[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6466-S6468]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 36

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 36, a bill to 
address the continued threat posed by dangerous synthetic drugs by 
amending the Controlled Substances Act relating to controlled substance 
analogues.


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) 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. 417

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 417, a bill to encourage 
spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use by rural 
and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage.


                                 S. 520

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 520, a bill to amend the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 559, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in 
regulatory overreach with regard to institutional eligibility under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 626, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services 
delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid 
beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend 
title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes 
to be included under Medicare, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 741, a bill to 
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water 
systems to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to 
any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a 
region of the United States.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 843

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of 
receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward 
satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of 
skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were 
added as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 
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. 1126

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1126, a bill to modify and 
extend the National Guard State Partnership Program.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness 
in hospital payments under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to provide for 
increases in the Federal minimum wage.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend 
the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor 
pressure limitations under that Act.


                                S. 1333

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1333, a bill to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude cannabidiol and 
cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marihuana, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                S. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1504, a bill to 
prohibit employers from requiring low-wage employees to enter into 
covenants not to compete, to require employers to notify potential 
employees of any requirement to enter into a covenant not to compete, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                S. 1608

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 1631

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1631, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions relating to 
multiemployer pensions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1659

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1812

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 1830

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1830, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family 
therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1832

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


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and 
adult care food program.

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                                S. 1836

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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 Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 1844

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1844, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for voluntary country of 
origin labeling for beef, pork, and chicken.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurance coverage 
continuity for former foster youth.


                                S. 1856

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1856, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and 
removal of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety 
and to improve accountability of employees of the Department, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1878

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1878, a bill to extend the 
pediatric priority review voucher program.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1886, a bill to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal 
and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 and for other purposes.


                                S. 1919

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1919, a bill to 
amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights 
of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific 
items and services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit 
certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1932

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1932, a bill to provide States 
with flexibility to use Federal IV-E funding for State child welfare 
programs to improve safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for all 
children who need child welfare services.


                                S. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1944, a bill to require 
each agency to repeal or amend 1 or more rules before issuing or 
amending a rule.


                                S. 1955

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1955, a bill to amend 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable 
allotment of land to Alaska Native veterans.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1957, a bill to 
require the Attorney General to provide State officials with access to 
criminal history information with respect to certain financial service 
providers required to undergo State criminal background checks, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1966, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act to require alternative options for program delivery.


                                S. 1981

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1981, a bill to amend the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks 
against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making 
adverse employment decisions.


                                S. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1982, a bill to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as 
part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private 
contributions to fund the Wall of Remembrance.


                              S. RES. 108

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 108, a resolution 
commemorating the discovery of the polio vaccine and supporting efforts 
to eradicate the disease.


                              S. RES. 237

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 237, a resolution 
condemning Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army for continuing to 
perpetrate crimes against humanity, war crimes, and mass atrocities, 
and supporting ongoing efforts by the United States Government, the 
African Union, and governments and regional organizations in central 
Africa to remove Joseph Kony and Lord's Resistance Army commanders from 
the battlefield and promote protection and recovery of affected 
communities.


                              S. RES. 242

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. 
Heitkamp), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 242, a 
resolution celebrating 25 years of success from the Office of Research 
on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health.


                              S. RES. 245

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 245, a resolution 
designating the week beginning September 13, 2015, as ``National Direct 
Support Professionals Recognition Week''.

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