, a bill to provide Federal housing assistance on behalf of youths who are aging out of foster care, and for other purposes.
S. 2831
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2831, a bill to amend title 51, United States Code, to modify the national space grant college and fellowship program, and for other purposes.
S. 2892
At the request of Ms. Hassan, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 2892, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis.
S. 2948
At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2948, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program for work therapy using service dog training.
S. 3055
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3055, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit a Federal student loan borrower to elect to terminate repayment pursuant to income-based repayment and repay such loan under any other repayment plan for which the borrower is otherwise eligible.
S. 3129
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3129, a bill to provide for certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
S. 3167
At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3167, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.
S. 3176
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Young), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors 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. 3206
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3218
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3218, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes.
S. 3231
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3231, a bill to increase the rates of pay under the General Schedule and other statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 3.5 percent, and for other purposes.
S. 3236
At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3236, a bill to amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that child support for unborn children is collected and distributed under the child support enforcement program, and for other purposes.
S. 3239
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3239, a bill to designate the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, in Washington, DC, as the ``William T. Coleman, Jr., Federal Building''.
S.J. RES. 6
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 6, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
S.J. RES. 68
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Booker), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 68, a joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
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