[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7047-S7048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 334

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 334, a bill to amend title 31, United States 
Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to marshal 
resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that seeks to 
bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the 
efficiency of summer meals.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 711, a bill to amend 
section 520J of the Public Service Health Act to authorize grants for 
mental health first aid training programs.


                                 S. 931

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and 
evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed 
with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for 
Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                S. 1013

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1013, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage and 
payment for complex rehabilitation technology items under the Medicare 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1383

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1383, a bill to 
amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations 
process, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1521

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1521, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase access for the uninsured to 
high quality physician care.


                                S. 1539

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1539, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a permanent, 
nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Filipino veterans of 
World War II, in recognition of the dedicated service of the veterans 
during World War II.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill to protect 
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating 
violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of 
violence or threats of violence against their pets.


                                S. 1742

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1742, a bill to improve 
the provision of postal services to rural areas of the United States.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1757, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote health care 
technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for 
which patients choose to self-pay under the Medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) 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.


                                S. 1844

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to

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make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency 
response providers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1974

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1974, a bill to require 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to amend its regulations 
relating to qualified mortgages, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1996

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1996, a bill to streamline 
the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility 
verification process for the premium assistance tax credit and cost-
sharing subsidy.


                                S. 2015

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2015, a bill to 
clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under 
the National Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2034

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2034, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide additional aggravating factors 
for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the 
victim.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 2067, a 
bill to establish EUREKA Prize Competitions to accelerate discovery and 
development of disease-modifying, preventive, or curative treatments 
for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, to encourage efforts to 
enhance detection and diagnosis of such diseases, or to enhance the 
quality and efficiency of care of individuals with such diseases.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2071, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for 
ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost 
employer-sponsored health coverage and to express the sense of the 
Senate that the resulting revenue loss should be offset.


                                S. 2101

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2101, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to extend the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a joint 
resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal 
rights amendment.


                              S.J. RES. 16

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 16, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to equal rights for men and women.


                              S. RES. 267

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 267, a 
resolution expressing support for the continuation of the Federal 
Perkins Loan program.

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