[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3925-S3928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 145

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 145, a bill to require 
the Director of the National Park Service to refund to States all State 
funds that were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the 
National Park System during the October 2013 shutdown.


                                 S. 218

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 218, a bill to facilitate 
emergency medical services personnel training and certification 
curriculums for veterans.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 313

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists 
to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements 
under Medicare.
  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, supra.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 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. 491

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


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to establish 
the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and 
Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide 
recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating 
to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation 
and coordination of clinical care for people with

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pre-diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions that 
result from diabetes.


                                 S. 637

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) 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. 705

  At the request of Mr. Udall, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
705, a bill to amend section 213 of title 23, United States Code, 
relating to the Transportation Alternatives Program.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 763

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 763, a bill to amend title 
XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain trauma care 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) 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. 804

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of 
continuous glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 1083

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1083, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to 
provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals 
under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of 
the term ``waters of the United States'', and for other purposes.


                                S. 1170

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 1316

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1316, a bill to provide 
for the retention and future use of certain land in Point Spencer, 
Alaska, to support the mission of the Coast Guard, to convey certain 
land in Point Spencer to the Bering Straits Native Corporation, to 
convey certain land in Point Spencer to the State of Alaska, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1380, a bill to support 
early learning.


                                S. 1407

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1407, a bill to promote the 
development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize a 6-month 
extension of certain exclusivity periods in the case of approved drugs 
that are subsequently approved for a new indication to prevent, 
diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1495

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to curtail 
the use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims 
Fund to inflate spending.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to clarify 
Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides 
in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. 
Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 1512, a bill to eliminate 
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by 
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability 
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition.


                            S. CON. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 17, a concurrent 
resolution establishing a joint select committee to address regulatory 
reform.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1521

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), 
the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1521 
proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1550

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1550 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1557 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of

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the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1558

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1558 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1559

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1559 proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1564

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1564 
proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1584

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1584 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1614

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1614 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1615

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1615 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1619

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1619 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1628

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), 
the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Kirk) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1628 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1647

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1647 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1652

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1652 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1656

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1656 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1669

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1669 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1690

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1690 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1704

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1704 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1725

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1725 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1752

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1752

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intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1798

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1798 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1799

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1799 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1811

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1811 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1855

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1855 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1735, an act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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