[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8602-S8604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to improve the 
reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill,

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or injured members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or 
partners, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to amend the 
Pilot's Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other 
certificates issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, to require 
the revision of the third class medical certification regulations 
issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare 
for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 706

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 706, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher 
education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault 
prevention and response.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for 
tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy 
property.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to 
establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for 
research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the 
descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in 
the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an 
advisory board on such health conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1455, a bill to provide access to medication-assisted 
therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1659

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1659, a bill to amend the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which 
States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1697

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1697, a 
bill to provide an exception from certain group health plan 
requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist 
employees in the purchase of policies in the individual health 
insurance market, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and 
antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2186

  At the request of Mr. Coats, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2186, a bill to provide the legal framework necessary for the growth of 
innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary 
education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2193

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2193, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals 
who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 2336

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2336, a bill to modernize laws, 
and eliminate discrimination, with respect to people living with HIV/
AIDS, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2337

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2337, a bill to improve homeland security by 
enhancing the requirements for participation in the Visa Waiver 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2348, a bill to implement 
the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial 
release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent 
crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA 
analysis backlogs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2351

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 2363

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2363, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Governor of a State to 
reject the resettlement of a refugee in that State unless there is 
adequate assurance that the alien does not present a security risk and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2373, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage 
of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable 
medical equipment.

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                                S. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2377, a bill to defeat the Islamic State 
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and protect and secure the United States, and 
for other purposes.

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