[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 18 (Thursday, January 30, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S655-S656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to 
provide a permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors 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. 289

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 289, a bill to 
extend the low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local 
Development Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to amend section 
5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional 
religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast 
Cancer.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to restrict 
any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax 
on cell phone services, providers, or property.


                                S. 1410

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


                                S. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to permanently 
extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act.


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Boozman), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 1456, 
a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1587

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1587, a bill to 
posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty 
and Tyrone Woods in recognition of their contributions to the Nation.


                                S. 1596

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1596, a bill to 
require State educational agencies that receive funding under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to have in effect 
policies and procedures on background checks for school employees.


                                S. 1654

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1654, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny tax 
deductions for corporate regulatory violations.


                                S. 1704

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1704, a bill to expand the 
use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to require the 
Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council 
to develop and update a national manufacturing competitiveness 
strategic plan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1792, a bill to close out expired, empty grant accounts.


                                S. 1814

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1814, a bill to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the 
United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 1908

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1908, a bill to allow 
reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.


                                S. 1909

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1909, a bill to expand opportunity through greater 
choice in education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1923

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1923, a bill to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from registration brokers 
performing services in connection with the transfer of ownership of 
smaller privately held companies.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to require a 
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                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1925, a bill to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data 
recorders.


                                S. 1941

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1941, a bill to establish 
requirements for the adoption of any new or revised requirement 
providing for the screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or an 
air traffic controller for a sleep disorder, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1953

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1953, a bill to amend certain 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Inspector 
General Improvement Act of 2008, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1956, a bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to 
review the discharge characterization of former members of the Armed 
Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation of the 
member, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1957, a bill to 
establish the American Infrastructure Fund, to provide bond guarantees 
and make loans to States, local governments, and infrastructure 
providers for investments in certain infrastructure projects, and to 
provide equity investments in such projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1972

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1972, a bill to prohibit discrimination in 
employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of 
unemployment.


                              S. RES. 333

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 333, a 
resolution strongly recommending that the United States renegotiate the 
return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq.


                              S. RES. 340

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
340, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all necessary 
measures should be taken to protect children in the United States from 
human trafficking, especially during the upcoming Super Bowl, an event 
around which many children are trafficked for sex.


                              S. RES. 341

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 341, a resolution observing the 100th birthday of 
civil rights leader Daisy Bates and honoring her legacy as an American 
heroine.


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  On page S656, January 30, 2014, in the middle column, the 
following language appears: S. RES. 341 At the request of Mr. 
Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was 
added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 341, a resolution observing the 
100th birthday of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and honoring her 
legacy as an American heroine.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. RES. 341 At the 
request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Boozman) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 341, a resolution observing the 100th 
birthday of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and honoring her 
legacy as an American heroine.


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                           AMENDMENT NO. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2707 proposed 
to S. 1926, a bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of 
the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and to reform the 
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other 
purposes.

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