[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5264-S5266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness in 
hospital payments under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 327

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State 
foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration and protection services.


                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to amend titles 
10, 32, 37, and 38 of the United States Code, to add a definition of 
spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and 
veteran benefits that recognizes new State definitions of spouse.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to

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address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 425

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 425, a bill to 
amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality, 
health outcomes, and value of maternity care under the Medicaid and 
CHIP programs by developing maternity care quality measures and 
supporting maternity care quality collaboratives.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to enhance treatment of certain small business 
concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting 
goals and preferences, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 462, a bill 
to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and 
Israel.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to require a 
study and report by the Small Business Administration regarding the 
costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 717

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to 
nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit 
buildings with energy-efficiency improvements.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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 Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Ayotte), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 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. 868

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 868, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether 
individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World 
War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
Missouri List, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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 Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 916

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors 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. 1009

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1009, a bill 
to reauthorize and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1029

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1029, a bill to 
reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new 
regulations and guidance documents.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1032, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses 
committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John 
David Fry scholarship to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces 
who die in the line of duty, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to clarify 
certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial 
Establishment Act of 1994.


                                S. 1096

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1096, a bill to establish 
an Office of Rural Education Policy in the Department of Education.


                                S. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1114, a bill to provide 
for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct 
the misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1195

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1195, a bill to repeal the 
renewable fuel standard.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. RES. 165

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 165, a resolution 
calling

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for the release from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia 
Tymoshenko in light of the recent European Court of Human Rights 
ruling.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1223

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1223 intended to be 
proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1236

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1236 
intended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1348

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1348 intended to 
be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, the name of the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1381 intended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for 
comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1416

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1416 intended 
to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1558

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1558 intended 
to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1580

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1580 intended to be proposed to S. 744, a 
bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1594

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1594 intended to 
be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1636

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1636 
intended to be proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive 
immigration reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1714 intended to be proposed to S. 
744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1718

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Bennet) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1718 intended to be 
proposed to S. 744, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.

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