[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 173 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8565-S8567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 226

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 226, a bill 
to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave 
because of the death of a son or daughter.


                                 S. 264

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 264, a bill to expand 
access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of 
mental health care for all Americans.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 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. 411

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator

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from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 411, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 857

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill 
to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to 
care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult 
child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health 
condition.


                                 S. 932

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 932, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance 
appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
to a State all right, title, and interest in and to a percentage of the 
amount of royalties and other amounts required to be paid to the State 
under that Act with respect to public land and deposits in the State, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 972, a bill to 
prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 
with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.


                                S. 1085

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1085, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
businesses.


                                S. 1116

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion 
from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to 
provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1149, a bill to reauthorize the ban on undetectable 
firearms, and to extend the ban to undetectable firearm receivers and 
undetectable ammunition magazines.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1187, a bill to prevent homeowners from being 
forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 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. 1332

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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. 1406

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, a bill to amend the Horse 
Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, 
strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of 
Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1456, a bill to award the Congressional 
Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to extend the 
positive train control system implementation deadline, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 1618

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1618, a bill to enhance 
the Office of Personnel Management background check system for the 
granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to 
classified information of employees and contractors of the Federal 
Government.


                                S. 1690

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1690, a bill to 
reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1706

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1706, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 
prospective guidance clarifying the employment status of individuals 
for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments 
with respect to such clarifications.


                                S. 1712

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1712, a bill to provide 
protections for workers with respect to their right to select or 
refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.


                                S. 1719

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national 
toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1728

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill to amend the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve ballot 
accessibility to uniformed services voters and overseas voters, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1735

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1735, 
a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain 
medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group 
health plans.


                                S. 1740

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Connecticut

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(Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1740, a bill to authorize Department of Veterans 
Affairs major medical facility leases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1749

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1749, a bill to improve 
master plans for major military installations.


                                S. 1753

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1753, a bill to 
extend Government liability, subject to appropriation, for certain 
third-party claims arising from commercial space launches.


                                S. 1756

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1756, a bill to amend section 
403 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify 
certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food 
establishments, and vending machines.


                                S. 1759

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1759, a bill to 
reauthorize the teaching health center program.


                              S. RES. 299

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), 
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 299, a resolution congratulating the American 
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee on the celebration of its 100th 
anniversary and commending its significant contribution to empower and 
revitalize developing communities around the world.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2142

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2142 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2144

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2144 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2176

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2176 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2343

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2343 
intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2418

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2418 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2419

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2419 
intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2499

  At the request of Mr. Begich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2499 intended to be proposed to S. 1197, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.

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