[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3532-S3533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 13

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to 
award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to 
provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their 
parents.


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 22, a bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to 
recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and 
recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued 
opportunities for those activities.


                                 S. 294

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 294, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health 
conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Udall), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors 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 New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 351

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to 
repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
of providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, a bill 
to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address 
and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 460

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


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill 
to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to aid 
gifted and talented and high-ability learners by empowering the 
Nation's teachers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication 
therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor 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 Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 655

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 655, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to 
provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor 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. 731

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 731, a bill 
to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on 
proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on 
general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community 
banks.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 734, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction 
of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit

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Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 761

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 761, a bill to promote energy savings in 
residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 762

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 762, a bill to amend the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program.


                                 S. 783

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 783, a bill to amend the Helium Act to 
improve helium stewardship, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 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. 813

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her 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.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 815, a bill 
to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual 
orientation or gender identity.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 820, a bill to 
provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment 
of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast 
Cancer.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 871, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by 
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill to amend the Iran 
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to impose sanctions 
with respect to certain transactions in foreign currencies, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to prevent the 
doubling of the interest rate for Federal subsidized student loans for 
the 2013-2014 academic year by providing funds for such loans through 
the Federal Reserve System, to ensure that such loans are available at 
interest rates that are equivalent to the interest rates at which the 
Federal Government provides loans to banks through the discount window 
operated by the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S. 
917, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 
reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain 
qualifying producers.


                                 S. 937

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 937, a bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue 
Service from applying disproportionate scrutiny to applicants for tax-
exempt status based on ideology, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prevent discriminatory misconduct 
against taxpayers by Federal officers and employees, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 942

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to eliminate 
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by 
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability 
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition.


                                 S. 947

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 947, a bill to ensure 
access to certain information for financial services industry 
regulators, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 
953, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 
reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans, 
to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, to limit 
earnings stripping by expatriated entities, to provide for 
modifications related to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and for 
other purposes.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution condemning 
the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its 
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 866

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 866 proposed to 
S. 601, a bill to provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, and for other purposes.

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