[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 50 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2649-S2651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 135, a bill to amend title X 
of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants 
from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 195

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 195, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive 
mental health programs.


                                 S. 232

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 232, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 309, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air 
Patrol.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE 
accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 448

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 448, a bill to allow seniors to file their Federal income tax on 
a new Form 1040SR.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to require 
enhanced economic analysis and justification of regulations proposed by 
certain Federal banking, housing, securities, and commodity regulators, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to require 
that certain Federal job training and career education programs give 
priority to programs that lead to an industry-recognized and nationally 
portable credential.


                                 S. 458

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 458, a bill to improve 
and extend certain nutrition programs.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 462, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership 
between the United States and Israel.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of 
naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                                 S. 470

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 470, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above 
the new Distinguished Warfare Medal.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to amend 
the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the inclusion of credit scores 
with free annual credit reports provided to consumers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill to improve the 
effectiveness of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 
by clarifying reporting requirements related to adjudications of mental 
incompetency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to prohibit the 
use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United 
States.


                                 S. 509

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 509, a bill to provide for the 
conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System land to the 
city of Fruit Heights, Utah.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in Federal land 
acquired for the Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah.


                                 S. 516

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 516, a bill to reduce 
disparities and improve access to effective and cost efficient 
diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer through advances in testing, 
research, and education, including through telehealth, comparative 
effectiveness research, and identification of best practices in patient 
education and outreach particularly with respect to underserved racial, 
ethnic and rural populations and men with a family history of prostate 
cancer, to establish a directive on what constitutes clinically 
appropriate prostate cancer imaging, and to create a prostate cancer 
scientific advisory board for the Office of the Chief Scientist at the 
Food and Drug Administration to accelerate real-time sharing of the 
latest research and accelerate movement of new medicines to patients.


                                 S. 517

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 517, a bill to 
promote consumer choice and wireless competition by permitting 
consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 545

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 545, a bill to 
improve hydropower, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 579, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to 
develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the 
triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 603, a bill to repeal the 
annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to provide 
humanitarian assistance and support a democratic transition in Syria, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 628

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the duration of the 
Physical Disability Board of Review and to the expand the authority of 
such Board to review of the separation of members of the Armed Forces 
on the basis of mental condition not amounting to disability, including 
separation on the basis of a personality or adjustment disorder.


                                 S. 629

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 629, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 635, a bill to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley 
Act to provide an exception to the annual written privacy notice 
requirement.


                                 S. 679

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 679, a bill to promote local and regional farm and 
food systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 687, a bill to prohibit the closing of air traffic 
control towers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), 
the

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Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) were added as cosponsors of S. 689, a bill to reauthorize and 
improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 700, a bill to ensure that the education 
and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better 
assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and 
licenses, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 710

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 710, a bill to provide exemptions from 
municipal advisor registration requirements.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 65, a resolution strongly 
supporting the full implementation of United States and international 
sanctions on Iran and urging the President to continue to strengthen 
enforcement of sanctions legislation.

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