[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1653-S1655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 15

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to amend chapter 
8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint 
resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 56

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for employers 
establishing workplace child care facilities, to increase the child 
care credit to encourage greater use of quality child care services, to 
provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and 
to work in child care facilities, and to increase the exclusion for 
employer-provided dependent care assistance.


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 132, a bill to provide for the admission of the State 
of New Columbia into the Union.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
medication therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug 
Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to 
protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing 
and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.


                                 S. 842

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 842, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the 
increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill 
to improve the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the 
use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 987, a bill to maintain the free flow of 
information to the public by providing conditions for the federally 
compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with 
the news media.


                                S. 1011

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and 
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1011, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of 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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                                S. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1114, a bill 
to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to 
correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1174

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 
and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1174, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th 
Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time 
employee for purposes of the individual mandate in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1256

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1256, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the 
effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in the 
treatment of human and animal diseases.


                                S. 1406

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Walsh) 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. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1410, a bill to focus limited Federal resources on the 
most serious offenders.


                                S. 1456

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1456, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 
Shimon Peres.


                                S. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1462, a bill to extend the positive train control system 
implementation deadline, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 1622

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1622, a bill 
to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on 
Native Children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1708

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1729

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1729, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 
provide further options with respect to levels of coverage under 
qualified health plans.
  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1729, supra.


                                S. 1737

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2013

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide for the removal of Senior Executive 
Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
performance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2037

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2037, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement 
for inpatient critical access hospital services.


                                S. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill to establish a loan 
guarantee program for natural gas distribution grids to be installed in 
areas with extremely high energy costs.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the purchase of heating and 
cooling equipment which meets the Energy Star program requirements and 
is used in certain high-cost energy communities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2066

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2066, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a 
person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to prohibit 
the Department of the Treasury from assigning tax statuses to 
organizations based on their political beliefs and activities.


                                S. 2068

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2068, a bill to provide 
for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to 
require that, within 3 years, all handguns manufactured or sold in, or 
imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2069

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2069, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and 
modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small 
employers.
  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2069, supra.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors 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 Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 2091

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

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Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2091, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the processing by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs of claims for benefits under laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2105

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2105, a bill to prohibit the 
Federal funding of a State firearms ownership database.


                                S. 2118

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2118, a bill to protect the 
separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States by 
ensuring that the President takes care that the laws be faithfully 
executed, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 33

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) 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. 377

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Kirk), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2807

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2807 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2808

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2808 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.


                           amendment no. 2810

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2810 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.


                           amendment no. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2822 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. 2834

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 2834 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. 2835

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 2835 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.


                           amendment no. 2839

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2839 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. 2842

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2842 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. 2843

  At the request of Mr. Franken, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2843 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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