[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2933-S2935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 30

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, her name was added as a cosponsor 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. 81

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from

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New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 81, a bill to authorize preferential 
treatment for certain imports from Nepal, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 127

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 127, a bill to 
prohibit Federal funding for motorcycle checkpoints, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 153

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 153, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-
educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 246

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 246, a bill to establish the Alyce Spotted 
Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 299, a bill to allow travel between the 
United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Booker) were added as cosponsors of S. 311, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take 
action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 327

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to provide for 
auditable financial statements for the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 330

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 330, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 599, a bill to extend and 
expand the Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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 name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the 
exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic 
of Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act 
to reauthorize and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, a bill to amend the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to establish in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on 
the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of 
veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces 
that are related to that exposure, to establish an advisory board on 
such health conditions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to clarify the 
definition of navigable waters, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 1006

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1006, a bill 
to incentivize early adoption of positive train control, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1056, a bill to eliminate 
racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or 
misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1101

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1101, a bill to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of patient 
records and certain decision support software.


                                S. 1119

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1119, a bill to establish the National Criminal 
Justice Commission.


                                S. 1126

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1126, a bill to modify and 
extend the National Guard State Partnership Program.


                                S. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of 
additional residency positions, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1170

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1170, a bill to 
amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for 
breast cancer research, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill to improve the 
safety of hazardous materials rail transportation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1212, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to prevent 
human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the 
United States.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1252, a bill to authorize a comprehensive strategic 
approach for United States foreign assistance to developing countries 
to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition 
security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic 
growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and 
children, build resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1265, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Defense to make certain certifications to Congress before 
retiring B-1, B-2, or B-52 bomber aircraft.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for 
viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to 
prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to revise and 
extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to fulfill certain 
requirements before regulating standards of performance for new, 
modified, and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
generating units, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1330

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1330, a bill to amend the 
Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of 
sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.


                                S. 1334

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1334, a bill to strengthen 
enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
fishing, to amend the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to implement the 
Antigua Convention, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 148, a resolution condemning the Government of 
Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its 
continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 157

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 157, a resolution 
recognizing the economic, cultural, and political contributions of the 
Southeast-Asian American community on the 40th anniversaries of the 
beginning of Khmer Rouge control over Cambodia and the beginning of the 
Cambodian Genocide and the end of the Vietnam War and the ``Secret 
War'' in the Kingdom of Laos.


                              S. RES. 168

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 168, a 
resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to 
raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care 
system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the 
lives of children in the foster care system.

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