[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1584-S1586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 411

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad 
track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to amend 
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual 
written privacy notice requirement.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 824

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to amend 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder 
authorization before a public company may make certain political 
expenditures, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to amend 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant 
Program through fiscal year 2018.


                                 S. 948

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 948, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and payment 
for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic 
fracturing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Iowa

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(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to 
posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker 
Motley.


                                S. 1364

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1364, a bill to promote 
neutrality, implicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods 
and digital services.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1397, a bill to improve the 
efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal 
permitting process through reforms overseen by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1431

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


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Murphy), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Walsh), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1456, a bill to award the Congressional Gold 
Medal to Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1506, a bill to provide tax 
relief for persons affected by the discharge of oil in connection with 
the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit 
Deepwater Horizon.


                                S. 1708

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1708, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety 
improvement program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1737

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to 
provide justice for the victims of trafficking.


                                S. 1793

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1793, a 
bill to encourage States to require the installation of residential 
carbon monoxide detectors in homes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1802

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1802, a bill to 
provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility 
operations-related swaps, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1803

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1803, a 
bill to require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2004

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2004, a bill to ensure the safety of all users of the transportation 
system, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, children, 
older individuals, and individuals with disabilities, as they travel on 
and across federally funded streets and highways.


                                S. 2024

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2024, a bill to amend chapter 
1 of title 1, United States Code, with regard to the definition of 
``marriage'' and ``spouse'' for Federal purposes and to ensure respect 
for State regulation of marriage.


                                S. 2053

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to direct the 
Architect of the Capitol to place a chair honoring American Prisoners 
of War/Missing in Action on the Capitol Grounds.


                                S. 2077

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2077, a bill to provide 
for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2082, a bill to provide for 
the development of criteria under the Medicare program for medically 
necessary short inpatient hospital stays, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2086

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2086, a bill to address current emergency shortages of propane and 
other home heating fuels and to provide greater flexibility and 
information for Governors to address such emergencies in the future.


                                S. 2099

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2099, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to establish uniform requirements for thorough 
economic analysis of regulations by Federal agencies based on sound 
principles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2106

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2106, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the individual health 
insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate 
is enforced without exceptions.


                            S. CON. RES. 33

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. 
Heitkamp), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Johanns), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 
33, a concurrent resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide 
Cooperative Extension System.


                              S. RES. 348

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 348, a resolution 
expressing support for the internal rebuilding, resettlement, and 
reconciliation within Sri Lanka that are necessary to ensure a lasting 
peace.

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                              S. RES. 355

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 355, a resolution 
calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to 
cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its 
commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the 
transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan 
control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the 
referral and disposition of detainees.


                              S. RES. 365

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 365, a resolution 
deploring the violent repression of peaceful demonstrators in 
Venezuela, calling for full accountability for human rights violations 
taking place in Venezuela, and supporting the right of the Venezuelan 
people to the free and peaceful exercise of representative democracy.
  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 365, supra.


                              S. RES. 377

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 377, a resolution 
recognizing the 193rd anniversary of the independence of Greece and 
celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.
  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, his name was added as 
a cosponsor of S. Res. 377, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 377, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2812

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2812 proposed to S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and 
improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2814

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2814 proposed to S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and 
improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2818

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2818 proposed to 
S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2818 proposed to S. 1086, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2819 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and for other purposes.

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