[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 182 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9105-S9106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) 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. 456

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
456, supra.


                                 S. 876

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 876, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend public safety officers' 
death benefits to fire police officers.


                                 S. 896

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name 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. 913

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill to amend the 
National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and 
improve that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1143

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision 
of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1269, a bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to support 
community college and industry partnerships, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1291

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1291, a bill to strengthen families' engagement in the education of 
their children.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1406

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors 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. 1491

  At the request of Mr. Coons, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1491, a bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
to improve United States-Israel energy cooperation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1523

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1523, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent 
qualified school construction bonds and qualified zone academy bonds, 
to treat qualified zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, 
and to modify the

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private business contribution requirement for qualified zone academy 
bonds.


                                S. 1599

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1599, a bill to reform the 
authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of 
certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen 
registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of 
information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and 
criminal purposes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1645

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1645, a bill to limit the authority of States to tax 
certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other 
States.


                                S. 1710

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1710, a bill 
to require Amtrak to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to 
transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain Amtrak trains, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to clarify 
that the anti-kickback laws apply to qualified health plans, the 
federally-facilitated marketplaces, and other plans and programs under 
title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1827

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1827, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the American Fighter Aces, collectively, in 
recognition of their heroic military service and defense of our 
country's freedom throughout the history of aviation warfare.


                                S. 1837

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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 name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor 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 Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1845, a bill to provide for the 
extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1848

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1848, a bill to amend section 1303(b)(3) of 
Public Law 111-148 concerning the notice requirements regarding the 
extent of health plan coverage of abortion and abortion premium 
surcharges.


                                S. 1867

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1867, a bill to provide 
protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1880

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1880, a bill to provide 
that the annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed 
Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 
shall not apply to members retired for disability and to retired pay 
used to compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Vitter), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1881, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect 
to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to Iran, and 
for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 75

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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.

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