[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 129 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6960-S6961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 252

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to reduce 
preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and 
complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused 
by prematurity.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor 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. 338

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to amend the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and 
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water 
conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future 
generations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to 
provide for increased Federal oversight of prescription opioid 
treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, 
and deaths.


                                 S. 357

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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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 Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 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. 635

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of 
permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and 
osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to 
promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the 
development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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. 822

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to 
amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by 
the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1405

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1405, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain 
ambulance add-on payments under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1417

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1417, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act.


                                S. 1488

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1537

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from New Hampshire 
(Ms. Ayotte), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1537, a bill to ensure that any new or revised 
requirement providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of 
individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is 
adopted through a rulemaking proceeding, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1541

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 1541, a bill to appropriate 
such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed 
Forces, including reserve components thereof, and supporting civilian 
and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances for 
active service performed when a Governmentwide shutdown occurs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1548

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1548, a bill to authorize 
the President to provide assistance to the Governments of Haiti and 
Armenia to reverse the effects of deforestation and restore within 20 
years the extent of forest levels in Haiti and Armenia in existence 
during the year 1990, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 21

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 21, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that 
construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Federal approvals 
required for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline are in the 
national interest of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1980 intended to be proposed to H.J. Res. 59, a joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and 
for other purposes.

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