[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6519-S6522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 51

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 51, a bill to reauthorize 
and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 120

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 120, a bill to expand the 
number of scholarships available to Pakistani women under the Merit and 
Needs-Based Scholarship Program.


                                 S. 195

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 195, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive 
mental health programs.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 254, a bill 
to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and 
support the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk 
assessment materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
dissemination of such materials and resources by State educational 
agencies to identify more at-risk families.


                                 S. 274

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to 
strengthen nutrition education for elementary school and secondary 
school students to promote healthy eating choices through 
developmentally appropriate lessons and activities integrated into the 
school day.


                                 S. 326

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 326, a bill to reauthorize 
21st century community learning centers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 357

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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. 358

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to establish a 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps 
program.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 392

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, a bill to 
support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school 
and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education 
and health education.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 409

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


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend title V 
of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-to-family 
health information centers to help families of children with 
disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about 
health care for their children.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to enable 
concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, finance, and 
carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion 
to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry 
products.


                                 S. 452

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 452, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the incidence of diabetes 
among Medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Education to establish an award program recognizing 
excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing 
services to students in prekindergarten through higher education.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to amend 
the

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National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Pike 
National Historic Trail.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 596

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to establish 
pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide incentives for 
home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that 
reduce expenditures under such program.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 603, a bill to repeal the 
annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust and irrational criminal 
punishments.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to support teacher and 
school professional training on awareness of student mental health 
conditions.


                                 S. 666

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 666, a bill 
to prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 669

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) 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 Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 749

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year 
recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified 
restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 907

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 915

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) 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. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, to conduct an interagency review of 
and report on ways to increase the competitiveness of the United States 
in attracting foreign investment.


                                S. 1089

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to 
provide for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, supra.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1242, a bill to amend the 
Fair Housing Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1296

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1296, a bill to amend the Wounded Warrior Act to 
establish a specific timeline for the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to achieve interoperable electronic 
health records, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1310

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1310, a bill to require 
Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1323

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1323, a bill to address 
the continued threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs by amending the 
Controlled Substances Act relating to controlled substance analogues.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1324, a bill to prohibit any regulations promulgated pursuant to a 
presidential memorandum relating to power sector carbon pollution 
standards from taking effect.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to 
home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1442

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1442, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings 
and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as

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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 Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1456, a bill to award the 
Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) and the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1462, a 
bill to extend the positive train control system implementation 
deadline, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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 Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) 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. 1497

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1497, a bill to amend the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act 
to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to declare the 
November 5, 2009, attack at Fort Hood, Texas, a terrorist attack, and 
to ensure that the victims of the attack and their families receive the 
same honors and benefits as those Americans who have been killed or 
wounded in a combat zone overseas and their families.


                                S. 1503

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1503, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related 
grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school personnel to 
administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements).


                             S. CON. RES. 6

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 6, a 
concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                               S. RES. 60

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 60, a 
resolution supporting women's reproductive health.


                              S. RES. 165

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1853

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1853 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to 
promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1856

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1856 
intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1859

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1859 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1860

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1860 
intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1861

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1861 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to 
promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1865

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1865 
intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1866

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1866 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1871

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1871 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to 
promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1881

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1881 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1882

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1882 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to 
promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1883 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a 
bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1886

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1886 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1901

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1901 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential 
buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1904

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1904 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy 
savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1908

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Wyoming

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(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1908 intended to be proposed to S. 
1392, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and 
industry, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1908 intended to be proposed to S. 
1392, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1912

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1912 
intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy savings in 
residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1916

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 1916 intended to be proposed to S. 1392, a bill to promote energy 
savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.

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