[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 96 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5526-S5528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 194

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 194, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity among all 
tobacco products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 346

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, 
permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in 
the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed 
Forces entitled to such travel.

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                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 397

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 397, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena Horne in 
recognition of her achievements and contributions to American culture 
and the civil rights movement.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill to 
establish the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National 
Women's History Museum, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 462

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


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 602

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical 
therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 635, a bill to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to 
provide an exception to the annual written privacy notice requirement.


                                 S. 669

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 669, a bill to make 
permanent the Internal Revenue Service Free File program.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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 Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 769

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) 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. 813

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. 878

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to amend title 9 
of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven) 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. 896

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset 
and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 934

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 934, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding reasonable break time for 
nursing mothers.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill to authorize 
and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James 
Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of 
Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the 
Battle of the Bulge in World War II.


                                S. 1084

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1084, a bill to 
amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for 
coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance provided to promote 
the energy retrofitting of schools.


                                S. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1130

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to 
require the Attorney General to disclose each decision, order, or 
opinion of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that includes 
significant legal interpretation of section 501 or 702 of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 unless such disclosure is not in 
the national security interest of the United States and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1159

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1159, a bill 
to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on 
account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.


                                S. 1163

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1163, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire 
sprinkler system retrofits as section 179 property and classify certain 
automated fire sprinkler system retrofits as 15-year property for 
purposes of depreciation.

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                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1181, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of 
real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in 
United States real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1195

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1195, a bill to repeal the renewable fuel standard.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1211, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 
GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1215, a bill to strengthen 
privacy protections, accountability, and oversight related to domestic 
surveillance conducted pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.


                                S. 1238

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1238, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to extend the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate 
Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify required 
distribution rules for pension plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1241

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1241, a bill to establish the interest rate for 
certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1256

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1256, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the 
effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the 
treatment of human and animal diseases.


                              S. RES. 164

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 164, a resolution 
designating October 30, 2013, as a national day of remembrance for 
nuclear weapons program workers.

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