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Sept. 7 sees Congressional Record publish “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” in the Senate section

Tim Scott was mentioned in ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS on pages S4479-S4480 covering the 2nd Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 7 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 190

At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 190, a bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the safe storage of firearms, and for other purposes.

S. 350

At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 424

At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico

(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Peoples, and for other purposes.

S. 1302

At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Virginia

(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

S. 1593

At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Arizona

(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1593, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.

S. 1848

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), and marital status in the administration and provision of child welfare services, to improve safety, well-being, and permanency for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning foster youth, and for other purposes.

S. 1863

At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve access to health care for veterans, and for other purposes.

S. 1873

At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1873, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.

S. 2003

At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut

(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, a bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2021 through 2023 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. 2273

At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2273, a bill to authorize Inspectors General to continue operations during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

S. 2569

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to enhance the rights of domestic workers, and for other purposes.

S. 2625

At the request of Ms. Duckworth, the name of the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2625, a bill to amend the Child Care Access Means Parents In School Program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

S. 2907

At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Arizona

(Mr. Kelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2907, a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 3018

At the request of Mr. Marshall, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3018, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes.

S. 3411

At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3411, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include expenses for certain athletic supplies in the above-the-line deduction for eligible educators, and to allow such deduction to interscholastic sports administrators and coaches.

S. 3569

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

(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3569, a bill to extend the program to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at certain health centers.

S. 3678

At the request of Mr. Warnock, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3678, a bill to authorize the National Detector Dog Training Center, and for other purposes.

S. 3766

At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Mississippi

(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3766, a bill to increase the benefits guaranteed in connection with certain pension plans, and for other purposes.

S. 3909

At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of S. 3909, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit.

S. 3972

At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were added as cosponsors of S. 3972, a bill to improve research and data collection on stillbirths, and for other purposes.

S. 4076

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4076, a bill to protect firefighters from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

S. 4168

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

(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4168, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Park Foundation.

S. 4170

At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Ms. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4170, a bill to reauthorize programs for mental health, and for other purposes.

S. 4213

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4213, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employers from paying employees in the garment industry by piece rate, to require manufacturers and contractors in the garment industry to register with the Department of Labor, and for other purposes.

S. 4347

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4347, a bill to require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives.

S. 4366

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the names of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 4366, a bill to require the Secretary of Defense to seek to cooperate with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial system, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes.

S. 4389

At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) were added as cosponsors of S. 4389, a bill to provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, and for other purposes.

S. 4485

At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4485, a bill to amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on source of income, veteran status, or military status.

S. 4511

At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 4511, a bill to ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis

(commonly known as ``black lung disease'' ), and for other purposes.

S. 4516

At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4516, a bill to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy, and for other purposes.

S. 4587

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Iowa

(Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 4587, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Berell Ferencz, in recognition of his service to the United States and international community during the post-World War II Nuremberg trials and lifelong advocacy for international criminal justice and rule of law.

S. 4605

At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arizona

(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4605, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to home health agencies under the Medicare program.

S. 4687

At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4687, a bill to enhance the authority granted to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice with respect to unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes.

S. 4702

At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4702, a bill to impose limits on excepting competitive service positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes.

S. 4706

At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4706, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the duration of active service of the Chief Justice of the United States and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 4742

At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4742, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to create a Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council to enhance oversight and accountability for deficiencies in military housing, and accountability for deficiencies in military housing, and for other purposes.

S. 4754

At the request of Mr. Braun, the name of the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 4754, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on national resource adequacy, and for other purposes.

S. RES. 644

At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 644, a resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 143

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