[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5135-S5137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 240

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 392

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 392, a bill 
to support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary school 
and secondary school students by enhancing school physical education 
and health education.


                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to increase and adjust for inflation the maximum 
value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one 
day, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of 
outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing 
facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal a duplicative 
program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 734, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity 
compensation.


                                 S. 758

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to establish a 
comprehensive literacy program.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1011

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1040, a bill to provide 
for the

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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. 1089

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to provide 
for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 1249

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 1330

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to amend 
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the 
Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) 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. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to focus 
limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders.


                                S. 1463

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1463, a bill to 
amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, 
exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase 
in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially 
affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any 
prohibited wildlife species.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to 
reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1710

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1710, a bill to 
require Amtrak to propose a pet policy that allows passengers to 
transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain Amtrak trains, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1842

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1842, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro 
Football Hall of Fame.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2003, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the energy credit for certain property under construction.


                                S. 2023

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2023, a bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to prohibit a 
reduction in funding for the defense commissary system in fiscal year 
2015 pending the report of the Military Compensation and Retirement 
Modernization Commission.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) 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. 2109

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2109, a bill to 
eliminate duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary Congressionally 
mandated Federal agency reporting.


                                S. 2115

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2115, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of a fund to provide for an expanded and 
sustained national investment in biomedical research.


                                S. 2133

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2133, a bill to amend title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other statutes to clarify 
appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims.


                                S. 2301

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 2307

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2307, a bill to prevent 
international violence against women, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2329

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2329, a 
bill to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2333

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2333, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain behavioral 
health treatment under TRICARE for children and adults with 
developmental disabilities.


                                S. 2359

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2359, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of 
Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2481

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2481, a bill to 
amend the Small Business Act to provide authority for sole source 
contracts for certain small business concerns owned and controlled by 
women, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2515

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2515, a bill to ensure 
that Medicaid beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in a 
home and community-based setting.


                                S. 2543

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 2611

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 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. 2621

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2621, a bill to 
amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to increase 
the price of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps to fund the 
acquisition of conservation easements for migratory birds, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2631

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) 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. 2655

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2655, a bill to 
reauthorize the Young Women's Breast Health Education and Awareness 
Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.


                                S. 2673

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2673, a bill to enhance the strategic partnership 
between the United States and Israel.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.


                              S. RES. 517

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 517, a resolution expressing support for Israel's right to 
defend itself and calling on Hamas to immediately cease all rocket and 
other attacks against Israel.


                              S. RES. 519

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 519, a resolution 
designating August 16, 2014, as ``National Airborne Day''.


                              S. RES. 526

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 526, a resolution supporting Israel's right to defend itself 
against Hamas, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3677

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3677 intended to be proposed 
to S. 2569, a bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs 
back to America.

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