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Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., May 13, 2021)

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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated May 13, 2021, at page S2523, listing introduced bills, submitted resolutions and additional cosponsors. S. 1650 would protect Federal, State, and local public safety officers, and S. 1651 would impose measures with respect to Hizballah-affected areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. S. Res. 216 recognizes the 150th anniversary of Alcorn State University, and a resolution on National Police Week was considered and agreed to. The page also carries a statement on S. 1611, a bill introduced by Ms. Hirono and others to improve Department of Defense responses to sex-related offenses, referred to as the I am Vanessa Guillén Act.

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                                             May 13, 2021                                      CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                 S2523
                                               S. 1650. A bill to protect Federal, State,            tional Police Week’’; considered and agreed            of S. 282, a bill to designate a portion of
                                             and local public safety officers; to the Com-           to.                                                    the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as
                                             mittee on the Judiciary.                                      By Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs.              wilderness.
                                                   By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and                       HYDE-SMITH):
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 437
                                                     Ms. ROSEN):                                       S. Res. 216. A resolution recognizing the
                                               S. 1651. A bill to impose certain measures            150th anniversary of Alcorn State Univer-                At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the
                                             with respect to Hizballah-affected areas in             sity, the oldest public historically Black             name of the Senator from Mississippi
                                             Latin America and the Caribbean and to im-              land-grant university in the United States;            (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) was added as a co-
                                             pose sanctions with respect to senior foreign           to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,            sponsor of S. 437, a bill to amend title
                                             political figures in Latin America who sup-             and Forestry.                                          38, United States Code, to concede ex-
                                             port Hizballah, and for other purposes; to the                                                                 posure to airborne hazards and toxins
                                             Committee on Foreign Relations.                                           f
                                                                                                                                                            from burn pits under certain cir-
                                                             f                                              ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS                           cumstances, and for other purposes.
                                             SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND                                                    S. 41                                             S. 450
                                                    SENATE RESOLUTIONS                                 At the request of Mrs. CAPITO, the                     At the request of Mr. BURR, the
                                               The following concurrent resolutions                  name of the Senator from Colorado                      names of the Senator from Indiana
                                             and Senate resolutions were read, and                   (Mr. HICKENLOOPER) was added as a co-                  (Mr. BRAUN) and the Senator from Iowa
                                             referred (or acted upon), as indicated:                 sponsor of S. 41, a bill to amend the                  (Ms. ERNST) were added as cosponsors
                                                                                                     Public Health Service Act, the Em-                     of S. 450, a bill to award posthumously
                                                   By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Ms.
                                                                                                                                                            the Congressional Gold Medal to Em-
                                                     SINEMA, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER,                 ployee Retirement Income Security
                                                     Mr. COONS, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KING, and                                                                    mett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.
                                                                                                     Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code
                                                     Mr. PETERS):                                                                                                              S. 461
                                                                                                     of 1986, and the Patient Protection and
                                               S. Res. 212. A resolution establishing a
                                                                                                     Affordable Care Act to require cov-                      At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name
                                             McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program in                                                                         of the Senator from Indiana (Mr.
                                             the Senate; to the Committee on Rules and               erage of hearing devices and systems in
                                                                                                                                                            BRAUN) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             Administration.                                         certain private health insurance plans,
                                                                                                                                                            461, a bill to create a point of order
                                                   By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr.                 and for other purposes.
                                                                                                                                                            against legislation modifying the num-
                                                     RISCH, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. ROM-                                        S. 107
                                                     NEY):
                                                                                                                                                            ber of Justices of the Supreme Court of
                                                                                                       At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the                    the United States.
                                               S. Res. 213. A resolution recognizing the
                                             importance of the United States-Republic of
                                                                                                     name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms.                                        S. 464
                                             Korea relationship to safeguarding peace se-            ERNST) was added as a cosponsor of S.                    At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the
                                             curity and prosperity on the Korean Penin-              107, a bill to amend the Federal Meat                  name of the Senator from South Caro-
                                             sula, in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond,            Inspection Act and the Poultry Prod-                   lina (Mr. SCOTT) was added as a cospon-
                                             and welcoming the visit of President Moon               ucts Inspection Act to allow the inter-                sor of S. 464, a bill to amend the Em-
                                             Jae-in to the United States; to the Com-                state sale of State-inspected meat and                 ployee Retirement Income Security
                                             mittee on Foreign Relations.                            poultry, and for other purposes.
                                                   By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms.                                                                         Act of 1974 to require a group health
                                                                                                                            S. 127                          plan or health insurance coverage of-
                                                     SINEMA, Mr. CASEY, Mr. SCOTT of
                                                     South Carolina, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SCOTT              At the request of Mr. REED, the name                 fered in connection with such a plan to
                                                     of Florida, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. BRAUN,              of the Senator from Massachusetts                      provide an exceptions process for any
                                                     Mr. WARNOCK, and Ms. ROSEN):                    (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a cosponsor                  medication step therapy protocol, and
                                               S. Res. 214. A resolution supporting the              of S. 127, a bill to support library infra-            for other purposes.
                                             designation of May 13, 2021, as ‘‘National              structure.                                                                S. 535
                                             Senior Fraud Awareness Day’’ to raise
                                             awareness about the increasing number of                                       S. 134                            At the request of Ms. ERNST, the
                                             fraudulent scams targeted at seniors in the               At the request of Mr. MORAN, the                     name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.
                                             United States, to encourage the implementa-             name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                   ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             tion of policies to prevent those scams from            ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S.                  535, a bill to authorize the location of a
                                             happening, and to improve protections from              134, a bill to direct the Secretary of                 memorial on the National Mall to com-
                                             those scams for seniors; considered and                 Veterans Affairs to carry out a retrain-               memorate and honor the members of
                                             agreed to.                                                                                                     the Armed Forces that served on active
                                                   By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr.
                                                                                                     ing assistance program for unemployed
                                                                                                     veterans, and for other purposes.                      duty in support of the Global War on
                                                     DURBIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MAR-
                                                                                                                            S. 144
                                                                                                                                                            Terrorism, and for other purposes.
                                                     KEY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Ms. HAS-
                                                                                                                                                                               S. 605
                                                     SAN, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina,                 At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the
                                                     Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs.                                                                       At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND,
                                                                                                     name of the Senator from Connecticut
                                                     FEINSTEIN,    Mr.   MARSHALL,     Mr.                                                                  the name of the Senator from Michigan
                                                                                                     (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a co-
                                                     LEAHY, Mr. RISCH, Mr. COONS, Ms.                                                                       (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor
                                                                                                     sponsor of S. 144, a bill to authorize the
                                                     ERNST, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. CORNYN,                                                                       of S. 605, a bill to reduce the number of
                                                     Mr.    KING,    Mr.   CASSIDY,    Ms.           Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
                                                                                                                                                            preventable deaths and injuries caused
                                                     DUCKWORTH, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms.                 ices, acting through the Director of the
                                                                                                                                                            by underride crashes, to improve motor
                                                     SINEMA, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CASEY, Mr.               Indian Health Service, to acquire pri-
                                                                                                                                                            carrier and passenger motor vehicle
                                                     MORAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Ms. COLLINS,                vate land to facilitate access to the
                                                     Mr. TESTER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. COR-
                                                                                                                                                            safety, and for other purposes.
                                                                                                     Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in
                                                     TEZ MASTO, Mr. THUNE, Ms. BALDWIN,                                                                                        S. 692
                                                                                                     Hemet, California, and for other pur-
                                                     Mr. TILLIS, Mr. WARNOCK, Mrs. FISCH-                                                                     At the request of Mr. TESTER, the
                                                                                                     poses.
                                                     ER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BRAUN, Ms.                                                                     name of the Senator from South Da-
                                                                                                                            S. 150
                                                     CANTWELL, Mr. BURR, Ms. KLO-                                                                           kota (Mr. ROUNDS) was added as a co-
                                                     BUCHAR, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. STABENOW,                  At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO,                  sponsor of S. 692, a bill to award a Con-
                                                     Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. TOOMEY,              the names of the Senator from Min-                     gressional Gold Medal to the female
                                                     Mr. CARPER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. VAN                nesota (Ms. SMITH) and the Senator                     telephone operators of the Army Signal
                                                     HOLLEN, Mr. DAINES, Ms. HIRONO, Mr.             from Arizona (Ms. SINEMA) were added
                                                     LEE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr.
                                                                                                                                                            Corps, known as the ‘‘Hello Girls’’.
                                                                                                     as cosponsors of S. 150, a bill to amend                                  S. 747
                                                     SCHATZ, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. BOOKER,
                                                     Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. WARNER, Mrs.
                                                                                                     title XVIII of the Social Security Act                   At the request of Mr. PADILLA, the
                                                     BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. INHOFE,               to require the inclusion of certain                    name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms.
                                                     Mr. SHELBY, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Ms.                 audio-only diagnoses in the determina-                 HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                                     LUMMIS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. WICKER,               tion of risk adjustment for Medicare                   747, a bill to amend the Immigration




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                                                     Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr.                    Advantage plans, and for other pur-                    and Nationality Act to provide for the
                                                     HAGERTY, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. COTTON,                 poses.                                                 adjustment of status of essential work-
                                                     Mr. PAUL, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. KENNEDY,                                     S. 282                          ers, and for other purposes.
                                                     Mr. SASSE, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. GRA-
                                                     HAM, Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. CRUZ):                At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the                                       S. 754
                                               S. Res. 215. A resolution designating the             name of the Senator from California                      At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the
                                             week of May 9 through May 15, 2021, as ‘‘Na-            (Mr. PADILLA) was added as a cosponsor                 names of the Senator from Colorado



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                                             (Mr. BENNET) and the Senator from                                              S. 1087                                           S. 1511
                                             Mississippi (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) were                        At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND,                     At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the
                                             added as cosponsors of S. 754, a bill to                the name of the Senator from Michigan                  names of the Senator from New Jersey
                                             provide health insurance benefits for                   (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor                  (Mr. BOOKER) and the Senator from Illi-
                                             outpatient and inpatient items and                      of S. 1087, a bill to provide a duplica-               nois (Mr. DURBIN) were added as co-
                                             services related to the diagnosis and                   tion of benefits fix for Sandy CDBG–DR                 sponsors of S. 1511, a bill to amend the
                                             treatment of a congenital anomaly or                    recipients, and for other purposes.                    Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
                                             birth defect.                                                                  S. 1186                         Streets Act of 1968 with respect to pay-
                                                                    S. 774                             At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the                    ments to certain public safety officers
                                               At the request of Mr. TILLIS, the                     name of the Senator from Massachu-                     who have become permanently and to-
                                             name of the Senator from Tennessee                      setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co-                  tally disabled as a result of personal in-
                                             (Mr. HAGERTY) was added as a cospon-                    sponsor of S. 1186, a bill to provide                  juries sustain in the line of duty, and
                                             sor of S. 774, a bill to amend title 18,                standards for facilities at which aliens               for other purposes.
                                             United States Code, to punish criminal                  in the custody of the Department of                                      S. 1520
                                             offenses targeting law enforcement of-                  Homeland Security are detained, and                      At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND,
                                             ficers, and for other purposes.                         for other purposes.                                    the name of the Senator from Lou-
                                                                    S. 775                                                  S. 1191                         isiana (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a co-
                                               At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the                      At the request of Mr. KING, the name                 sponsor of S. 1520, a bill to reform the
                                             name of the Senator from California                     of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. MUR-                   disposition of charges and convening of
                                             (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co-                     KOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor of S.                 courts-martial for certain offenses
                                             sponsor of S. 775, a bill to require insti-             1191, a bill to amend the Internal Rev-                under the Uniform Code of Military
                                             tutions of higher education to disclose                 enue Code of 1986 to include biomass                   Justice and increase the prevention of
                                             hazing-related misconduct, and for                      heating appliances in the energy credit                sexual assaults and other crimes in the
                                             other purposes.                                         and to extend the credit for residential               military.
                                                                    S. 781                           energy efficient property.                                               S. 1535
                                               At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the                                            S. 1273                           At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the
                                             name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                                                                           names of the Senator from Michigan
                                                                                                       At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the
                                             ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S.                                                                          (Ms. STABENOW) and the Senator from
                                                                                                     name of the Senator from Maine (Mr.
                                             781, a bill to provide for the continu-                                                                        Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were added as
                                                                                                     KING) was added as a cosponsor of S.
                                             ation of paid parental leave for mem-                                                                          cosponsors of S. 1535, a bill to designate
                                                                                                     1273, a bill to amend the Internal Rev-
                                             bers of the Armed Services in the event                                                                        as wilderness certain Federal portions
                                                                                                     enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to
                                             of the death of the child.                                                                                     of the red rock canyons of the Colorado
                                                                                                     small employers for covering military
                                                                    S. 810                                                                                  Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in
                                                                                                     spouses under retirement plans.
                                               At the request of Mr. TESTER, the                                                                            the State of Utah for the benefit of
                                                                                                                            S. 1404
                                             name of the Senator from Nevada (Ms.                                                                           present and future generations of peo-
                                             ROSEN) was added as a cosponsor of S.                     At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the
                                                                                                     name of the Senator from New Hamp-                     ple in the United States.
                                             810, a bill to amend title 38, United                                                                                            S. 1555
                                             States Code, to expand the list of dis-                 shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a co-
                                                                                                     sponsor of S. 1404, a bill to award a                    At the request of Mr. MARSHALL, the
                                             eases associated with exposure to cer-
                                                                                                     Congressional Gold Medal to the 23d                    names of the Senator from South Da-
                                             tain herbicide agents for which there is
                                                                                                     Headquarters Special Troops and the                    kota (Mr. ROUNDS) and the Senator
                                             a presumption of service connection for
                                                                                                     3133d Signal Service Company in rec-                   from South Dakota (Mr. THUNE) were
                                             veterans who served in the Republic of
                                                                                                     ognition of their unique and distin-                   added as cosponsors of S. 1555, a bill to
                                             Vietnam to include hypertension, and
                                                                                                     guished service as a ‘‘Ghost Army’’                    shorten the extension, and the amount,
                                             for other purposes.
                                                                                                     that conducted deception operations in                 of Federal Pandemic Unemployment
                                                                    S. 892
                                                                                                     Europe during World War II.                            Compensation in order to get Ameri-
                                               At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the
                                                                                                                            S. 1446                         cans back to work.
                                             name of the Senator from Colorado
                                                                                                       At the request of Mr. MORAN, the                                       S. 1566
                                             (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor
                                             of S. 892, a bill to amend the Internal                 names of the Senator from North Caro-                    At the request of Mr. CASEY, the
                                             Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that                     lina (Mr. TILLIS) and the Senator from                 name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms.
                                             kombucha is exempt from any excise                      South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS) were added                   MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor
                                             taxes and regulations imposed on alco-                  as cosponsors of S. 1446, a bill to re-                of S. 1566, a bill to provide grants to en-
                                             holic beverages.                                        quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs                able nonprofit disability organizations
                                                                    S. 921                           to submit to Congress a plan for obli-                 to develop training programs that sup-
                                               At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the                     gating and expending Coronavirus pan-                  port safe interactions between law en-
                                             names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr.                 demic funding made available to the                    forcement officers and individuals with
                                             DURBIN), the Senator from Utah (Mr.                     Department of Veterans Affairs, and                    disabilities and older individuals.
                                             LEE), the Senator from Texas (Mr.                       for other purposes.                                                      S. 1570

                                             CRUZ), the Senator from California                                             S. 1479                           At the request of Mr. CASEY, the
                                             (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Senator from                     At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE,                    name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms.
                                             Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) were                       the name of the Senator from Cali-                     MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor
                                             added as cosponsors of S. 921, a bill to                fornia (Mr. PADILLA) was added as a co-                of S. 1570, a bill to facilitate nation-
                                             amend title 18, United States Code, to                  sponsor of S. 1479, a bill to amend the                wide accessibility and coordination of
                                             further protect officers and employees                  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro-                  211 services and 988 services in order to
                                             of the United States, and for other pur-                vide a tax credit for taxpayers who re-                provide information and referral to all
                                             poses.                                                  move lead-based hazards.                               residents and visitors in the United
                                                                    S. 998                                                  S. 1502                         States for mental health emergencies,
                                               At the request of Mr. COONS, the                        At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO,                  homelessness needs, other social and
                                             name of the Senator from North Caro-                    the names of the Senator from Illinois                 human services needs, and for other
                                             lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co-                    (Mr. DURBIN), the Senator from New                     purposes.
                                             sponsor of S. 998, a bill to provide                    Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator from                                    S. 1575




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                                             grants to States that do not suspend,                   Georgia (Mr. OSSOFF) and the Senator                     At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the
                                             revoke, or refuse to renew a driver’s li-               from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were                    names of the Senator from Tennessee
                                             cense of a person or refuse to renew a                  added as cosponsors of S. 1502, a bill to              (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the Senator
                                             registration of a motor vehicle for fail-               make Federal law enforcement officer                   from Delaware (Mr. CARPER) were
                                             ure to pay a civil or criminal fine or                  peer support communications confiden-                  added as cosponsors of S. 1575, a bill to
                                             fee, and for other purposes.                            tial, and for other purposes.                          amend title XIX of the Social Security



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                                             May 13, 2021                                      CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE                                                                S2525
                                             Act to encourage appropriate pre-                       purposes; to the Committee on Armed                    critical trust. It is a betrayal of every
                                             scribing under Medicaid for victims of                  Services.                                              Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Marine if
                                             opioid overdose.                                          Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I rise                    leaders do not do everything possible
                                                                    S. 1593                          today to reintroduce the ‘I Am Vanessa                 to eradicate the toxic culture which al-
                                               At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the                     Guillén Act’ that addresses long-                     lows sexual harassment and sexual as-
                                             name of the Senator from Wyoming                        standing systemic problems in the way                  sault to fester and erode good order
                                             (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon-                   that the military responds to sexual                   and discipline within the ranks.
                                             sor of S. 1593, a bill to amend the Pub-                harassment and sexual assault. I thank                   To ensure our military readiness, we
                                             lic Health Service Act with respect to                  Representative SPEIER and Representa-                  need to do everything possible to help
                                             the designation of general surgery                      tive MULLIN for reintroducing this im-                 ensure victims and survivors of these
                                             shortage areas, and for other purposes.                 portant legislation in the U.S. House of               heinous crimes are supported, treated
                                                                                                     Representatives.                                       with respect, and not traumatized
                                                                    S. 1595
                                                                                                       Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén dis-                again, and that their perpetrators are
                                               At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the                     appeared from her Fort Hood, Texas,
                                             name of the Senator from Tennessee                                                                             held accountable in a military justice
                                                                                                     Army base in April 2020. Tragically,                   system they can trust. These are fa-
                                             (Mr. HAGERTY) was added as a cospon-                    last June, Fort Hood officials con-
                                             sor of S. 1595, a bill to amend title 18,                                                                      thers and mothers, daughters and sons,
                                                                                                     firmed that remains found near the                     sisters and brothers, who have volun-
                                             United States Code, to provide en-                      Leon River in Bell County, Texas, were
                                             hanced penalties for convicted mur-                                                                            teered to give the ultimate sacrifice
                                                                                                     Vanessa’s. Vanessa had told other sol-                 when called upon. They should not
                                             derers who kill or target America’s                     diers at Fort Hood that she was being
                                             public safety officers.                                                                                        have      to     fear     their    fellow
                                                                                                     sexually harassed and confided to her                  servicemembers at home nor feel that
                                                                    S. 1599                          family that the perpetrator was a fel-                 when they raise concerns, they are not
                                               At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the                     low Army Soldier. A separate fellow                    taken seriously.
                                             name of the Senator from Nebraska                       Soldier was suspected of beating
                                             (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon-                                                                            Therefore, I am reintroducing the ‘‘I
                                                                                                     Vanessa to death with a hammer, and
                                             sor of S. 1599, a bill to protect law en-                                                                      Am Vanessa Guillén Act’’. The provi-
                                                                                                     then,    with    his   girlfriend,   dis-
                                             forcement officers, and for other pur-                                                                         sions in this legislation will move pros-
                                                                                                     membering, burning, and burying
                                             poses.                                                                                                         ecution decisions on sexual assault and
                                                                                                     Vanessa’s body about 30 miles from
                                                                                                                                                            sexual harassment cases outside of the
                                                                 S.J. RES. 9                         Fort Hood. This other Soldier—the sus-
                                                                                                                                                            chain of command to an Office of the
                                               At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name                  pect in question—fatally shot himself
                                                                                                                                                            Chief Prosecutor within each military
                                             of the Senator from Indiana (Mr.                        when confronted by authorities for
                                                                                                                                                            service; create a standalone military
                                             BRAUN) was added as a cosponsor of                      questioning off post. His girlfriend has
                                                                                                                                                            offense for sexual harassment; estab-
                                             S.J. Res. 9, a joint resolution proposing               been charged in federal court with con-
                                                                                                                                                            lish trained sexual harassment inves-
                                             an amendment to the Constitution of                     spiracy to tamper with evidence.
                                                                                                                                                            tigators who are outside of the chain of
                                             the United States to require that the                     The Army finally acknowledged that
                                                                                                                                                            command of the complainant and the
                                             Supreme Court of the United States be                   Vanessa did report being sexually har-
                                                                                                                                                            accused to investigate all claims of
                                             composed of nine justices.                              assed by a superior in her chain of com-
                                                                                                                                                            sexual harassment; implement the rec-
                                                                  S. RES. 97
                                                                                                     mand in the months leading up to her
                                                                                                                                                            ommendations of the Fort Hood Inde-
                                                                                                     murder. Vanessa’s family has called for
                                               At the request of Mr. RISCH, the                                                                             pendent Review Committee Report to
                                                                                                     changes to how the military handles
                                             name of the Senator from New Hamp-                                                                             strengthen the independence and effec-
                                                                                                     reports of sexual harassment and as-
                                             shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co-                                                                          tiveness of the Army’s Sexual Harass-
                                                                                                     sault and has asked for a law to allow
                                             sponsor of S. Res. 97, a resolution call-                                                                      ment/Assault Response and Prevention
                                                                                                     a third-party investigative team to
                                             ing on the Government of Ethiopia, the                                                                         (SHARP) Program; require both DoD
                                                                                                     look into reports of sexual harassment
                                             Tigray People’s Liberation Front, and                                                                          and the Comptroller General to con-
                                                                                                     within the military. They are right to
                                             other belligerents to cease all hos-                                                                           duct separate evaluations of the mili-
                                                                                                     demand better from the military—as
                                             tilities, protect human rights, allow                                                                          tary services’ sexual assault prevention
                                                                                                     should we all.
                                             unfettered humanitarian access, and                                                                            and response programs; and establish a
                                                                                                       Despite on-going efforts to root out
                                             cooperate with independent investiga-                                                                          process by which servicemembers can
                                                                                                     the toxic culture of sexual harassment
                                             tions of credible atrocity allegations                                                                         make claims for negligence against
                                                                                                     and sexual assault in the military, it is
                                             pertaining to the conflict in the Tigray                                                                       DoD in the case of sexual assault or
                                                                                                     still very much alive. And that’s not
                                             Region of Ethiopia.                                                                                            sexual harassment. I was quite pleased
                                                                                                     just my opinion—the Army itself has
                                                                 S. RES. 207                                                                                to hear that DoD’s Sexual Assault
                                                                                                     confirmed that sad fact in recent
                                               At the request of Mr. LEE, the name                                                                          Independent Review Commission re-
                                                                                                     months following their release in De-
                                             of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr.                                                                              cently released initial recommenda-
                                                                                                     cember 2020 of the Fort Hood Inde-
                                             PAUL) was added as a cosponsor of S.                                                                           tions to the Secretary that tracked
                                                                                                     pendent Review Committee Report,
                                             Res. 207, a resolution designating the                                                                         closely with several of the provisions
                                                                                                     which shockingly included as one of its
                                             week beginning November 8, 2021, as                                                                            in this legislation: moving prosecution
                                                                                                     findings that the Command Climate at
                                             ‘‘National Pregnancy Center Week’’ to                                                                          decisions on sexual assault and sexual
                                                                                                     Fort Hood has been permissive of sex-
                                             recognize the vital role that commu-                                                                           harassment cases outside of the chain
                                                                                                     ual harassment and sexual assault.
                                             nity-supported pregnancy centers play                                                                          of command to an Office of the Chief
                                                                                                       How long will victims of sexual har-
                                             in saving lives and serving women and                                                                          Prosecutor within each military serv-
                                                                                                     assment and assault continue to be
                                             men faced with difficult pregnancy de-                                                                         ice and requiring all sexual harassment
                                                                                                     afraid to report their abusers? It seems
                                             cisions.                                                                                                       allegations to be investigated outside
                                                                                                     that the military justice system is
                                                                                                                                                            the immediate chain of command.
                                                              f                                      rather the military system without
                                                                                                     justice where survivors of these crimes                  These changes will encourage sur-
                                                STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED                             cannot have confidence to know that                    vivors to come forward to report sexual
                                                BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION                           their reports will be confidential,                    assault and sexual harassment, more
                                                  By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr.                    taken seriously, and adjudicated prop-                 effectively bring justice for survivors,
                                                    BOOKER, Mr. COONS, Mr. LEAHY,                    erly.                                                  and strengthen the ability of the mili-




ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with SENATE
                                                    Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. LUJÁN, and                       We need to address this injustice                    tary services to protect its most impor-
                                                    Mrs. GILLIBRAND):                                now. An effective and strong military                  tant resource—the people who wear the
                                               S. 1611. A bill to amend title 10,                    unit is one that relies on the trust be-               uniform of the United States.
                                             United States Code, to improve the re-                  tween all members of that unit. Sexual                   We need to pass the ‘I am Vanessa
                                             sponses of the Department of Defense                    harassment and sexual assault have no                  Guillén Act’ to fix a broken military
                                             to sex-related offenses, and for other                  place in our military—they break that                  justice system.



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