[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 140 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6023-S6024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 346

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a 
service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on 
military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired 
members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to recognize Jerusalem 
as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem the United States 
Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 666

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 666, a bill to prohibit attendance of an 
animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors 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. 1086

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name 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.


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1133, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
new markets tax credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, a bill to amend 
the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 
background check system.


                                S. 1695

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1695, a bill to 
designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
wilderness.


                                S. 1828

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1828, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage originator 
and a high-cost mortgage.


                                S. 2037

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2053

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to direct 
the Architect of the Capitol to place a chair honoring American 
Prisoners of War/Missing in Action on the Capitol Grounds.


                                S. 2113

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2113, a bill to provide 
taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of 
Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2115

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2250

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


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2348, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal 
cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention 
is required during the screening.


                                S. 2621

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2646

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2646, a bill to reauthorize 
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2663

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2663, a bill to provide 
high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2685

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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.


                                S. 2693

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 2694

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms.

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Hirono) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2694, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to extend the application of the Medicare payment rate floor to 
primary care services furnished under Medicaid and to apply the rate 
floor to additional providers of primary care services.


                                S. 2746

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2746, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and help 
better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death 
in early life.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2746, supra.


                                S. 2787

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, a bill to 
expand and clarify the prohibition on inaccurate caller ID information.


                                S. 2828

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 2828, a bill to 
impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, to provide 
additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2876

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2876, a bill to establish 
a public education and awareness and access program relating to 
emergency contraception.


                                S. 2917

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) 
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2917, a bill to expand the program of priority review to 
encourage treatments for tropical diseases.


                                S. 2921

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2921, a bill to designate the 
community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
located at 310 Home Boulevard in Galesburg, Illinois, as the ``Lane A. 
Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic''.


                                S. 2924

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2924, a bill to amend 
title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate 
within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement 
if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at 
least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed 
of fire-retardant materials.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3741

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3741 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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