[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8494-S8495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 71, a bill to preserve open competition and Federal 
Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government 
contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.


                                 S. 142

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 142, a bill to 
require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule to 
require child safety packaging for liquid nicotine containers, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 150, a bill to provide for 
a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                 S. 334

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 334, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing 
resolutions.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition 
of therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 961

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Delaware

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(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 961, a bill to protect 
information relating to consumers, to require notice of security 
breaches, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of 
survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1085

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1085, a bill to expand 
eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family 
caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits 
available to participants under such program, to enhance special 
compensation for members of the uniformed services who require 
assistance in everyday life, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1133

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


                                S. 1152

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1152, a bill to make permanent the extended period of protections 
for members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage 
foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised 
in the United States.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1726

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) 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. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross 
income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for 
a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2102

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2102, a bill to amend the 
Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the 
Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to 
mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural 
manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority.


                                S. 2200

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) 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. 2263

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2263, a bill to encourage 
effective, voluntary private sector investments to recruit, employ, and 
retain men and women who have served in the United States military with 
annual Federal awards to private sector employers recognizing such 
investments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to reform laws 
relating to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2312

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2312, a bill to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements to 
payments for durable medical equipment under the Medicare and Medicaid 
programs.


                                S. 2323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2323, a bill to clarify the 
definition of nonimmigrant for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, 
United States Code.


                                S. 2344

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2344, a bill to provide authority 
for access to certain business records collected under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 2015, to 
make the authority for roving surveillance, the authority to treat 
individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and title VII of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and to modify 
the certification requirements for access to telephone toll and 
transactional records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2353

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2353, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
incentives for biodiesel.


                                S. 2354

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2354, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to 
employers who provide paid family and medical leave, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2357

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2357, a bill to extend temporarily the 
extended period of protection for members of uniformed services 
relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2362

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2362, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide enhanced security measures 
for the Visa Waiver Program, and for other purposes.


                              S. Res. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) and 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as cosponsors 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.


                              S. Res. 320

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 320, a resolution 
congratulating the people of Burma on their commitment to peaceful 
elections.

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