[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 124 (Monday, August 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6240-S6241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 298, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with 
the option of providing services to children with medically complex 
conditions under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance 
Program through a care coordination program focused on improving health 
outcomes for children with medically complex conditions and lowering 
costs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 377

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance 
services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such 
services under such program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 404

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 404, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition of 
therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective 
implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-
diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and conditions that result 
from diabetes.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the amendments made by the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which disqualify expenses 
for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health 
flexible spending arrangements.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) 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 name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) 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. 1090

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
provide eligibility for broadcasting facilities to receive certain 
disaster assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1143

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors 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. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1314

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1314, a bill to establish 
an interim rule for the operation of small unmanned aircraft for 
commercial purposes and their safe integration into the national 
airspace system.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1566

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1566, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health 
insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of 
oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage 
provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care 
provider.


                                S. 1719

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to provide 
for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving 
Strategy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1722

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1722, a bill to amend the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal 
certain additional disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1742

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1742, a bill to improve the provision of 
postal services to rural areas of the United States.


                                S. 1767

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1767, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
combination products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill to 
amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a 
State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the 
adjustment of debts of municipalities.


                                S. 1785

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


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to reauthorize 
the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1863

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr.

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Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Timothy Nugent, in recognition of his 
pioneering work on behalf of people with disabilities, including 
disabled veterans.


                                S. 1875

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1875, a bill to 
support enhanced accountability for United States assistance to 
Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1876

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, a bill to 
rename the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department 
of State the Bureau to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and to 
provide for an Assistant Secretary to head such Bureau, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, supra.


                                S. 1881

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1881, a bill to prohibit 
Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.


                                S. 1882

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill 
to support the sustainable recovery and rebuilding of Nepal following 
the recent, devastating earthquakes near Kathmandu.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to maximize 
discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising 
childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1893

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                              S. RES. 176

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 176, a resolution 
designating September 2015 as ``National Brain Aneurysm Awareness 
Month'' .


                              S. RES. 228

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 228, a resolution designating 
September 2015 as ``National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month'' .


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 232, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that August 30, 2015, be observed as 
``1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day''.

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