[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 185 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8883-S8885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 613

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the 
efficiency of summer meals.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees 
involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control 
Act to reauthorize and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1082, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
based on

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performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1121

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, a bill to amend the 
Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the 
Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department 
of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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 Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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 New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) 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. 1607

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1607, a bill to affirm the authority of the President 
to require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory 
analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1648

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1648, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sustainable future 
for rural healthcare.


                                S. 1656

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1656, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power 
generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1688

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to provide for 
the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill 
to amend title 11 of the United States Code to treat Puerto Rico as a 
State for purposes of chapter 9 of such title relating to the 
adjustment of debts of municipalities.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 1893

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1911, a bill to implement policies to end preventable maternal, 
newborn, and child deaths globally.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1911, supra.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 2222

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2222, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to support community college 
and industry partnerships, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2234

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. 
Baldwin), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Udall), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Tillis), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), 
the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2234, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal, 
collectively, to the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) 
in recognition of their superior service and major contributions during 
World War II.


                                S. 2251

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2251, a bill to provide for 
a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, supplemental 
security income beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2268

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2268, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
the

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United States Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in 
recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in 
Vietnam.


                                S. 2356

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2356, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require an electronic 
communication service provider that generates call detail records 
pursuant to an order under that Act to notify the Attorney General if 
the provider intends to retain such records for a period less than 18 
months.


                                S. 2362

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 2372

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) 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.


                              S. RES. 290

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 290, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate that any protocol to, or other agreement 
regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 
1992, negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference 
in Paris will be considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent 
of the Senate.

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