[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 113 (Thursday, August 1, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6209-S6211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 15

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to amend chapter 
8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint 
resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 132, a bill to provide for 
the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) 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. 203

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
203, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


                                 S. 316

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 323, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage 
of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other 
renal dialysis provisions.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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 Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 424

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to 
amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a 
National Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to 
pediatric rare diseases or conditions.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 462, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership between the United 
States and Israel.


                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 489, a bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to 
increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that 
may be imported duty-free by one person on one day, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 501, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the 
exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency 
medical responders.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
medication therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 629

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical 
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more 
accurate, and less costly.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, a bill to provide for the 
establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of 
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Mr. Moran, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
654, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 686

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to extend the right 
of appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board to certain employees of 
the United States Postal Service.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to reauthorize 
and improve programs related to mental health and substance use 
disorders.


                                 S. 695

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 695, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to extend the authorization of appropriations 
for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance 
allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic 
Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, 
Inc., and for other purposes.


                                 S. 710

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 710, a bill to provide 
exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements.


                                 S. 719

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware

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(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 719, a bill to provide for 
the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, 
treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne 
diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory 
Committee.


                                 S. 723

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 723, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and 
evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed 
with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for 
Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 783

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 783, a bill to 
amend the Helium Act to improve helium stewardship, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 798, a bill to address equity capital requirements for 
financial institutions, bank holding companies, subsidiaries, and 
affiliates, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 862, a bill to amend section 5000A of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from 
the individual health coverage mandate.


                                 S. 878

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


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 971

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 971, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from 
national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting 
requirements.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to 
direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 
deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1048, a bill to revoke 
the charters for the Federal National Mortgage Corporation and the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation upon resolution of their 
obligations, to create a new Mortgage Finance Agency for the 
securitization of single family and multifamily mortgages, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1056, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a refundable adoption tax 
credit.


                                S. 1064

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1064, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of 
clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing 
clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1068

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1068, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1075

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1075, a bill to extend 
the phase-in of actuarial rates for flood insurance for certain 
properties under the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.


                                S. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill 
to end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation 
or gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 1118

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1118, supra.


                                S. 1123

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1143

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician 
supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Chiesa), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1158, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 
establishment of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1174

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1174, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known 
as the Borinqueneers.


                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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

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United States real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of 
full-time employee for purposes of the individual mandate in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new 
discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.


                                S. 1254

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1254, a bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to support community college and 
industry partnerships, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1272

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1272, a bill to provide that 
certain requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
do not apply if the American Health Benefit Exchanges are not operating 
on October 1, 2013.


                                S. 1282

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1282, a bill to reduce risks to the financial system by limiting 
banks' ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting 
conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act 
protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to amend the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the conduct of 
stewardship end result contracting projects.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to 
amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for cooperative and small 
employer charity pension plans.


                                S. 1313

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1313, a bill to promote 
transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Nations 
system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1320

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1320, a bill to establish a tiered hiring 
preference for members of the reserve components of the armed forces.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1335, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1343

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1343, a bill to protect 
the information of livestock producers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 1351

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1351, a bill to provide for 
fiscal gap and generational accounting analysis in the legislative 
process, the President's budget, and annual long-term fiscal outlook 
reports.


                                S. 1385

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1385, a bill to provide 
for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, 
and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 13, a 
concurrent resolution commending the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for 
its role in improving outcomes for millions of young people and 
thousands of communities.


                              S. RES. 206

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 206, a 
resolution designating September 2013 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 208

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 208, a resolution 
designating the week beginning September 8, 2013, as ``National Direct 
Support Professionals Recognition Week''.

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