[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5526-S5528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 174

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 174, a bill to 
end offshore tax abuses, to preserve our national defense and protect 
American families and businesses from devastating cuts, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 284

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 284, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to safeguard data stored abroad from 
improper government access, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) 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. 804

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 862

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
York

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(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 862, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination 
in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 864

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 864, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-
patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) 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. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 1143

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1143, a bill to make the 
authority of States of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage 
Dungeness crab fishery permanent and for other purposes.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1170

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1345

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-
management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to 
provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part 
of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.


                                S. 1387

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1387, a bill to amend 
title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the 
supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1608

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to 
protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous 
operation of consumer drones, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1640

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1640, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration law enforcement 
within the interior of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1641

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1641, a bill to improve 
the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of opioids in treating 
veterans, to improve patient advocacy by the Department, and to expand 
availability of complementary and integrative health, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1648

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 1659

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1659, a bill to amend 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining 
which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1688

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to provide 
for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.


                                S. 1704

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. 1746

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1746, a bill to require 
the Office of Personnel Management to provide complimentary, 
comprehensive identity protection coverage to all individuals whose 
personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data 
breaches at Federal agencies.


                                S. 1785

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1785, a bill to repeal the wage 
rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.


                                S. 1812

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1812, a bill to 
protect public safety by incentivizing State and local law enforcement 
to cooperate with Federal immigration law enforcement to prevent the 
release of criminal aliens into communities.


                                S. 1814

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1814, a bill to withhold 
certain Federal funding from sanctuary cities.


                                S. 1832

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1832, a bill to 
provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage.


                                S. 1836

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1836, a bill to provide for 
a moratorium on Federal funding to Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America, Inc.


                              S. RES. 226

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 226, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate that the street between the intersections of 
16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, 
Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of 
Columbia, should be designated as ``Oswaldo Paya Way'' .


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2268

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2268 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2272

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2272 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt

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employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2276

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2276 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2281

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors 
of amendment No. 2281 intended to be proposed to H.R. 22, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health 
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken 
into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the 
employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act.

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