[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8547-S8548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for 
employer-provided dependent care assistance.


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 298, a bill 
to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide 
States with the option of providing services to children with medically 
complex conditions under the Medicaid program and Children's Health 
Insurance Program through a care coordination program focused on 
improving health outcomes for children with medically complex 
conditions and lowering costs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                 S. 551

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
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. 804

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the child and 
adult care food program.


                                S. 1865

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1865, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) 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. 1913

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) 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. 1919

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1919, a bill to amend the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of 
conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items 
and services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit 
certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1926

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


                                S. 2002

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2002, a bill to 
strengthen our mental health system and improve public safety.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2109

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2109, a bill to direct 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop 
an integrated plan to reduce administrative costs under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2127

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2127, a bill to provide 
appropriate protections to probationary Federal employees, to provide 
the Special Counsel with adequate access to information, to provide 
greater awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2178

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2178, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain 
provisions of the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 
2008 relating to timber, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were 
added as cosponsors 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.

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                                S. 2215

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, a bill to prohibit 
discretionary bonuses for employees of the Internal Revenue Service who 
have engaged in misconduct or who have delinquent tax liability.


                                S. 2312

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2351

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2351, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to extend the annual comment period for payment rates 
under Medicare Advantage.


                                S. 2353

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 2357

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2367

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2367, a bill to provide for 
hardship duty pay for border patrol agents and customs and border 
protection officers assigned to highly-trafficked rural areas.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to 
require reporting of terrorist activities and the unlawful distribution 
of information relating to explosives, and for other purposes.

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