[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 171 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8160-S8162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 108

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 108, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve access for students to Federal 
grants and loans to help pay for postsecondary, graduate, and 
professional educational opportunities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) 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. 551

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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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. 667

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 667, a bill to ensure that 
organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to 
continue to provide services for children.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 927

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 927, a bill to provide regulatory relief for certain 
financial institutions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 954

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 954, a bill to establish 
procedures regarding the approval of opioid drugs by the Food and Drug 
Administration.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill to increase 
public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, 
juvenile justice, veterans treatment services, mental health treatment, 
and substance abuse systems.


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1133, a bill to amend title 9 of the United 
States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                S. 1392

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1392, a 
bill to require certain practitioners authorized to prescribe 
controlled substances to complete continuing education.


                                S. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1431, a bill to provide for increased 
Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to 
States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a bill to provide access to 
medication-assisted therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1513

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1513, a bill to reauthorize 
the Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1719

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 1849

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1849, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare 
payment option for patients and eligible professionals to freely 
contract, without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and 
services, while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare 
benefits.


                                S. 1855

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1855, a bill to provide 
special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) 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. 1893

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                                S. 1913

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1926

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1926, a bill to ensure access to screening 
mammography services.


                                S. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) 
and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1944, a bill to require each agency to repeal or amend 1 or more 
rules before issuing or amending a rule.


                                S. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2035, a bill to provide 
for the compensation of Federal employees affected by a lapse in 
appropriations.


                                S. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2055

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2055, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
with respect to national health security.


                                S. 2097

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2097, a bill 
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for payment 
for Medicaid services furnished by Ryan White part C grantees under a 
cost-based prospective payment system.


                                S. 2099

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2099, a bill to provide for the 
establishment of a mechanism to allow borrowers of Federal student 
loans to refinance their loans, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided educational 
assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced 
student loans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2145

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.

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Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2145, a bill to make supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016.


                                S. 2152

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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 an 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. 2185

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of S. 2185, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition 
of the fight against breast cancer.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) 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. 2200

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2200, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay requirements.


                                S. 2240

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2284

  At the request of Mr. Daines, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2284, a bill to suspend the admission and resettlement of aliens 
seeking refugee status because of the conflict in Syria until adequate 
protocols are established to protect the national security of the 
United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Coats) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 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. 310

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, a resolution 
condemning the ongoing sexual violence against women and children from 
Yezidi, Christian, Shabak, Turkmen, and other religious communities by 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants and urging the prosecution of 
the perpetrators and those complicit in these crimes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2818

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2818 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2819 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2016, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2822 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2825

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 2825 intended to be proposed to H.R. 
2577, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2826

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2826 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2852

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2852 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 
other purposes.

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