[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 62 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3091-S3093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 85

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 85, a bill to 
provide incentives for States to invest in practices and technology 
that are designed to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter 
registration.


                                 S. 138

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 138, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or gender, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 232

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 232, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.


                                 S. 278

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 278, a bill 
to replace the Budget Control Act sequester for fiscal year 2013 by 
eliminating tax loopholes.


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to 
reform the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 375

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


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the ``Doolittle 
Tokyo Raiders'', for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to 
the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 423, a bill to amend title V of the 
Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family health 
information centers to help families of children with disabilities or 
special health care needs make informed choices about health care for 
their children.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to provide for 
an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

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                                 S. 462

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


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to direct 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the 
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to 
certain farms.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective 
implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-
diabetes and diabetes.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 541, a bill to prevent human health 
threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United 
States.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 617, a 
bill to provide humanitarian assistance and support a democratic 
transition in Syria, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 623, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of 
Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.


                                 S. 629

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 653, a bill to provide for the establishment of the 
Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in 
the Near East and South Central Asia.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 679

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 679, a bill to promote local and regional 
farm and food systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors 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 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 692

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to rescind 
certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use the 
funds to reduce the Federal debt.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 709, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and 
related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for Americans 
living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 724, a bill to provide 
flexibility to agencies on determining what employees are essential 
personnel in implementing the sequester.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 754

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 759

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 759, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts 
paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State 
license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in 
the duty station of such member to another State.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) 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. 789

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 789, a bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, 
collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its 
superior service during World War II.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 792, a bill to strengthen the enforcement of background checks with 
respect to the use of explosive materials.
  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 792, supra.


                                 S. 810

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to require a 
pilot program on an online computerized assessment to

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enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other 
mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 813

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
813, a bill to require that Peace Corps volunteers be subject to the 
same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as employees 
of the Peace Corps with respect to coverage of such services, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 813, supra.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), 
the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Franken), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 815, a bill to prohibit the employment 
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to pay 
the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 828

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 828, a bill to 
amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the 
full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to limit the 
amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies 
for a 6-month period.


                              S.J. RES. 10

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 10, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relative to equal rights for men and women.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 69

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 69, a resolution 
calling for the protections of religious minority rights and freedoms 
in the Arab world.


                               S. RES. 91

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 
91, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public 
Health Week.


                              S. RES. 126

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 126, a resolution recognizing the teachers of the United States 
for their contributions to the development and progress of our country.
  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, his name was added as 
a cosponsor of S. Res. 126, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 126, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 126, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 126, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Coons, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 126, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Begich, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 126, supra.

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