[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 163 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7722-S7725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 123

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 123, a bill to 
prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to repeal the 
annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 264

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 264, a bill to require a full 
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 265

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 265, a bill to expand 
opportunity through greater choice in education, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 271, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 334

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 334, a bill to amend title 31, United States 
Code, to provide for automatic continuing resolutions.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) 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. 366

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 366, a bill to require Senate 
candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic 
form.


                                 S. 368

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 368, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of the 
Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of

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a Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage 
area located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or 
correctional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of 
the Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to preserve and 
protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to end 
discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 481, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
with respect to drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and with respect to registration of 
manufacturers and distributors seeking to conduct clinical testing, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 488

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 488, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse 
practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, 
intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.


                                 S. 540

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 569

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to reauthorize 
the farm to school program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 586, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care 
for people with pre-diabetes, diabetes, and the chronic diseases and 
conditions that result from diabetes.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name 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.
  At the request of Ms. Hirono, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
624, supra.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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. 804

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for systematic data collection 
and analysis and epidemiological research regarding Multiple Sclerosis 
(MS), Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation 
evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans 
with mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan 
repayment programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) 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. 1079

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1079, a bill to amend 
titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act to improve coverage for colorectal screening 
tests under Medicare and private health insurance coverage, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or 
demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on 
performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to propose a regulation revising the definition of 
the term ``waters of the United States'' , and for other purposes.


                                S. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1149, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require reporting of 
certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for 
purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services under the 
Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1169, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors 
of S.

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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 New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1711

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as 
cosponsors 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 Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to 
reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1831

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1831, a bill to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1883, a bill to maximize discovery, and 
accelerate development and availability, of promising childhood cancer 
treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1885

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1885, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of assistance 
and benefits to veterans who are homeless, at risk of becoming 
homeless, or occupying temporary housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1926

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1926, a bill to ensure 
access to screening mammography services.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to require a 
land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and the White River 
National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1970

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1970, a bill to establish 
national procedures for automatic voter registration for elections for 
Federal Office.


                                S. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 2042

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2042, a bill to amend the National 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. 2044

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 2044, a bill to prohibit the 
use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict the ability of a 
consumer to communicate regarding the goods or services offered in 
interstate commerce that were the subject of the contract, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) 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. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2103, a bill to 
modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain State 
apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2137

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2137, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to provide a period for the relocation of 
spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces 
undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and 
facilitate the relocation of military families.


                                S. 2144

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2144, a bill to improve the 
enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2145

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 2145, a bill 
to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016.


                                S. 2175

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2175, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to clarify the role of podiatrists in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2220

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2220, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2221

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2221, a bill to preserve 
the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay, 
and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay, under the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.


                                S. 2223

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2223, a bill to 
transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land 
Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 282

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were 
added as

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cosponsors of S. Res. 282, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
of American Diabetes Month.


                              S. RES. 299

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors 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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