[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4705-S4707]
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 Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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. 114

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 114, a bill to amend title 
11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge 
in bankruptcy.


                                 S. 240

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 240, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of 
days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the 
minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services may retire for non-regular service.


                                 S. 315

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 315, a bill to reauthorize 
and extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community 
Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008.


                                 S. 544

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 544, a bill to require the 
President to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an 
exclusion for assistance provided to participants in certain veterinary 
student loan repayment or forgiveness programs.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in 
palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic

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medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote 
education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the 
development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to impose 
certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by 
agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in 
accordance with the terms thereof, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 759

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 759, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new 
State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change 
in the duty station of such member to another State.


                                 S. 896

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension 
offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                S. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1040, a bill 
to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Jack 
Nicklaus, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting 
excellence, good sportsmanship, and philanthropy.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1224, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts 
received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination 
and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received 
on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1330

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1330, a bill to delay the 
implementation of the employer responsibility provisions of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely 
access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to 
enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster 
economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, 
increase individual savings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1739

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1739, a bill to modify the 
efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters.


                                S. 2033

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2033, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to 
allow the Secretary of Education to award job training Federal Pell 
Grants.


                                S. 2154

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2154, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for 
Children Program.


                                S. 2188

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2188, a bill to amend the 
Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the 
Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.


                                S. 2301

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2301, a bill to 
amend section 2259 of title 18, United States Code, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2340

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2340, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the 
Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax 
year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation 
and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income 
threshold to qualify for zero expected family contribution, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2406

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2406, a bill to 
amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the 
definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, 
radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.


                                S. 2441

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2441, a bill to extend the 
same Federal benefits to law enforcement officers serving private 
institutions of higher education and rail carriers that apply to law 
enforcement officers serving units of State and local government.


                                S. 2449

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2449, a 
bill to reauthorize certain provisions of the Public Health Service Act 
relating to autism, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2508

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2508, a bill to establish a 
comprehensive United States Government policy to assist countries in 
sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and the affordability, 
reliability, and sustainability of power, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2539

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2539, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to 
trauma research.


                                S. 2543

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2543, a bill to support 
afterschool and out-of-school-time science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2549

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2549, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the 
personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved 
pharmacies in Canada.


                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mr. Walsh, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to 
provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.


                                S. 2581

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2581, a bill to require 
the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule to require 
child safety packaging for liquid nicotine containers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2607

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2607, a bill to

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extend and modify the pilot program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain 
injury, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2611

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2611, a bill to facilitate the 
expedited processing of minors entering the United States across the 
southern border and for other purposes.


                                S. 2624

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2624, a bill to provide 
additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2631

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2631, a bill to prevent the expansion of the Deferred 
Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawfully created by Executive 
memorandum on August 15, 2012.


                                S. 2633

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as cosponsors of S. 2633, a 
bill to require notification of a Governor of a State if an 
unaccompanied alien child is placed in a facility or with a sponsor in 
the State and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 38

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 38, a joint resolution conferring honorary 
citizenship of the United States on Bernardo de Galvez y Madrid, 
Viscount of Galveston and Count of Galvez.


                              S. RES. 420

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 420, a resolution 
designating the week of October 6 through October 12, 2014, as 
``Naturopathic Medicine Week'' to recognize the value of naturopathic 
medicine in providing safe, effective, and affordable health care.


                              S. RES. 499

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 499, a 
resolution congratulating the American Motorcyclist Association on its 
90th Anniversary.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3377

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 3377 intended to be proposed to S. 2410, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.

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