[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 170 (Wednesday, November 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8080-S8081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 237

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 237, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to specify the circumstances in which a person 
may acquire geolocation information and for other purposes.


                                 S. 330

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 488

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 551

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 551, a bill to increase 
public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer 
of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to 
known or suspected dangerous terrorists.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees 
involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1719

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1719, a bill to provide 
for the establishment and maintenance of a National Family Caregiving 
Strategy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1726

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1726, a bill to create 
protections for depository institutions that provide financial services 
to marijuana-related businesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1874

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1874, a bill to provide 
protections for workers with respect to their right to select or 
refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1886, a bill 
to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act 
of 2009 and for other purposes.


                                S. 1893

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                                S. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1944, a bill to 
require each agency to repeal or amend 1 or more rules before issuing 
or amending a rule.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to improve 
college affordability.


                                S. 2000

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2000, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into certain agreements with non-Department of 
Veterans Affairs health care providers if the Secretary is not feasibly 
able to provide health care in facilities of the Department or through 
contracts or sharing agreements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2071, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for 
ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2104

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2104, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide relief to Medicare 
Advantage plans with a significant number of dually eligible or low-
income subsidy beneficiaries and to prevent the termination of two star 
plans.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2206

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2206, supra.


                                S. 2216

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to provide 
immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential 
examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2248

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2248, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart 
disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness 
of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to 
increase efficiency in the

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recruitment and hiring by the Department of Veterans Affairs of health 
care workers that are undergoing separation from the Armed Forces, to 
create uniform credentialing standards for certain health care 
professionals of the Department, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of S. 2295, a bill 
to extend the termination date for the authority to collect certain 
record and make permanent the authority for roving surveillance and to 
treat individual terrorist as agents of foreign powers under the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2811

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2811 
proposed to H.R. 2297, an act to prevent Hizballah and associated 
entities from gaining access to international financial and other 
institutions, and for other purposes.

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