[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 23 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S821-S823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 257

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 257, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require courses of education provided by 
public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes 
of the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State 
tuition rate, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 279

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 279, a bill to promote the 
development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill 
to add Vietnam Veterans Day as a patriotic and national observance.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to 
prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1061

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1061, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to designate certain medical facilities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs as health professional shortage 
areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1174

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1174, a bill 
to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, 
known as the Borinqueneers.


                                S. 1249

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, a bill to 
rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department 
of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to 
provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1362, a bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a permanent background check system.

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                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added as cosponsors of S. 1369, a 
bill to provide additional flexibility to the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System to establish capital standards that are properly 
tailored to the unique characteristics of the business of insurance, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1431, a bill to permanently extend the 
Internet Tax Freedom Act.


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1456, a bill 
to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name 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.


                                S. 1587

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1645

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 1688

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to award the 
Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Office of Strategic 
Services (OSS), collectively, in recognition of their superior service 
and major contributions during World War II.


                                S. 1702

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1702, a bill to empower 
States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs 
and mass transit programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1737

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1737, a bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased 
expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as 
section 179 property.


                                S. 1799

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1799, a bill to reauthorize 
subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.


                                S. 1826

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1826, a bill to 
provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and 
encourage investment.


                                S. 1845

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1845, a bill to provide for 
the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1856

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1856, a bill to repeal section 
403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, relating to an annual 
adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age 
of 62.


                                S. 1895

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1895, a bill to establish a 
commission to examine the United States monetary policy, evaluate 
alternative monetary regimes, and recommend a course for monetary 
policy going forward.


                                S. 1902

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1902, a bill to require 
notification of individuals of breaches of personally identifiable 
information through Exchanges under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to 
limit the retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders.


                                S. 1933

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1933, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1963, a bill to 
repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1966, a bill to provide for the restoration of the 
economic and ecological health of National Forest System land and rural 
communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1979

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1979, a bill to 
provide for USA Retirement Funds, to reform the pension system, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1982, a bill to improve the provision of 
medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1984

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1984, a bill to enhance 
penalties for computer crimes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for 
amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray the 
cost of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and to repair or 
replace property damaged or destroyed in a disaster.


                              S. RES. 270

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 270, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of World Polio Day and commending the 
international community and others for their efforts to prevent and 
eradicate polio.


                              S. RES. 333

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator

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from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 
and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 333, a resolution strongly recommending that the United States 
renegotiate the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 333, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2603

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2603 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension of 
certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2712

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2712 
intended to be proposed to S. 1845, a bill to provide for the extension 
of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.

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