Congressional Record, Senate — Additional Cosponsors and Statements on Introduced Bills (June 22, 2020)

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Congressional Record, Senate, June 22, 2020, at S3127 and S3128. The page lists additional cosponsors, including for S. 3992, a bill to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and S. 4012, a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 fund to provide structured relief to food service or drinking establishments. Under Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions, Mr. Durbin introduces S. 4034, a bill that provides for compassionate release based on COVID–19 vulnerability, and its printed text gives the short title as the "COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2020". The page also lists submitted resolutions, including S. Res. 635 expressing support for the Fourth of July and the fireworks industry.

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June 22, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3127
Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syn- (Mr. BENNET), the Senator from Cali- MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S.
drome Awareness Day; to the Committee on fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator 4015, a bill to provide funds to assess
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW), the the availability, accelerate the deploy-
By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr.
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. ment, and improve the sustainability
WYDEN, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. HIRONO, Mr.
BOOZMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. ENZI, Mr. TILLIS) and the Senator from Cali- of advanced communications services
CARPER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MARKEY, fornia (Ms. HARRIS) were added as co- and communications infrastructure in
Ms. ERNST, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FISCH- sponsors of S. 2815, a bill to require the rural America, and for other purposes.
ER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MORAN, Ms. Secretary of the Treasury to mint S. RES. 615
DUCKWORTH, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. coins in commemoration of the Na- At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the
SINEMA, and Mrs. BLACKBURN): tional Purple Heart Honor Mission. names of the Senator from Florida (Mr.
S. Res. 634. A resolution designating July RUBIO), the Senator from Alaska (Mr.
S. 3624
30, 2020, as ‘‘National Whistleblower Appre-
At the request of Mr. COONS, the SULLIVAN), and the Senator from Mary-
ciation Day’’; to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary. name of the Senator from New Hamp- land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) were added as
By Mr. ROUNDS: shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- cosponsors of S. Res. 615, a resolution
S. Res. 635. A resolution expressing support sponsor of S. 3624, a bill to amend the recognizing the 70th anniversary of the
for the Fourth of July, America’s birthday, national service laws to prioritize na- outbreak of the Korean War and the
and the hundreds of businesses and workers tional service programs and projects transformation of the United States-
that make up the fireworks industry; to the that are directly related to the re- South Korea alliance into a mutually
Committee on the Judiciary. beneficial, global partnership.
sponse to and recovery from the
f COVID–19 public health emergency, S. RES. 618
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the
S. 170
S. 3851 name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr.
At the request of Ms. WARREN, the MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of
At the request of Mr. DAINES, the
names of the Senator from Connecticut S. Res. 618, a resolution designating
name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from June 2020 as ‘‘National Post-Traumatic
(Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor
Washington (Mrs. MURRAY), the Sen- Stress Awareness Month’’ and June 27,
of S. 170, a bill to amend the Internal
ator from Oregon (Mr. MERKLEY), the 2020, as ‘‘National Post-Traumatic
Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the
Senator from Maryland (Mr. VAN HOL- Stress Awareness Day’’.
amount of certain qualified conserva-
LEN), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. S. RES. 626
tion contributions.
WYDEN) and the Senator from Vermont At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL,
S. 1703
(Mr. SANDERS) were withdrawn as co- the name of the Senator from Mary-
At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) was added as a
sponsors of S. 3851, a bill to prohibit
name of the Senator from California cosponsor of S. Res. 626, a resolution
high-level appointees in the Depart-
(Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- upholding the civil liberties and civil
ment of Justice from participating in
sponsor of S. 1703, a bill to amend the rights of Iranian Americans and con-
particular matters in which the Presi-
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to re- demning bigotry, violence, and dis-
dent, a relative of the President, or an
form the low-income housing credit, crimination.
individual associated with the cam-
and for other purposes.
paign of the President is a party. S. RES. 629
S. 2054
S. 3968 At the request of Mr. DAINES, the
At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the At the request of Mr. COTTON, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr.
name of the Senator from New Hamp- name of the Senator from Georgia RISCH) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr.
shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon- CRAPO) were added as cosponsors of S.
sponsor of S. 2054, a bill to post- sor of S. 3968, a bill to create an award Res. 629, a resolution designating June
humously award the Congressional for law enforcement officers who exem- 2020 as ‘‘Great Outdoors Month’’.
Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen plify best practices to reduce the exces- S. RES. 630
Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher sive use of force or improve community At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the
Stevens, and Sean Smith, in recogni- policing, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from California
tion of their contributions to the Na- S. 3985 (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co-
tion. sponsor of S. Res. 630, a resolution des-
At the request of Mr. SCOTT of South
S. 2458 ignating June 20, 2020, as ‘‘American
Carolina, the name of the Senator from
At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI) was added as Eagle Day’’ and celebrating the recov-
name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. a cosponsor of S. 3985, a bill to improve ery and restoration of the bald eagle,
ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of and reform policing practices, account- the national symbol of the United
S. 2458, a bill to prioritize funding for ability, and transparency. States.
an expanded and sustained national in- S. 3992 f
vestment in agriculture research. At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name
S. 2461
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED
of the Senator from Maine (Mr. KING) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the was added as a cosponsor of S. 3992, a
name of the Senator from New York bill to amend the Small Business Act By Mr. DURBIN:
(Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- S. 4034. A bill to expand eligibility for
to provide that certain chambers of
sponsor of S. 2461, a bill to designate a and provide judicial review for the El-
commerce and destination marketing
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife derly Home Detention Pilot Program,
organizations are eligible for loans
Refuge as wilderness. provide for compassionate release
under the paycheck protection pro-
S. 2715
based on COVID–19 vulnerability,
gram, and for other purposes.
shorten the waiting period for judicial
At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the S. 4012
review during the COVID–19 pandemic,
names of the Senator from Mississippi At the request of Mr. WICKER, the and make other technical corrections;
(Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Alabama to the Committee on the Judiciary.
New Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN) were (Mr. JONES) was added as a cosponsor Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask
added as cosponsors of S. 2715, a bill to of S. 4012, a bill to establish a unanimous consent that the text of the
develop and implement policies to ad- $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitaliza-

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bill be printed in the RECORD.
vance early childhood development, to tion Fund to provide structured relief There being no objection, the text of
provide assistance for orphans and to food service or drinking establish- the bill was ordered to be printed in
other vulnerable children in developing ments through December 31, 2020, and the RECORD, as follows:
countries, and for other purposes. for other purposes. S. 4034
S. 2815 S. 4015 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the At the request of Mr. THUNE, the resentatives of the United States of America in
names of the Senator from Colorado name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Congress assembled,

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S3128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 22, 2020
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) CFS, and millions of additional individuals
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and are afflicted by ME/CFS worldwide; and
Safer Detention Act of 2020’’. (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol- (2) the vast majority of individuals with
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF COVERED EMERGENCY lowing: ME/CFS are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed;
PERIOD. ‘‘(d) DATE DESCRIBED.—For purposes of Whereas ME/CFS is approximately 4 times
Section 12003(a)(2) of the CARES Act (Pub- subsection (c)(1)(A), the date described in more prevalent in women than in men;
lic Law 116–136) is amended— this subsection is the earlier of— Whereas ME/CFS is a chronic disease with
(1) by striking ‘‘ending on the date’’ and ‘‘(1) the date on which the defendant fully no known cure and leaves 1⁄4 of individuals
inserting the following: ‘‘ending on the later exhausts all administrative rights to appeal with ME/CFS housebound or bedbound for
of— a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to bring a extended periods of time;
‘‘(A) the date’’; motion on the defendant’s behalf; or Whereas between 50 and 75 percent of indi-
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, ‘‘(2) the expiration of the 30-day period be- viduals with ME/CFS cannot work or attend
by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the end and insert- ginning on the date on which the defendant school;
ing ‘‘or’’; and submits a request for a reduction in sentence Whereas, in the United States, the eco-
(3) by adding at the end the following: to the warden of the facility in which the de- nomic toll of ME/CFS is $51,000,000,000 per
‘‘(B) the date that is 30 days after the date fendant is imprisoned, regardless of the sta- year, including as much as $14,000,000,000 in
on which the Bureau of Prisons ceases modi- tus of the request.’’. medical costs and $37,000,000,000 in lost pro-
fied operations in response to COVID–19; SEC. 5. TEMPORARY SHORTENING OF ADMINIS- ductivity;
and’’. TRATIVE EXHAUSTION. Whereas the cause of ME/CFS is unknown,
SEC. 3. HOME DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ELDER-
Section 12003 of the CARES Act (Public there is no diagnostic test for ME/CFS, and
LY NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS. there is no treatment for ME/CFS approved
Law 116–136) is amended by adding at the end
Section 231(g) of the Second Chance Act of by the Food and Drug Administration;
the following:
2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)) is amended— Whereas NAM has noted a ‘‘paucity of re-
‘‘(e) COMPASSIONATE RELEASE.—For pur-
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end search’’ on ME/CFS and that ‘‘more research
poses of a motion filed under section
the following: is essential’’;
3582(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, dur-
‘‘(D) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— Whereas individuals with ME/CFS struggle
ing the covered emergency period—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Upon motion of a defend- to find doctors to care for them, and ME/CFS
‘‘(1) the 30-day waiting period requirement
ant, on or after the date described in clause is included in less than 1⁄3 of medical school
in section 3582(d)(2) shall be reduced to not
(ii), a court may reduce an imposed term of curricula;
imprisonment of the defendant and sub- more than 10 days; and
Whereas, in recognition of the dearth of re-
stitute a term of supervised release with the ‘‘(2) in the case of a defendant who is, ac-
search on ME/CFS and the profound impact
condition of home detention for the unserved cording to guidance from the Centers for Dis-
that the disease has on individuals with ME/
portion of the original term of imprison- ease Control and Prevention, considered to
CFS and their loved ones and caretakers, the
ment, after considering the factors set forth be at a higher risk for severe illness from
National Institutes of Health is ‘‘committed
in section 3553(a) of title 18, United States COVID–19, including because the defendant is
to unraveling the underlying biologic
Code, if the court finds the defendant is an 60 years of age or older or has an underlying
cause(s) of ME/CFS as swiftly as possible,
eligible elderly offender or eligible termi- medical condition, such risk shall be consid-
and promoting research that will inform the
nally ill offender. ered to be an extraordinary and compelling
development of effective strategies for treat-
‘‘(ii) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described reason under subparagraph (A)(i) of such sec-
ment and prevention of this devastating con-
in this clause is the earlier of— tion 3582(c)(1).
dition’’; and
‘‘(I) the date on which the defendant fully ‘‘(f) NONVIOLENT ELDERLY OFFENDERS.—For
Whereas, in 2020, May 12 is recognized as
exhausts all administrative rights to appeal the purpose of a motion filed under subpara-
International ME/CFS Awareness Day: Now,
a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to place graph (D) of section 231(g)(1) of the Second
therefore, be it
the defendant on home detention; or Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)(1)), dur- Resolved, That the Senate—
‘‘(II) the expiration of the 30-day period be- ing the covered emergency period, the 30-day (1) supports the goals of International
ginning on the date on which the defendant waiting period requirement clause (ii)(II) of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue
submits to the warden of the facility in such subparagraph (D) shall be reduced to 10 Syndrome Awareness Day;
which the defendant is imprisoned a request days.’’. (2) recognizes and affirms the commitment
for placement of the defendant on home de- f of the United States to—
tention, regardless of the status of the re- (A) supporting research and medical edu-
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
quest.’’; and cation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chron-
(2) in paragraph (5)— ic Fatigue Syndrome; and
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)— (B) promoting awareness among health
SENATE RESOLUTION 633—SUP- professionals and the public about Myalgic
(i) by inserting ‘‘including offenses under
the laws of the District of Columbia,’’ after PORTING THE GOALS OF INTER- Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syn-
‘‘offense or offenses,’’; and NATIONAL MYALGIC drome; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘2/3 of the term of impris- ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC (3) recognizes the continued importance
onment to which the offender was sen- FATIGUE SYNDROME AWARE- of—
tenced’’ and inserting ‘‘1/2 of the term of im- NESS DAY (A) health care professionals and medical
prisonment reduced by any credit toward the researchers who care for individuals with
service of the offender’s sentence awarded Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. COL- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue
under section 3624(b) of title 18, United LINS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. STABENOW, Syndrome; and
States Code’’; and Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. HAR- (B) individuals who work to discover the
(B) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ‘‘, RIS, Ms. WARREN, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. cause of, and develop and improve the diag-
including offenses under the laws of the Dis- CRAMER) submitted the following reso- nosis of, treatments for, and a cure for,
trict of Columbia,’’ after ‘‘offense or of- lution; which was referred to the Com- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue
fenses,’’. mittee on Health, Education, Labor, Syndrome.
SEC. 4. COMPASSIONATE RELEASE TECHNICAL
and Pensions: f
CORRECTION.
Section 3582 of title 18, United States Code, S. RES. 633 SENATE RESOLUTION 634—DESIG-
is amended— Whereas the National Academy of Medi- NATING JULY 30, 2020, AS ‘‘NA-
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— cine (referred to in this preamble as TIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER AP-
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph ‘‘NAM’’), formerly known as the Institute of PRECIATION DAY’’
(A), by inserting after ‘‘case’’ the following: Medicine, has found that Myalgic
‘‘, including, notwithstanding any other pro- Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syn- Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr.
vision of law, any case involving an offense drome (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘ME/ WYDEN, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. HIRONO, Mr.
committed before November 1, 1987’’; and CFS’’) is ‘‘a serious, chronic, complex, and BOOZMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. ENZI, Mr.
(B) in subparagraph (A)— systemic disease that frequently and dra- CARPER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MARKEY, Ms.
(i) by inserting ‘‘, on or after the date de- matically limits the activities of affected pa- ERNST, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Ms.
scribed in subsection (d)’’ after ‘‘upon mo-

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tients’’; BALDWIN, Mr. MORAN, Ms. DUCKWORTH,
tion of a defendant’’; and Whereas, in the past, outbreaks of viruses, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. SINEMA, and Mrs.
(ii) by striking ‘‘after the defendant has including outbreaks of coronaviruses, have BLACKBURN) submitted the following
fully exhausted all administrative rights to triggered an increase in ME/CFS-like symp-
resolution; which was referred to the
appeal a failure of the Bureau of Prisons to toms in individuals infected by those viruses;
bring a motion on the defendant’s behalf or Whereas— Committee on the Judiciary:
the lapse of 30 days from the receipt of such (1) between 836,000 and 2,500,000 individuals S. RES. 634
a request by the warden of the defendant’s of all ages, races, and sexes in the United Whereas, in 1777, before the passage of the
facility, whichever is earlier,’’; States are believed to be afflicted with ME/ Bill of Rights, 10 sailors and Marines blew

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