[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2971-S2973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to repeal the 
annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill to amend section 5000A 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious 
exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax 
on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the 
authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment 
duties performed in other States.


                                 S. 389

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 389, a bill to amend 
section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to require that annual State report cards reflect the same race 
groups as the decennial census of population.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina

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(Mr. Graham) 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. 447

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 447, a bill 
to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
orientation or gender identity.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to 
lift the trade embargo on Cuba.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to prohibit the 
Secretary of Education from engaging in regulatory overreach with 
regard to institutional eligibility under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 599

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


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the 
efficiency of summer meals.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 688

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 688, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the Medicare 
hospital readmission reduction program to respond to patient 
disparities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 799, a bill to combat the rise of prenatal opioid 
abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome.


                                 S. 851

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 851, a bill to promote 
neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods 
and digital services.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 890, a bill to 
amend title 54, United States Code, to provide consistent and reliable 
authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future generations, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 1006

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


                                S. 1119

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1119, a bill to establish the National Criminal 
Justice Commission.


                                S. 1121

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1121, a bill to 
amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts 
under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve 
Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1126

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1126, a bill to modify and extend the National Guard 
State Partnership Program.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness in 
hospital payments under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1142

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1142, a bill to clarify that 
noncommercial species found entirely within the borders of a single 
State are not in interstate commerce or subject to regulation under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 or any other provision of law enacted as 
an exercise of the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.


                                S. 1193

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1193, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the 
temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit 
program.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as 
cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1214, a bill to prevent human health threats posed by the consumption 
of equines raised in the United States.


                                S. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture to collaborate 
in promoting the development of efficient, economical, and 
environmentally sustainable thermally led wood energy systems.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to 
amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa feeds in certain 
situations.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a 
bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave 
because of the death of a son or daughter.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Alabama

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(Mr. Sessions) 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. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 87, a resolution to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and to encourage 
greater cooperation with the European governments, the European Union, 
and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 
preventing and responding to anti-Semitism.


                              S. RES. 168

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were 
added as cosponsors 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1237

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1237 proposed to H.R. 1314, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal 
relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain 
organizations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Murphy), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1242 proposed to H.R. 1314, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a right to an 
administrative appeal relating to adverse determinations of tax-exempt 
status of certain organizations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1244 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1314, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to 
adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations.

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