[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 100 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4346-S4347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 33

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 33, a bill to 
provide certainty with respect to the timing of Department of Energy 
decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 299, a bill to allow travel between the 
United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 497

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to allow 
Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own 
health needs and the health needs of their families.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 800

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 800, a bill to improve, coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation 
research at the National Institutes of Health.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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 names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as cosponsors 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 Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 928, a bill to reauthorize 
the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim 
Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 
968, a bill to require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise 
the medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a 
person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month 
waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by 
Huntington's Disease.


                                S. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 1135

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1149, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of certain data 
by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of 
reforming reimbursements for such services under the Medicare program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1190

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 1212

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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. 1347

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1347, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of 
patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining 
meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, a bill to amend 
title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority 
regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE 
programs).


                                S. 1427

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 1427, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and 
private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.


                                S. 1509

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1509, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and 
treat obesity, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1544

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1544, a bill to rescind 
unused earmarks provided for the Department of Transportation, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 200

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 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. 204

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 204, a 
resolution recognizing June 20, 2015 as ``World Refugee Day''.

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