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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on July 20

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Volume 167, No. 127, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 - 2022), 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 Tim Scott was published in the Senate section on pages S4980-S4982 on July 20.

Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 99

At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Tennessee

(Mr. Hagerty) was added as a cosponsor of S. 99, a bill to implement equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.

S. 127

At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 127, a bill to support library infrastructure.

S. 163

At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Georgia

(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 163, a bill to address the workforce needs of the telecommunications industry.

S. 344

At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retirement pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-

related disability, and for other purposes.

S. 350

At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 350, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs under part A of title XI of such Act relating to genetic diseases, and for other purposes.

S. 355

At the request of Mr. Van Hollen, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 355, a bill to provide immediate relief for patients from certain medical debt collection efforts during and immediately after the COVID-19 public health emergency.

S. 452

At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Wyoming

(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 452, 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. 610

At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Delaware

(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 610, a bill to address behavioral health and well-being among health care professionals.

S. 656

At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 656, a bill to ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children.

S. 697

At the request of Ms. Rosen, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth.

S. 701

At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 701, 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. 773

At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 773, a bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.

S. 888

At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 888, a bill to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.

S. 1061

At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1061, a bill to encourage the normalization of relations with Israel, and for other purposes.

S. 1295

At the request of Mr. Romney, the name of the Senator from Louisiana

(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1295, a bill to save and strengthen critical social contract programs of the Federal Government.

S. 1337

At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to address the impact of climate change on agriculture, and for other purposes.

S. 1543

At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Michigan

(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1543, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy.

S. 1660

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from California

(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1660, a bill to expand access to health care services for immigrants by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.

S. 1669

At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Indiana

(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1669, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the forgiveness or offset of an overpayment of retired pay paid to a joint account for a period after the death of the retired member of the Armed Forces.

S. 1687

At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1687, a bill to amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, and for other purposes.

S. 1707

At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as cosponsors of S. 1707, a bill to ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements.

S. 1720

At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 1720, a bill to provide stability to and enhance the services of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.

S. 1797

At the request of Mr. Padilla, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1797, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to expand the funding authority for renovating, constructing, and expanding certain facilities.

S. 1856

At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1856, a bill to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

S. 1872

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from Maryland

(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) were added as cosponsors of S. 1872, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary service during World War II.

S. 1935

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Indiana

(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1935, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an extension of the period of eligibility under the Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation program for veterans with service-connected disabilities by reason of school closures due to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes.

S. 1936

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Indiana

(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1936, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for extensions of the time limitations for use of entitlement under Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs by reason of school closures due to emergency and other situations, and for other purposes.

S. 1973

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1973, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct testing, removal, and remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at all military installations, formerly used defense sites, and State-

owned facilities of the National Guard in the United States.

S. 2032

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2032, a bill to extend and modify the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program, to postpone the medical exam for aliens who are otherwise eligible for such program, to provide special immigrant status for certain surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes.

S. 2161

At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Indiana

(Mr. Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to modify the restriction in section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to positions in the Department of Defense to apply to positions at or above the GS-14 level.

S. 2166

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia

(Mr. Warnock) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to provide that certain orders of the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect until certain conditions are satisfied, and for other purposes.

S. 2230

At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2230, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the carbon oxide sequestration credit.

S. 2232

At the request of Mr. Lujan, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2232, a bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize National Laboratories, and for other purposes.

S. 2233

At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper) were added as cosponsors of S. 2233, a bill to establish a grant program for shuttered minor league baseball clubs, and for other purposes.

S. 2238

At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program, and for other purposes.

S. 2271

At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Kansas

(Mr. Marshall) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2271, a bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide grants for eligible entities for activities designed to expand the sales and use of biofuels derived from agricultural feedstocks produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 2332

At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to place a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations, to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to require country of origin labeling on beef, pork, and dairy products, and for other purposes.

S. 2333

At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Wyoming

(Ms. Lummis) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2333, a bill to amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment of athletes, and for other purposes.

S. 2334

At the request of Ms. Cortez Masto, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2334, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to provide grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for large-

scale water recycling and reuse projects, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make certain modifications to the Cooperative Watershed Management Program, to provide emergency drought funding, and for other purposes.

S. 2364

At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska

(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2364, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for demonstration grants and create a Federal Work Group to reduce and prevent the incidence of teen dating violence.

S. 2369

At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Colorado

(Mr. Hickenlooper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Tribal lands, and for other purposes.

S. 2371

At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2371, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to enhance the readiness of the Department of Defense to challenges relating to climate change and to improve the energy and resource efficiency of the Department, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 274

At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, a resolution designating July 24, 2021, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy''.

S. RES. 303

At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 303, a resolution supporting the people of Cuba in their demands for freedom and the fulfillment of basic needs and condemning the Communist regime in Cuba.

AMENDMENT NO. 2121

At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2121 proposed to H.R. 1652, a bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 127

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