[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 122 (Thursday, July 31, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5218-S5221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 234

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 234, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 240

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey) 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. 338

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
338, a bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding 
of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness 
of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to improve the 
retirement of American families by strengthening Social Security.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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 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. 709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's 
disease and related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for 
Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 754

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 754, a bill to 
amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed 
shellfish as specialty crops.


                                 S. 759

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors 
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. 809

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that genetically 
engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered 
ingredients be labeled accordingly.


                                 S. 948

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

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                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1012

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1012, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the 
Medicare integrity program, to increase transparency and accuracy in 
audits conducted by contractors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1030

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1030, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy investment 
credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1158, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the 
National Park Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1249

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) 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. 1323

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1323, a bill to 
address the continued threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs by 
amending the Controlled Substances Act relating to controlled substance 
analogues.


                                S. 1406

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. Reed) 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. 1477

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1477, a bill to clarify 
the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to amend titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a delay in the 
implementation schedule of the reductions in disproportionate share 
hospital payments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1645

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1645, a bill to limit 
the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for 
employment duties performed in other States.


                                S. 1842

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
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. 1875

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1875, a bill to provide for 
wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1904

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1904, a bill to amend the 
eligibility requirements for funding under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 1974

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1974, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit Federal 
education mandates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) 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. 2141

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2141, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide an 
alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of 
nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients and for other purposes.


                                S. 2143

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2143, a bill 
to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create 
jobs.


                                S. 2182

  At the request of Mr. Walsh, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2182, a bill to expand and improve 
care provided to veterans and members of the Armed Forces with mental 
health disorders or at risk of suicide, to review the terms or 
characterization of the discharge or separation of certain individuals 
from the Armed Forces, to require a pilot program on loan repayment for 
psychiatrists who agree to serve in the Veterans Health Administration 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2192

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2192, a bill to amend the National Alzheimer's Project 
Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to 
prepare and submit, directly to the President for review and 
transmittal to Congress, an annual budget estimate (including an 
estimate of the number and type of personnel needs for the Institutes) 
for the initiatives of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to 
such an Act.


                                S. 2250

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2250, a bill to 
extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2309

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2309, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons to issue oleoresin capsicum spray to officers and employees 
of the Bureau of Prisons.


                                S. 2329

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2329, a bill to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 2333

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 2340

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 2359

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 2396

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2396, a bill to establish 
the veterans' business outreach center program, to improve the programs 
for veterans of the Small Business Administration, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2501

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2501, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to 
the Medicare hospital readmissions reduction program.


                                S. 2508

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 2513

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of 
S. 2513, a bill to establish a demonstration project for competency-
based education.


                                S. 2520

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2520, a bill to improve the 
Freedom of Information Act.


                                S. 2527

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2527, a bill to amend 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the 
efficiency of summer meals.


                                S. 2543

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 2545

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2545, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in 
electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2547

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Walsh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2547, a bill to establish 
the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and 
Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide 
recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating 
to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2552

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2552, a bill to enhance 
beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the 
Medicare Advantage market, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2567

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2567, a bill to 
provide for the sealing or expungement of records relating to Federal 
nonviolent criminal offenses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2591

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2591, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development to provide assistance to 
support the rights of women and girls in developing countries, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2609

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2609, a bill to 
restore States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and 
use tax laws, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2631

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 2650

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2650, a bill to provide for 
congressional review of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2659

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2659, a 
bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) 
to establish a process for providing expedited and dignified passenger 
screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built 
and dedicated to honor their services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2660

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2660, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the special rules 
for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2664

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2664, a bill to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency to modernize the integrated public 
alert and warning system of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2667

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2667, a bill to prohibit the 
exercise of any waiver of the imposition of certain sanctions with 
respect to Iran unless the President certifies to Congress that the 
waiver will not result in the provision of funds to the Government of 
Iran for activities in support of international terrorism, to develop 
nuclear weapons, or to violate the human rights of the people of Iran.


                                S. 2685

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2685, a bill to reform the 
authorities of the Federal Government to require the production of 
certain business records, conduct electronic surveillance, use pen 
registers and trap and trace devices, and use other forms of 
information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and 
criminal purposes, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 2687

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2687, a bill to amend title 10, United 
States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their 
families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote 
the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2693

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2693, a bill to 
reauthorize the women's business center program of the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2703

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2703, a bill to establish 
eligibility, assignment, training, and certification requirements for 
sexual assault forensic examiners for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2709

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), 
the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2709, a bill to extend and reauthorize the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2709, supra.


                                S. 2710

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2710, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt private 
foundations from the tax on excess business holdings in the case of 
certain philanthropic enterprises which are independently supervised, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 513

  At the request of Mr. Portman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 513, a resolution honoring the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw 
Uprising.


                              S. RES. 522

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 522, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate supporting the U.S.--Africa Leaders 
Summit to be held in Washington, DC from August 4 through 6, 2014.


                              S. RES. 530

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 530, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on the current situation in Iraq and 
the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from 
the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State, 
formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as 
it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3588

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3588 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3719

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 3719 intended to be proposed to S. 2648, 
a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3720

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3720 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2648, a bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for 
other purposes.

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