[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 148 (Thursday, October 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7273-S7274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 248

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 248, a bill to clarify the 
rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill to amend section 
5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional 
religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor 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. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 613

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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 name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) 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. 799

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to 
combat the rise of prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence 
syndrome.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to enhance the 
ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth 
and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase 
individual savings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1014

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1252, a bill to 
authorize a comprehensive strategic approach for United States foreign 
assistance to developing countries to reduce global poverty and hunger, 
achieve food and nutrition security, promote inclusive, sustainable, 
agricultural-led economic growth, improve nutritional outcomes, 
especially for women and children, build resilience among vulnerable 
populations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to strengthen 
employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal 
Government.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. 
Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of the Marine Gunnery 
Sergeant John David Fry scholarship, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1562, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.


                                S. 1617

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1617, a bill to 
prevent Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to 
international financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1641

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1641, a bill to improve the 
use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of opioids in treating 
veterans, to improve patient advocacy by the Department, and to expand 
availability of complementary and integrative health, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension 
offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1676, a 
bill to increase the number of graduate medical education positions 
treating veterans, to improve the compensation of health care 
providers, medical directors, and directors of Veterans Integrated 
Service Networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1711

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1711, a bill to provide for a temporary safe harbor from the 
enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan 
transactions under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 
and the Truth in Lending Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1714, a bill to 
amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 
1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1754

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1754, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the 
temporary increase in number of judges presiding over the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1766

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1766, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization of former 
members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason of the sexual

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orientation of the member, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 1870

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1870, a bill to amend the Small Business Act 
to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
carry out a pilot program on issuing grants to eligible veterans to 
start or acquire qualifying businesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 1890, a bill to 
amend chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, to provide Federal 
jurisdiction for the theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1913

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1913, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish programs to 
prevent prescription drug abuse under the Medicare program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2013

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into 
certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles 
Campus in Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2066

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2066, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper 
degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or 
attempted abortion.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to reform sentencing laws and 
correctional institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2142

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2142, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system 
to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2146

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2146, a bill to hold sanctuary 
jurisdictions accountable for defying Federal law, to increase 
penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after 
being removed, and to provide liability protection for State and local 
law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2148

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2148, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to prevent an increase in the Medicare part B 
premium and deductible in 2016.


                                S. 2152

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2152, a bill to establish a 
comprehensive United States Government policy to encourage the efforts 
of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop and appropriate mix of 
power solutions, including renewable energy, for more broadly 
distributed electricity access in order to support poverty reduction, 
promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to provide for 
the adjustment of status of certain nationals of Liberia to that of 
lawful permanent residents and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin) 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.


                              S. RES. 261

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 261, a 
resolution designating the week of October 11 through October 17, 2015, 
as ``National Case Management Week'' to recognize the role of case 
management in improving health care outcomes for patients.


                              S. RES. 274

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, a resolution 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the peaceful and democratic 
reunification of Germany.
  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2626

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2626 
intended to be proposed to S. 754, an original bill to improve 
cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of 
information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes.

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