[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 184 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8794-S8795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related 
discrimination in governmental activities.


                                 S. 551

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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. 678

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of 
naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                                 S. 706

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 779

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 779, a bill to 
provide for Federal agencies to develop public access policies relating 
to research conducted by employees of that agency or from funds 
administered by that agency.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 1141

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1141, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
businesses.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1169, a bill to reauthorize 
and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1455, a bill to provide access to medication-assisted therapy, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 1697

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 1849

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 1867

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1867, a bill to protect children from exploitation by providing advance 
notice of intended travel by registered sex offenders outside the 
United States to the government of the country of destination, 
requesting foreign governments to notify the United States when a known 
sex offender is seeking to enter the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) 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. 2152

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2200

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) 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. 2201

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2201, a bill to promote 
international trade, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2291, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to establish procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for the processing of whistleblower complaints, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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.


                                S. 2407

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2407, a bill to posthumously award the Congressional

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Gold Medal to each of J. Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone 
Woods, and Sean Smith in recognition of their contributions to the 
Nation.


                                S. 2409

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2409, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the 
Social Security Act to improve payments for hospital outpatient 
department services and complex rehabilitation technology and to 
improve program integrity, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 25, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ``National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Ozone''.


                              S. RES. 327

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 327, a 
resolution condemning violence that targets healthcare for women.

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