[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5929-S5932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 31

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 31, a bill to amend part D 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on 
behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 32

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as cosponsors of S. 32, a 
bill to provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to 
target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 51

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 235

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 235, a bill to provide 
for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 280

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 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. 330

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 330, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 491

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


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 564

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 564, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists as 
eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 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 Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 609

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion 
for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical 
responders.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under 
Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 628

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 683

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 689

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to provide 
protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide 
certain medical services in a secondary State.


                                 S. 706

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 706, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher 
education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault 
prevention and response.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) 
were added as cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 898

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan 
repayment programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added 
as cosponsors 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. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

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(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1081, a bill to end the 
use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.


                                S. 1121

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, a bill 
to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts 
under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve 
Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill 
to prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines 
raised in the United States.


                                S. 1461

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1461, a bill to 
provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision 
requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and 
small rural hospitals through 2015.


                                S. 1498

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 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. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to direct the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to 
carry out a collaborative research effort to prevent drunk driving 
injuries and fatalities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1792, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and 
transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-
living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1836

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. 1842

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1842, a bill to ensure 
State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on 
aliens in custody and for other purposes.


                                S. 1857

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1857, a bill to 
amend the Small Business Act to provide for expanded participation in 
the microloan program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1861

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1861, a bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America.


                              S. RES. 222

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 222, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Federation Internationale 
de Football Association should immediately eliminate gender pay 
inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity.


                              S. RES. 226

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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 names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as 
cosponsors 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 Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) 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 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. 2289

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2289 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. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2292 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. 2336

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2336 
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. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2337 
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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                           AMENDMENT NO. 2353

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2353 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. 2362

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2362 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. 2363

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2363 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. 2371

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2371 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. 2397

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2397 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. 2406

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2406 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. 2414

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2414 
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. 2416

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and 
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors 
of amendment No. 2416 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. 2420

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2420 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. 2456

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2456 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. 2492

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2492 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. 2495

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2495 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. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2496 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. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2504 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. 2516

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2516 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. 2518

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2518 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

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to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2519

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2519 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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