[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5170-S5172]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 51

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 51, a bill to amend title X 
of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants 
from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 210

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 210, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of 
the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by 
reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to 
another State.


                                 S. 226

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 226, a bill to amend chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint 
resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to improve 
the provision of health care for women veterans by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. 
Cassidy), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 571, a bill to amend the Pilot's Bill of Rights to facilitate 
appeals and to apply to other certificates issued by the Federal 
Aviation Administration, to require the revision of the third class 
medical certification regulations issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees 
involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 628

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of 
maternity care health professional shortage areas.


                                 S. 637

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms.

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Collins), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 
697, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reauthorize 
and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 743, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the 
service in the reserve components of the Armed Forces of certain 
persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to combat the 
rise of prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for systematic data collection and 
analysis and epidemiological research regarding Multiple Sclerosis 
(MS), Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 979

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 979, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the 
requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1082, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name 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. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1169, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1182

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1182, a bill to exempt 
application of JSA attribution rule in case of existing agreements.


                                S. 1424

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1424, a bill to 
prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic 
plastic microbeads.


                                S. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 1495

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 1498

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1498, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to require that military working dogs be retired in the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1547, a bill to provide 
high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1598

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added 
as cosponsors 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 Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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 name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1632, a bill to 
require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.


                                S. 1648

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1648, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sustainable future for 
rural healthcare.


                                S. 1664

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1664, a bill to count 
revenues from military and veteran education programs toward the limit 
on Federal revenues that certain proprietary institutions of higher 
education are allowed to receive for purposes of section 487 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1676, a bill to increase the 
number of graduate medical education positions treating veterans, to 
improve the compensation of health care providers, medical directors, 
and directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1692

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1692, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to clarify the use of a towaway trailer 
transportation combination, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1709, a bill to reduce risks to the financial system by limiting 
banks' ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting 
conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act 
protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1714, a bill to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain 
funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 1974 United Mine 
Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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Con. Res. 17, a concurrent resolution establishing a joint select 
committee to address regulatory reform.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 148, a resolution 
condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its 
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 197

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 197, a 
resolution recognizing the need to improve physical access to many 
federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, 
particularly people with disabilities.

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