[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S984-S985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 30

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 30, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the 
employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 139

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 139, a bill to permanently 
allow an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program and 
the Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who 
participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.


                                 S. 149

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 149, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical 
devices.


                                 S. 166

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 166, a bill to stop 
exploitation through trafficking.


                                 S. 178

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 178, a bill to provide 
justice for the victims of trafficking.


                                 S. 203

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 203, a bill to restore 
Americans' individual liberty by striking the Federal mandate to 
purchase insurance.


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program on 
awarding grants for provision of furniture, household items, and other 
assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into 
permanent housing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 239

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 239, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, with respect to apportionments under the 
Airport Improvement Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 255

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 255, a bill to restore the 
integrity of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 258

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, 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. 262

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 262, a bill to reauthorize 
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 269

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 269, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with 
respect to Iran and to impose additional sanctions with respect to 
Iran, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
271, 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

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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. 275

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 275, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home as 
a site of care for infusion therapy under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 288

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 288, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to reform the National Labor Relations 
Board, the Office of the General Counsel, and the process for appellate 
review, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 301

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Peters) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 301, 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. 308

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 308, a bill to reauthorize 
21st century community learning centers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 336

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 336, a bill to repeal the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and 
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to permanently 
reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


                                 S. 347

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 347, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the individual 
health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance 
mandate is enforced without exceptions.


                                 S. 356

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 356, a bill to improve the provisions relating to the 
privacy of electronic communications.


                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound 
standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
vessel.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to amend 
the Animal Welfare Act to require humane treatment of animals by 
Federal Government facilities.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to preserve 
and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 404

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 404, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws 
requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and 
the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 409, a bill to amend the Sex Offender Registration and Notification 
Act to require the Secretary of Defense to inform the Attorney General 
of persons required to register as sex offenders.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to end 
discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 466

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 466, a bill to amend title XI of the Social 
Security Act to improve the quality, health outcomes, and value of 
maternity care under the Medicaid and CHIP programs by developing 
maternity care quality measures and supporting maternity care quality 
collaboratives.


                                 S. 467

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 467, a bill to reduce 
recidivism and increase public safety, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to improve the 
reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured 
members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, 
and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 5

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 5, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections.


                              S.J. RES. 8

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 8, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor 
Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.


                               S. RES. 52



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  On page S985, February 12, 2015, in the third column, the 
following appears: S. J. RES. 8 At the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, 
the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Sasse) were added as cosponsors of S. J. Res 8, a joint resolution 
providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 
5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor 
Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. J. RES. 8 At 
the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Sasse) were added as cosponsors of S. J. Res 8, a 
joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case 
procedures.


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  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 52, a resolution 
calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, 
who was captured by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine and has been held 
illegally in a Russian prison since July 2014.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 65, a resolution supporting efforts to bring an end to violence 
perpetrated by Boko Haram, and urging the Government of Nigeria to 
conduct transparent, peaceful, and credible elections.

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