[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3029-S3030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 162

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 162, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 
Reduction Act of 2004.


                                 S. 357

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 357, a bill to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the 
United States in order to disseminate information when a law 
enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 411

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 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. 429

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to enable 
concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, finance, and 
carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion 
to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry 
products.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation 
and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and 
diabetes.


                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1181, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States 
real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan 
repayment programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1622

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1622, a bill to establish the Alyce 
Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to 
reduce recidivism and increase public safety, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1695

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1695, a bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife 
Refuge as wilderness.


                                S. 1803

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


                                S. 1908

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


                                S. 1948

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1948, a bill to promote the 
academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native 
Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language 
grant program.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 2004

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 2013

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 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. 2091

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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

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under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2292, a bill to amend the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student 
loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2295, a bill to establish the National 
Commission on the Future of the Army, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2299

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2299, a 
bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a 
provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native 
American languages.


                                S. 2302

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Walsh) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 2302, 
a bill to provide for a 1-year extension of the Afghan Special 
Immigrant Visa Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2316

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2316, a bill to require the 
Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit a 
report on wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments and 
treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs, to prohibit closure 
of medical facilities of the Department, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3059

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3059 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3474, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3062

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3062 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 3474, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under 
TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account 
for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3064

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3064 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 3474, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under 
TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account 
for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.

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