[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 180 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8976-S8977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill to establish 
the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's 
History Museum, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 401

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 401, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment 
tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 583, a bill to implement equal 
protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for 
the right to life of each born and preborn human person.


                                 S. 666

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


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive for 
the installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property.


                                 S. 896

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset 
and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 929

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 929, a bill to impose 
sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses 
committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1108

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1108, a bill to 
reauthorize the impact aid program under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 1116

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 1254

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, a bill 
to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act 
of 1998, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 1341

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1341, a bill to modify the 
Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as the program applies to 
units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain by 
implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 1352

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1352, a bill to 
reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1391, a bill to amend the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards 
for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to focus limited 
Federal resources on the most serious offenders.


                                S. 1417

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms.

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Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1507, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of general 
welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes.
  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1507, supra.


                                S. 1614

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1614, a bill to 
require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to 
reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1642, a bill to permit the 
continuation of certain health plans.


                                S. 1649

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1649, a bill to promote 
freedom and democracy in Vietnam.


                                S. 1677

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1677, a bill to 
establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control 
infrastructure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1719

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) were added as 
cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1719, supra.


                                S. 1765

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1765, a bill to ensure the 
compliance of Iran with agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 1798, 
a bill to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not counted as 
full-time employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1824

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1824, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
exempt certain lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux that 
contain brass.


                                S. 1837

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1837, a bill to amend the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks 
against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making 
adverse employment decisions.


                                S. 1844

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich) were added as cosponsors of S. 1844, a bill to restore full 
military retirement benefits by closing corporate tax loopholes.


                                S. 1845

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Mr. Markey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of certain 
unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1847

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1847, a bill 
to provide for the redesignation of the Asia-Pacific Center for 
Security Studies as the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for 
Security Studies.


                              S. RES. 314

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 314, a 
resolution commemorating and supporting the goals of World AIDS Day.


                              S. RES. 318

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 318, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the critical 
need for political reform in Bangladesh, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 319

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 319, a resolution expressing support for the 
Ukrainian people in light of President Yanukovych's decision not to 
sign an Association Agreement with the European Union.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2569

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2569 intended to 
be proposed to H.J. Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2572

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2572 
intended to be proposed to H.J. Res. 59, a joint resolution making 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2574

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2574 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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