[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 91 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5017-S5019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 114

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 114, a bill to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect 
to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.


                                 S. 160

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 160, a bill 
to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in 
collection and has been fully paid or settled, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 420

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) 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.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 422, a bill to amend the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 
2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of 
chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of 
Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to amend 
entrance counseling and exit counseling for borrowers under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to improve and enhance the 
capabilities of the Armed Forces to prevent and respond to sexual 
assault and sexual harassment in the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 647, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                                 S. 650

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 650, a bill to amend 
title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and 
employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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 Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 737

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to require the 
Federal banking agencies to conduct a quantitative impact study on the 
cumulative effect of the Basel III framework devised by the Basel 
Committee on Banking Supervision before issuing final rules amending 
the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining 
risk-weighted assets, as proposed in the Advanced Approaches Risk-Based 
Capital Rules Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Standardized Approach 
for Risk-Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the 
Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 895

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill 
to improve the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the 
use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.


                                 S. 916

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 916, a bill to 
authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 
of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.


                                 S. 955

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 955, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections 
for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such 
Act.


                                S. 1118

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1118, a bill to amend part E of title IV 
of the Social Security Act to better enable State child welfare 
agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of 
children who are victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1123

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1123, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of 
the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare 
and Medicaid programs.


                                S. 1180

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1180, a bill to amend title 
XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the public availability of 
Medicare claims data.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1183, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1204, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for 
coverage of specific items and services, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in 
governmental activities, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 
19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States

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relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections.


                               S. RES. 26

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 144

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 144, a resolution 
concerning the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
and the need for international efforts supporting long-term peace, 
stability, and observance of human rights.


                              S. RES. 151

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 151, a resolution 
urging the Government of Afghanistan to ensure transparent and credible 
presidential and provincial elections in April 2014 by adhering to 
internationally accepted democratic standards, establishing a 
transparent electoral process, and ensuring security for voters and 
candidates.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1183 proposed 
to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1253

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1253 
intended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1347

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1347 intended to 
be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.

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