[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4841-S4843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 149

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 149, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.


                                 S. 198

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 198, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to inverted 
corporations.


                                 S. 280

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 280, a bill to 
improve the efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the 
Federal permitting process through reforms overseen by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) 
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. 358

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed 
Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in 
order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 436

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 436, a bill to 
promote youth athletic safety and for other purposes.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 598

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to improve the 
understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney 
disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to prohibit 
the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 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. 683

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 683, a bill to extend the 
principle of federalism to State drug policy, provide access to medical 
marijuana, and enable research into the medicinal properties of 
marijuana.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 757, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                                 S. 766

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 766, a bill to limit the 
retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 786

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to 
enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster 
economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, 
increase individual savings, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 861

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 861, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, 
and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to establish a 
State residential building energy efficiency upgrades loan pilot 
program.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms.

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Hirono) 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.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1169, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1246

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1246, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to revise the definition of municipal solid waste for 
purposes of the renewable electricity production credit.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 1324

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) 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. 1383

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1383, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1428, a bill to amend the USEC 
Privatization Act to require the Secretary of Energy to issue a long-
term Federal excess uranium inventory management plan, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1458

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1519

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1519, a bill to amend the 
Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to address slowdowns, strikes, and 
lock-outs occurring at ports in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1526

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1526, a bill to 
amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner 
in which Federal contracts for construction and design services are 
awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and 
construction services procurements, to amend title 31 and 41, United 
States Code, to improve the payment protections available to 
construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for work 
performed, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1554

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1554, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act and to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil 
and gas operations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), 
the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) were added as cosponsors of S. 1562, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                S. 1567

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1567, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to provide for a review of the 
characterization or terms of discharge from the Armed Forces of 
individuals with mental health disorders alleged to affect terms of 
discharge.


                                S. 1598

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1598, a bill to prevent 
discriminatory treatment of any person on the basis of views held with 
respect to marriage.


                                S. 1603

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1603, a bill to actively recruit members of 
the Armed Forces who are separating from military service to serve as 
Customs and Border Protection Officers.


                                S. 1632

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1632, a bill to require a regional 
strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.


                                S. 1660

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1660, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus 
depreciation.


                                S. 1682

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1682, a bill to extend the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 and to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
report on the use by Iran of funds made available through sanctions 
relief.


                                S. 1704

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1704, a bill to amend the 
Indian Tribal Justice Act to secure urgent resources vital to Indian 
victims of crime, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 211

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 211, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Srebrenica.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1744

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1744 
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. 2096

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2096 
intended to be proposed to S. 1177, an original bill to reauthorize the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every 
child achieves.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2109

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. 
Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2109 proposed to S. 
1177, an original bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2110

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2110 intended to

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be proposed to S. 1177, an original bill to reauthorize the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child 
achieves.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2119 
intended to be proposed to S. 1177, an original bill to reauthorize the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every 
child achieves.

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