[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 160 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7655-S7656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list 
of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under 
Medicare.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 405, a bill to protect and enhance 
opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 540

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill to amend 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance 
certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food 
service personnel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. 746

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 746, a bill to provide for the establishment 
of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient 
protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain 
Medicare providers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1249

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1249, a bill to 
amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide protections for active 
duty military consumers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1286

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1286, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to reduce the backlog of appeals of 
decisions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by facilitating pro bono 
legal assistance for veterans before the United States Court of 
Veterans Appeals and the Board of Veterans' Appeals, to provide the 
Secretary with authority to address unreasonably delayed claims, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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 name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Heller, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1731, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive the 
minimum period of continuous active duty in the Armed Forces for 
receipt of certain benefits for homeless veterans, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish such benefits to homeless 
veterans with discharges or releases from service in the Armed Forces 
with other than dishonorable conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1830

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) 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. 1865

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1865, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and 
antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1947

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1947, a bill to exclude the 
discharge of certain Federal student loans from the calculation of 
gross income.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to amend the 
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Labor Relations Act to strengthen protections for employees wishing to 
advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of 
employment and to provide for stronger remedies for interference with 
these rights, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2066

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2148

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2168

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2168, a bill to encourage 
greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2184

  At the request of Mr. Coons, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2184, a bill to direct the President to establish guidelines for United 
States foreign development and economic assistance programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2203

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2203, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto 
Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit and to provide equitable 
treatment for residents of Puerto Rico with respect to the refundable 
portion of the child tax credit.


                                S. 2206

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2206, a bill to 
reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to reauthorize the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act 
of 2002, and to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
of 1998, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2213

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2213, a bill to 
prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the 
completion of a background check.


                              S. RES. 275

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 275, a resolution 
calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies 
to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that 
must be addressed and designating October 2015 as ``National Dyslexia 
Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 299

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 299, a 
resolution honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli 
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the twentieth anniversary of his death.

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