[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 57 (Wednesday, April 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2961-S2962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 323, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare 
coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and 
other renal dialysis provisions.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 445

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 445, a bill to improve 
security at State and local courthouses.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal 
background checks for child care providers.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                                 S. 690

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 690, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 710

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 710, a bill to 
provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements.


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as cosponsors of S. 724, a bill to provide 
flexibility to agencies on determining what employees are essential 
personnel in implementing the sequester.


                                 S. 725

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 725, a bill to provide a 
taxpayer bill of rights for small businesses.


                                 S. 728

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 728, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from 
gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' 
spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible 
designated beneficiaries of employees.


                                 S. 733

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 733, a bill to 
amend the Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 
2004 to improve the high-end computing research and development program 
of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year 
recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified 
restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.


                                 S. 754

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 754, a bill 
to amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include 
farmed shellfish as specialty crops.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 774, a bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal 
Communications Commission's universal service reforms.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to 
restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department 
of Defense medical facilities.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 790, a bill to require the United States 
International Trade Commission to recommend temporary duty suspensions 
and reductions to Congress, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 13, a 
joint resolution amending title 36, United States Code, to designate 
July 26 as United States Intelligence Professionals Day.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added as cosponsors 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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                           AMENDMENT NO. 740

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 740 intended to be proposed to S. 743, a bill to restore 
States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax 
laws, and for other purposes.

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