[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 10, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6327-S6329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 119, a bill to prohibit the 
application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 150, a bill 
to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear 
arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 168

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 168, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the 
payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 209

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 209, a bill to require a full 
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 313, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of 
ABLE accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 322

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 322, a bill to set the 
United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they 
begin kindergarten.


                                 S. 325

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Mexico

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(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 325, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children 
eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 357

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 357, a bill to encourage, 
enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in 
order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is 
seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 403, a bill to amend the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent 
bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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 New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) 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 names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors 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 name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor 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 New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 669, a bill to make 
permanent the Internal Revenue Service Free File program.


                                 S. 727

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


                                 S. 822

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 822, a bill to protect crime 
victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples 
collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and 
expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing 
technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA 
evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of 
counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 833

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 833, a bill to amend 
subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 915

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 915, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to update reporting requirements for 
institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and 
complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes 
at all levels of postsecondary enrollment.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to amend title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through 
fiscal year 2018.


                                 S. 942

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill 
to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic 
security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers 
whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by 
pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1208

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1251, a bill to establish programs with respect to 
childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer.


                                S. 1306

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1306, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to improve 
environmental literacy to better prepare students for postsecondary 
education and careers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1369, a bill to provide additional flexibility to 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to establish 
capital standards that are properly tailored to the unique 
characteristics of the business of insurance, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1441

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1441, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing and water 
transfers to promote conservation and efficiency.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1455, a bill to condition the provision of premium 
and cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act upon a certification that a program to verify household income 
is operational.


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1456, a bill to award the 
Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1487, a bill to limit the availability of tax 
credits and reductions in cost-sharing under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act to individuals who receive health insurance 
coverage pursuant to the provisions of a Taft-Hartley plan.


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1488, a 
bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance 
mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance 
mandate, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 15, a joint resolution 
removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights 
amendment.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a 
resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the 
International Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 128

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
128, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting 
seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important 
responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach 
to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making 
long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in 
communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals 
with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.

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