[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6072-S6073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 154

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 154, a bill to amend title I 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure that the 
coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in 
Exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban.


                                 S. 204

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
204, a bill to preserve and protect the free choice of individual 
employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain 
from such activities.


                                 S. 240

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 240, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of 
days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the 
minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services may retire for non-regular service.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Reed, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
314, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness 
about unexpected sudden death in early life.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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. 409

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill to add Vietnam 
Veterans Day as a patriotic and national observance.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to provide for 
a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                 S. 629

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 629, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with status as 
veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 675

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 675, a bill to prohibit 
contracting with the enemy.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to improve the 
examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to 
require the United States International Trade Commission to recommend 
temporary duty suspensions and reductions to Congress, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 907

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 907, a bill to provide 
grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1033

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1033, a bill 
to authorize a grant program to promote physical education, activity, 
and fitness and nutrition, and to ensure healthy students, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1053, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to 
extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act through 
fiscal year 2024.


                                S. 1174

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1174, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.


                                S. 1195

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

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                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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. 1208

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1208, a bill to require 
meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, 
including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, 
to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such 
agreements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 1218

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1218, a bill to establish a 
State Energy Race to the Top Initiative to assist energy policy 
innovation in the States to promote the goal of doubling electric and 
thermal energy productivity by January 1, 2030.


                                S. 1228

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1228, a bill to establish a 
program to provide incentive payments to participating Medicare 
beneficiaries who voluntarily establish and maintain better health.


                                S. 1254

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, a bill to 
amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 
1998, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1271

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1271, a bill 
to direct the President to establish guidelines for the United States 
foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1279

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1279, a bill to prohibit the 
revocation or withholding of Federal funds to programs whose 
participants carry out voluntary religious activities.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to 
protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, 
and shooting, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1342

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1342, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expensing of certain 
depreciable business assets for small businesses.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to enhance 
the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic 
growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase 
individual savings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1360, a bill to amend the 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, 
including making changes to the Do Not Pay initiative, for improved 
detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for investigative leave 
requirements with respect to Senior Executive Service employees, and 
for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 69

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 69, a resolution 
calling for the protections of religious minority rights and freedoms 
in the Arab world.


                              S. RES. 164

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) 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.


                              S. RES. 165

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 165, a resolution 
calling for the release from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine 
Yulia Tymoshenko in light of the recent European Court of Human Rights 
ruling.


                              S. RES. 199

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 199, a resolution 
celebrating the 200th August Quarterly Festival taking place from 
August 18, 2013, through August 25, 2013, in Wilmington, Delaware.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1814

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1814 intended to be proposed to S. 1243, an original bill making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

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