[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2530-S2532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to create a 
limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial drugs.


                                 S. 192

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 192, a bill to reauthorize the Older 
Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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 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. 373

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 423

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 423, a bill to amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to 
provide an exception to the annual written privacy notice requirement.


                                 S. 433

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 
433, a bill to establish a benefit calculation methodology with respect 
to currency undervaluation for purposes of countervailing duty 
investigations and reviews, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax rate parity among all 
tobacco products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to improve 
the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 536

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 536, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income payments 
under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain 
amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship 
Program.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home 
health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to 
exempt certain class A CDL drivers from the requirement to obtain a 
hazardous material endorsement while operating a service vehicle with a 
fuel tank containing 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) or less of diesel 
fuel.


                                 S. 713

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


                                 S. 730

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 730, a bill to 
permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009.


                                 S. 766

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 766, a bill to limit the retrieval 
of data from vehicle event data recorders, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend 
the

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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 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 801

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 801, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for appropriate 
designation of collective bargaining units.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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 name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to reauthorize 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) 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. 871

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to 
provide for an application process for interested parties to apply for 
an area to be designated as a rural area, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 893

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 893, a bill to establish an 
Energy Productivity Innovation Challenge (EPIC) to assist energy policy 
innovation in the States to promote the goal of doubling electric and 
thermal energy productivity by January 1, 2030.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan 
repayment programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act with respect to the timing of 
elections and pre-election hearings and the identification of pre-
election issues, and to require that lists of employees eligible to 
vote in organizing elections be provided to the National Labor 
Relations Board.


                                 S. 957

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 957, a bill to increase 
access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs.


                                 S. 974

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 974, a bill 
to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of 
children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as 
oppressive child labor.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill to increase public 
safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, 
juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, 
and substance abuse systems.


                                 S. 998

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, a bill to 
establish a process for the consideration of temporary duty suspensions 
and reductions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1032, a bill to 
expand the use of E-Verify, to hold employers accountable, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to expand the authority of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to remove senior executives of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct to include removal of 
certain other employees of the Department, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent resolution 
supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1138

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1138 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are 
not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility 
requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1141

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 1141 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services 
volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared 
responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1145

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1145 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1146 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1147 proposed to 
H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure 
that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as 
employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1151

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.

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Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1151 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements 
contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1189

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1189 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are 
not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility 
requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1190

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1190 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1191, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that 
emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees 
under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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