[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7815-S7816]
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 Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) 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. 264

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) 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. 352

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 417

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 417, a bill to 
encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use 
by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 578

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 591

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 591, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 857

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the 
Medicare program of an initial comprehensive care plan for Medicare 
beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related 
dementias, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 966

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 966, a bill to 
extend the low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local 
Development Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1056, a bill to eliminate 
racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1110, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to publish in the Federal Register a strategy to 
significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National 
Forest System trail maintenance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1133, a bill 
to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to clarify 
Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides 
in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1520

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1520, a bill to 
protect victims of stalking from violence.


                                S. 1685

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1685, a bill to direct the 
Federal Communications Commission to extend to private land use 
restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur 
service communications.


                                S. 2002

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2002, a bill to strengthen our mental health system 
and improve public safety.


                                S. 2040

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr.

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Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2040, a bill to deter terrorism, 
provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2044

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2045, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost 
employer-sponsored health coverage.


                                S. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2134, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to 
provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed 
Forces for education and training as physician assistants of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish pay grades and require 
competitive pay for physician assistants of the Department, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2196, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of 
Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative 
wheelchairs and accessories.


                                S. 2220

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 2235

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2235, a bill to repeal 
debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.


                                S. 2240

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2240, a bill to improve the control and management of 
invasive species that threaten and harm Federal land under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 113

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 113, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory 
Committee should recommend the issuance of, and the United States 
Postal Service should issue, a commemorative stamp in honor of the 
holiday of Diwali.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 113, supra.


                              S. RES. 282

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as 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 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 
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.


                              S. RES. 302

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Hoeven), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from 
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from South Carolina 
(Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 302, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate in support of Israel and in condemnation of Palestinian terror 
attacks.


                              S. RES. 304

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 304, a resolution recognizing 
November 28, 2015, as ``Small Business Saturday'' and supporting 
efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small 
businesses.

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