Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., Oct. 22, 2020)

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Page S6403 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for October 22, 2020, headed Additional Cosponsors, in interleaved columns. Mr. Graham reports for the Judiciary Committee the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, along with district judge nominations for Kentucky and Mississippi. S. 4849 from Mr. Kaine would require additional disclosures about nominees for chiefs of missions, and S. 2546 gains cosponsors. A resolution supports a national day of remembrance on October 23, 2020 for members of the Armed Forces, and other text refers to forced labor and Coronavirus Relief Fund use.

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October 22, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6403
By Mr. GRAHAM for the Committee on the By Mr. KAINE: S. 2546
Judiciary. S. 4849. A bill to require additional disclo- At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the
Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an sures with respect to nominees to serve as names of the Senator from New Hamp-
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of chiefs of missions, and for other purposes; to
the United States.
shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and the Senator
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL)
United States District Judge for the Western f were added as cosponsors of S. 2546, a
District of Kentucky. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND bill to amend the Employee Retire-
Kristi Haskins Johnson, of Mississippi, to SENATE RESOLUTIONS ment Income Security Act of 1974 to re-
be United States District Judge for the quire a group health plan or health in-
Southern District of Mississippi. The following concurrent resolutions
Taylor B. McNeel, of Mississippi, to be and Senate resolutions were read, and surance coverage offered in connection
United States District Judge for the South- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: with such a plan to provide an excep-
ern District of Mississippi. tions process for any medication step
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, of Florida, to be By Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr.
WHITEHOUSE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. JONES,
therapy protocol, and for other pur-
United States District Judge for the Middle poses.
District of Florida. Mr. CRUZ, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. RUBIO, Ms.
DUCKWORTH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. COONS, S. 2715
Thompson Michael Dietz, of New Jersey, to
be a Judge of the United States Court of Fed- Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. SUL- At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the
eral Claims for a term of fifteen years. LIVAN): names of the Senator from California
S. Res. 751. A resolution expressing support (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator from
(Nominations without an asterisk for the designation of October 23, 2020, as a
were reported with the recommenda- Ohio (Mr. BROWN), the Senator from Il-
national day of remembrance of the tragic
tion that they be confirmed.) terrorist bombing of the United States Ma-
linois (Mr. DURBIN) and the Senator
f rine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in from New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) were
1983; to the Committee on Armed Services. added as cosponsors of S. 2715, a bill to
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. develop and implement policies to ad-
JOINT RESOLUTIONS TILLIS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. SCOTT of South vance early childhood development, to
The following bills and joint resolu- Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. provide assistance for orphans and
tions were introduced, read the first BRAUN, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. LOEFFLER, other vulnerable children in developing
Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. countries, and for other purposes.
and second times by unanimous con-
LANKFORD):
sent, and referred as indicated: S. Res. 752. A resolution condemning the S. 2741
By Mr. COTTON: Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the
S. 4843. A bill to amend the Foreign Agents labor and other coercive measures to destroy names of the Senator from California
Registration Act of 1938 to repeal the exemp- religious freedom in Tibet; to the Committee (Mrs. FEINSTEIN), the Senator from
tion from registration under such Act for on Foreign Relations. Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN), the Senator from
persons providing private and nonpolitical By Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator
representation of trade and commercial in- Ms. MURKOWSKI):
terests, and the exemption from registration from Iowa (Ms. ERNST) were added as
S. Res. 753. A resolution supporting the
under such Act for persons filing disclosure cosponsors of S. 2741, a bill to amend
goals and ideals of National Domestic Vio-
reports under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of lence Awareness Month; to the Committee title XVIII of the Social Security Act
1995, in connection with the representation on the Judiciary. to expand access to telehealth services,
of business organizations organized under By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. and for other purposes.
the laws of or having their principal place of VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MAR- S. 3471
business in the People’s Republic of China, KEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, and At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. REED):
Foreign Relations. name of the Senator from Arkansas
S. Res. 754. A resolution requesting infor-
By Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and (Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon-
mation on the Government of Azerbaijan’s
Mr. WYDEN): human rights practices pursuant to section sor of S. 3471, a bill to ensure that
S. 4844. A bill to amend title IV of the So- 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; goods made with forced labor in the
cial Security Act to reauthorize the grant to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
program to promote responsible fatherhood, By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. of the People’s Republic of China do
to modernize the child support enforcement VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MAR- not enter the United States market,
program, and for other purposes; to the Com- KEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BOOKER, and
mittee on Finance. and for other purposes.
Mr. REED):
By Mr. ROBERTS: S. 4103
S. Res. 755. A resolution requesting infor-
S. 4845. A bill to require the Secretary of
mation on the Government of Turkey’s At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the
Agriculture to conduct surveys to collect name of the Senator from Minnesota
human rights practices pursuant to section
data regarding the prevention, reduction, (Ms. SMITH) was added as a cosponsor
502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions,
to the Committee on Foreign Relations. of S. 4103, a bill to amend title XVIII of
soil carbon sequestration, and forest wood
and tree carbon sequestration, and for other f the Social Security Act to increase the
purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, use of telehealth for substance use dis-
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
Nutrition, and Forestry. order treatment, and for other pur-
By Mr. BOOKER: S. 39 poses.
S. 4846. A bill to establish requirements for At the request of Mr. BRAUN, the S. 4326
skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, name of the Senator from Georgia At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name
and assisted living facilities to manage the (Mrs. LOEFFLER) was added as a cospon-
outbreak of COVID–19, and for other pur-
of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr.
poses; to the Committee on Finance.
sor of S. 39, a bill to provide that Mem- BARRASSO) was added as a cosponsor of
By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and bers of Congress may not receive pay S. 4326, a bill to require the Secretary
Mr. BLUNT): after October 1 of any fiscal year in of the Treasury to honor the 100th an-
S. 4847. A bill to direct the Secretary of which Congress has not approved a con- niversary of completion of coinage of
Commerce to conduct a study and submit to current resolution on the budget and the ‘‘Morgan Dollar’’ and the 100th an-
Congress a report on the effects of the passed the regular appropriations bills. niversary of commencement of coinage
COVID–19 pandemic on the travel and tour-
ism industry in the United States, and for
S. 946 of the ‘‘Peace Dollar’’, and for other
other purposes; to the Committee on Com- At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, purposes.
merce, Science, and Transportation. the name of the Senator from Min- S. 4422
By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. nesota (Ms. SMITH) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. WICKER, the
PORTMAN): sponsor of S. 946, a bill to direct the name of the Senator from North Da-

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S. 4848. A bill to continue the whole-of-gov- Comptroller General of the United kota (Mr. CRAMER) was added as a co-
ernment approach to ending global wildlife
States to complete a study on barriers sponsor of S. 4422, a bill to establish
poaching and trafficking by permanently re-
authorizing the activities of the Presidential to participation in federally funded the Office of Minority Broadband Ini-
Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, and for cancer clinical trials by populations tiatives within the National Tele-
other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign that have been traditionally underrep- communications and Information Ad-
Relations. resented in such trials. ministration, and for other purposes.

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S6404 CORRECTION CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 22, 2020
S. RES. 709 States who were killed or injured by the ter-
S. 4429 rorist attack on the United States Marine
At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the
At the request of Mrs. BLACKBURN, names of the Senator from California Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, on Octo-
the name of the Senator from Colorado (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator from Texas ber 23, 1983; and
(Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator from Idaho (2) encourages the people of the United
of S. 4429, a bill to direct the Secretary (Mr. RISCH) were added as cosponsors of States to support and participate in appro-
priate ceremonies, programs, and other ac-
of Defense to conduct a study regard- S. Res. 709, a resolution expressing the tivities in observance of such a national day
ing toxic exposure by members of the sense of the Senate that the August 13, of remembrance.
Armed Forces deployed to Karshi 2020, and September 11, 2020, announce-
Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, to in- ments of the establishment of full dip- f
clude such members in the open burn lomatic relations between the State of SENATE RESOLUTION 752—CON-
pit registry, and for other purposes. Israel and the United Arab Emirates DEMNING THE CHINESE COM-
S. 4482
and the State of Israel and the King- MUNIST PARTY’S USE OF
dom of Bahrain are historic achieve- FORCED LABOR AND OTHER CO-
At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the ments.
name of the Senator from North Caro- ERCIVE MEASURES TO DESTROY
S. RES. 745 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN TIBET
lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co-
sponsor of S. 4482, a bill to require the At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr.
Secretary of State to submit to Con- name of the Senator from New Hamp- TILLIS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. SCOTT of South
gress an annual report regarding in- shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co- Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRAUN,
stances of Arab government retribu- sponsor of S. Res. 745, a resolution hon- Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. CAS-
tion toward citizens and residents who oring the life, legacy, and example of
SIDY, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. LANKFORD)
engage in people-to-people relations former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin on the 25th anniversary of his submitted the following resolution;
with Israelis. which was referred to the Committee
death.
S. 4613 f
on Foreign Relations:
At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the S. RES. 752
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
names of the Senator from Wyoming Whereas the Chinese Communist Party has
(Mr. BARRASSO), the Senator from long persecuted Tibetans for their religious
North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER), the Sen- SENATE RESOLUTION 751—EX- beliefs, including by illegitimately claiming
ator from West Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO), PRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE authority to designate the Dalai Lama’s suc-
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. cessor, destroying religious institutions, and
DESIGNATION OF OCTOBER 23, arbitrarily detaining, disappearing, and tor-
LANKFORD) and the Senator from Maine 2020, AS A NATIONAL DAY OF RE- turing Tibetans in order to compel adherence
(Ms. COLLINS) were added as cosponsors MEMBRANCE OF THE TRAGIC to ‘‘normal religious activities’’, as sanc-
of S. 4613, a bill to amend the Fairness TERRORIST BOMBING OF THE tioned by the Party;
to Contact Lens Consumers Act to pre- UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS Whereas the Chinese Communist Party has
vent certain automated calls and to re- BARRACKS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, launched a policy of Sinicization of Tibetans
quire notice of the availability of con- IN 1983 and escalated its attacks on Tibetans by re-
tact lens prescriptions to patients, and Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. WHITE- moving Tibetan farmers and herders from
for other purposes. HOUSE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. JONES, Mr. their land, compelling them to cede control
S. 4622 CRUZ, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. of their land and herds to state authorities,
DUCKWORTH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. COONS, Mr. transferring them to state facilities where
At the request of Mr. COONS, the they are subjected to forced labor training
YOUNG, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. SULLIVAN)
name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. programs, political indoctrination, and other
submitted the following resolution;
MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. abuses, and sending them to state-assigned
which was referred to the Committee
4622, a bill to amend the Act entitled jobs in Tibet and other parts of China, often
on Armed Services: far from their families and communities;
‘‘Act to provide for the establishment
of the Brown v. Board of Education Na- S. RES. 751 Whereas the Chinese Communist Party
tional Historic Site in the State of Whereas, in 1982, the United States de- views forced labor and other coercive meas-
Kansas, and for other purposes’’ to pro- ployed members of the Armed Forces to Leb- ures as acceptable practices for strength-
anon as part of a multinational peace- ening the Chinese economy, while simulta-
vide for inclusion of additional related keeping force;
sites in the National Park System, and neously suppressing or eliminating religious
Whereas, early on the morning of October and ethnic groups that it views as inherently
for other purposes. 23, 1983, a truck packed with explosives deto- threatening to its rule and other political
S. 4647 nated outside of a building at Beirut Inter- ambitions;
national Airport that served as quarters for
At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the several hundred members of the Armed Whereas the Chinese Communist Party’s
name of the Senator from Mississippi Forces deployed as part of the peacekeeping actions in Tibet, like its actions in the
(Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co- force; Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and
sponsor of S. 4647, a bill to amend the Whereas 241 members of the Armed Forces other parts of China, reflect the Party’s be-
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to were killed in the blast; lief that might makes right and its deter-
Whereas the members of the Armed Forces mination to use every measure at its dis-
establish a cattle contract library, and posal, no matter how heinous, to consolidate
for other purposes. killed included 220 Marines, members of the
Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 8th power and advance its interests; and
S. 4657 Marines Regiment, which made October 23, Whereas the Chinese Communist Party be-
At the request of Ms. ERNST, the 1983, the deadliest day for the Marine Corps lieves that might makes right not just do-
names of the Senator from West Vir- since the Battle of Iwo Jima in February and mestically, but also in international rela-
March 1945 during World War II; tions, as evidenced by its actions in the Tai-
ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) and the Senator
Whereas, in addition to the Marine Corps wan Strait, the South and East China Seas,
from Arkansas (Mr. COTTON) were casualties, 18 Navy sailors and 3 Army sol- along the Sino-Indian border, and in cyber-
added as cosponsors of S. 4657, a bill to diers were killed, and more than 100 other space, as well as its use of economic threats
direct the Secretary of Veterans Af- members of the Armed Forces were injured; to silence or otherwise compel nations, busi-
fairs to designate one week each year Whereas members of the Armed Forces nesses, and individuals to accede to its de-
as ‘‘Buddy Check Week’’ for the pur- from 39 States and Puerto Rico died while mands throughout the Indo-Pacific region
pose of outreach and education con- serving in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1982 to 1984; and beyond: Now, therefore, be it
cerning peer wellness checks for vet- Whereas, on the same day as the bombing Resolved, That the Senate—
erans, and for other purposes. of the Marine Corps barracks, another sui- (1) condemns the Chinese Communist Par-
cide bomber killed 58 French paratroopers

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S. 4792 ty’s campaign against religious freedom in
housed at another building in Beirut; and
Tibet, including its plainly illegitimate ef-
At the request of Mr. MORAN, the Whereas it is fitting and proper to recog- forts to designate the next Dalai Lama,
name of the Senator from Arkansas nize the events of October 23, 1983, and the which is a matter that should be determined
(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cospon- members of the Armed Forces of the United
States who died in Beirut on that day solely within the Tibetan Buddhist faith
sor of S. 4792, a bill to extend the avail- community;
through the establishment of a national day
ability of Coronavirus Relief Fund pay- of remembrance on October 23, 2020: Now, (2) calls for an investigation into the Chi-
ment funds for States or governments therefore, be it nese Communist Party’s use of forced labor,
that use such funds to respond to the Resolved, That the Senate— in addition to other coercive measures, to
COVID–19 public health emergency in (1) supports the designation of a national force Tibetans to practice their faith in a
accordance with a qualifying economic day of remembrance on October 23, 2020, for manner compliant with the Party’s interpre-
development plan. members of the Armed Forces of the United tation of ‘‘normal religious activities’’;

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