[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 182 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8684-S8686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 122

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 122, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the 
personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved 
pharmacies in Canada.


                                 S. 233

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 233, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for 
employees in the private sector.


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington

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(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 441

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
441, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain 
tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in 
the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium 
cigars.


                                 S. 551

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 740

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to improve 
the coordination and use of geospatial data.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 928, a bill to 
reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 
11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 968, a bill to require the Commissioner 
of Social Security to revise the medical and evaluation criteria for 
determining disability in a person diagnosed with Huntington's Disease 
and to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for 
individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                S. 1041

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1041, a bill to eliminate certain subsidies 
for fossil-fuel production.


                                S. 1152

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to 
amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid 
vapor pressure limitations under that Act.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1697

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 400th 
anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims.


                                S. 1830

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1830, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health 
counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1831

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1831, a bill to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1874

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1982, a bill to authorize 
a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and 
to allow certain private contributions to fund the Wall of Remembrance.


                                S. 2044

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2044, a bill to prohibit the use 
of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict the ability of a 
consumer to communicate regarding the goods or services offered in 
interstate commerce that were the subject of the contract, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2109

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 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. 2148

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2148, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent an increase in the 
Medicare part B premium and deductible in 2016.


                                S. 2159

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2159, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for 
greater State flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are 
involved in abortions.


                                S. 2226

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2226, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to reauthorize the residential treatment programs for pregnant and 
postpartum women and to establish a pilot program to provide grants to 
State substance abuse agencies to promote innovative service delivery 
models for such women.

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                                S. 2312

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as cosponsors 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. 2321

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2321, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding reasonable break 
time for nursing mothers.


                                S. 2325

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2325, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a 
constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform 
capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support 
tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of 
priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, 
regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2361

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2361, a bill to enhance 
airport security, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) 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.


                              S. RES. 326

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 326, a 
resolution celebrating the 135th anniversary of diplomatic relations 
between the United States and Romania.

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