[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4202-S4204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 313

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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.


                                 S. 366

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 366, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 491

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


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 622

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to strengthen 
families' engagement in the education of their children.


                                 S. 637

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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. 740

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to improve the 
coordination and use of geospatial data.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to streamline the 
permit process for rail and transit infrastructure.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 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.

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                                 S. 786

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 827

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice 
communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination 
among areas of the United States in the delivery of such 
communications.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 877, a bill to establish a pilot grant program to 
assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn 
cameras for law enforcement officers.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of 
Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1040, a bill to direct the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Academy of Sciences 
to study the vehicle handling requirements proposed by the Commission 
for recreational off-highway vehicles and to prohibit the adoption of 
any such requirements until the completion of the study, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to 
accelerate the adoption of smart building technologies in the private 
sector and key Federal agencies.


                                S. 1099

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1099, a bill to amend the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act to provide States with flexibility in 
determining the size of employers in the small group market.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) 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. 1190

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1190, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure equal access of 
Medicare beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as 
network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill 
to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the 
Reid vapor pressure limitations under that Act.


                                S. 1438

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1438, a bill 
to allow women greater access to safe and effective contraception.


                                S. 1443

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1443, a bill to amend the 
Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration Act of 
1992 to facilitate the ability of Indian tribes to integrate the 
employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal 
sources, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1444

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1444, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax regarding 
the taxation of distilled spirits.


                                S. 1458

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1458, a bill to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to ensure scientific 
transparency in the development of environmental regulations and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1476, a bill to require States to report 
to the Attorney General certain information regarding shooting 
incidents involving law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1513

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 1513, 
a bill to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1536

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1536, a bill to amend 
chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act), to ensure complete analysis of potential 
impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1546

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1546, a bill to establish 
an export credit insurance program in the Small Business 
Administration.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1551, a bill to provide for certain 
requirements relating to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 
stewardship transition.


                                S. 1557

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1557, a bill to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation 
on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during 
military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred 
before military service, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 200

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 200, a 
resolution wishing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th 
birthday on July 6, 2015, and recognizing the outstanding contributions 
His Holiness has made to the promotion of nonviolence, human rights, 
interfaith dialogue, environmental awareness, and democracy.


                              S. RES. 201

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 201, a resolution 
designating June 19, 2015, as ``Juneteenth Independence Day'' in 
recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which slavery legally came to 
an end in the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1473

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1473 proposed 
to H.R.

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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. 1549

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1549 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. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1703 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 name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1847

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1847 
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. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1883 
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. 1889

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 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.
  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 proposed to H.R. 1735, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Markey, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 proposed to H.R. 1735, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 proposed to H.R. 1735, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 proposed to H.R. 1735, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1889 proposed to H.R. 1735, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1908

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1908 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. 1948

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1948 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. 1961

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1961 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. 1962

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1962 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. 2039

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2039 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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