Volume 165, No. 121 covering the 1st Session of the 116th Congress (2019 - 2020) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S4948-S4950 on July 18, 2019.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 133
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 133, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant mariners of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital service during World War II.
S. 178
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 178, a bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
S. 285
At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 285, a bill to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.
S. 286
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 286, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 362
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) 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. 373
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 373, a bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender individuals in the Armed Forces.
S. 433
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 433, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve home health payment reforms under the Medicare program.
S. 546
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes.
S. 638
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.
S. 639
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 639, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
S. 640
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 640, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require pharmacy-negotiated price concessions to be included in negotiated prices at the point-of-sale under part D of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 952
At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 952, a bill to provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes.
S. 1081
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 1116
At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a bill to require providers of broadband internet access service and edge services to clearly and conspicuously notify users of the privacy policies of those providers, to give users opt-in or opt-out approval rights with respect to the use of, disclosure of, and access to user information collected by those providers based on the level of sensitivity of the information, and for other purposes.
S. 1188
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to promote United States-Mongolia trade by authorizing duty-free treatment for certain imports from Mongolia, and for other purposes.
S. 1273
At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added as cosponsors of S. 1273, a bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims, and for other purposes.
S. 1340
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1340, a bill to authorize activities to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes.
S. 1403
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1403, a bill to amend the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
S. 1437
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1437, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs and biological products include truthful and non-misleading pricing information.
S. 1447
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1447, a bill to allow the financing by United States persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba.
S. 1539
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1539, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.
S. 1541
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1541, a bill to increase the minimum age for sale of tobacco products to 21.
S. 1590
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) were added as cosponsors of S. 1590, a bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize rewards for thwarting wildlife trafficking linked to transnational organized crime, and for other purposes.
S. 1641
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1641, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property.
S. 1728
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.
S. 1764
At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) 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. 1792
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, a bill to require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center or contract call center work overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes.
S. 1850
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1850, a bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales, and for other purposes.
S. 1956
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the qualified contract exception to the extended low-income housing commitment rules for purposes of the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.
S. 1963
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to require the purchase of domestically made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal Government.
S. 2028
At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2028, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for new markets tax credit investments in the Rural Jobs Zone.
S. 2054
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. McSally) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2062
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as cosponsors of S. 2062, a bill to prohibit the use of funds for the 2026 World Cup unless the United States Soccer Federation provides equitable pay to the members of the United States Women's National Team and the United States Men's National Team.
S. 2066
At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2066, a bill to review United States Saudi Arabia Policy, and for other purposes.
S. 2075
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose certain activities relating to climate change, and for other purposes.
S. 2083
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2083, a bill to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure pay equity for amateur athletes, and for other purposes.
S. 2097
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2097, a bill to amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at such locations, and for other purposes.
S. 2102
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2102, a bill to provide funding for programs and activities under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act.
S. 2121
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2121, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to restrict the use of exotic and wild animals in traveling performances.
S. 2140
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2140, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to inverted corporations.
S. RES. 252
At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 252, a resolution designating September 2019 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.
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