[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 71 (Monday, May 20, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3614-S3616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 116

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 116, a bill to 
revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 119, a bill 
to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility 
requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to 
the provision of assistance

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under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added 
as cosponsors 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 Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 316

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to 
recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations of the United 
States Postal Service, to eliminate the requirement that the United 
States Postal Service prefund the Postal Service Retiree Health 
Benefits Fund, to place restrictions on the closure of postal 
facilities, to create incentives for innovation for the United States 
Postal Service, to maintain levels of postal service, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 368

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 368, a bill to reauthorize 
the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 420

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 420, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the logical flow of return information between partnerships, 
corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals to better enable each 
party to submit timely, accurate returns and reduce the need for 
extended and amended returns, to provide for modified due dates by 
regulation, and to conform the automatic corporate extension period to 
longstanding regulatory rule.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 420, supra.


                                 S. 452

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 452, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of 
diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 460

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


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to enhance 
the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 466, a bill to assist low-
income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care.


                                 S. 520

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 520, a bill 
to strengthen Federal consumer protection and product traceability with 
respect to commercially marketed seafood, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 534, a bill to reform the National Association of 
Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to prevent 
human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the 
United States.


                                 S. 562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 562, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 576

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to reform laws 
relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prevent unjust and irrational criminal 
punishments.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 679

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 679, a bill to promote 
local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 750

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
750, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
support fire safety education programs on college campuses.


                                 S. 751

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 751, a bill to amend the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize producers on a 
farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres 
of the farm.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 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. 783

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from

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Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) 
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. 871

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the 
Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 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 names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) were added as cosponsors 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 Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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 name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 921

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 921, a bill to amend 
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the rental of 
motor vehicles that contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 937

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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 Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 945

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 945, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-
management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to 
provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part 
of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 960

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to foster 
stability in Syria, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 962, a bill to prohibit amounts made available by the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 from being transferred to the 
Internal Revenue Service for implementation of such Acts.


                                 S. 964

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 964, a bill to require a comprehensive review 
of the adequacy of the training, qualifications, and experience of the 
Department of Defense personnel responsible for sexual assault 
prevention and response for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to 
amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit 
unions to promote small business growth and economic development 
opportunities, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a joint 
resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal 
rights amendment.


                               S. RES. 26

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 26, a resolution 
recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers 
for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the 
survival and success of communities in the United States.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were 
added as cosponsors 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.

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