[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 52 (Monday, April 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2110-S2112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 125

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 125, 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 2020, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 139

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) 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. 157

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 157, a bill to repeal the 
medical device tax and the employer and individual responsibility 
requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 171

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 171, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary 
travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain 
disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special 
disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 298, a bill to amend titles 
XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the 
option of providing services to children with medically complex 
conditions under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance 
Program through a care coordination program focused on improving health 
outcomes for children with medically complex conditions and lowering 
costs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 299, a bill to allow travel between the 
United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to prioritize 
funding for the National Institutes of Health to discover treatments 
and cures, to maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and to 
restore the purchasing power the NIH had after the historic doubling 
campaign that ended in fiscal year 2003.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut

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(Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 498

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 498, a bill to allow reciprocity for the carrying of 
certain concealed firearms.


                                 S. 564

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 564, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as 
eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 568

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 568, a bill to extend the trade 
adjustment assistance program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 571, a bill to amend the Pilot's Bill of Rights to 
facilitate appeals and to apply to other certificates issued by the 
Federal Aviation Administration, to require the revision of the third 
class medical certification regulations issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of 
higher education in establishing, maintaining, improving, and operating 
Veteran Student Centers.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to 
amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical assistance 
to small public water systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, 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. 637

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 637, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 665

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 665, a bill to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the 
United States in order to disseminate information when a law 
enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, 
is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or an 
imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the 
serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to prohibit 
the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 682, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage originator 
and a high-cost mortgage.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to prevent 
international violence against women, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of S. 743, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring 
them with status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 774, a bill to amend the Federal Financial 
Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to improve the examination 
of depository institutions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 776, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication 
therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 786

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 786, a bill to 
provide paid and family medical leave benefits to certain individuals, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 793

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 793, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain 
Federal student loans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 812, 
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. 824

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 824, a bill to reauthorize the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 843, 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. 862

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) 
and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 862, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 
more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of 
wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 875, a bill to

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amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay 
requirements.

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