[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7160-S7161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 71, a bill to preserve 
open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor 
relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally 
funded construction projects.


                                 S. 89

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 89, a bill to repeal the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.


                                 S. 255

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 255, a bill to restore the 
integrity of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 330

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 334

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 334, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing 
resolutions.


                                 S. 338

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 338, a bill to 
permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


                                 S. 395

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 395, a bill to implement a 
demonstration project under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security 
Act to examine the costs and benefits of providing payments for 
comprehensive coordinated health care services provided by purpose-
built, continuing care retirement communities to Medicare 
beneficiaries.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill 
to amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program 
under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) 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. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to 
the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to improve, 
coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research at the National 
Institutes of Health.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to establish in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs a national center for research on the diagnosis and treatment 
of health conditions of the descendants of veterans exposed to toxic 
substances during service in the Armed Forces that are related to that 
exposure, to establish an advisory board on such health conditions, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1424

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1424, a bill to 
prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic 
plastic microbeads.


                                S. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to 
provide for increased Federal oversight of prescription opioid 
treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, 
and deaths.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a bill to 
provide access to medication-assisted therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1550

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1550, a bill to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to establish entities tasked with 
improving program

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and project management in certain Federal agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors 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 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1659

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1789

  At the request of Mr. Risch, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1789, a bill to improve defense cooperation between the United States 
and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.


                                S. 1860

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1860, a bill to protect 
and promote international religious freedom.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1896

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1896, a bill to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that employees are not 
misclassified as non-employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1996

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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 South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an 
applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information 
before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2116

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2116, a bill to improve certain programs of the Small Business 
Administration to better assist small business customers in accessing 
broadband technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2120

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2120, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
carry out a program to support veterans in contact with the criminal 
justice system by discouraging unnecessary criminalization of mental 
illness and other nonviolent crimes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2126

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the 
Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2126, a bill to reauthorize the women's business center program of the 
Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 148, a resolution condemning the 
Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority 
and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human 
Rights.

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