[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S254-S255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to 
authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national 
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to amend the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the 
Inspectors General, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 1062

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a bill to improve the 
Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1286

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1286, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the backlog of 
appeals of decisions of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by 
facilitating pro bono legal assistance for veterans before the United 
States Court of Veterans Appeals and the Board of Veterans' Appeals, to 
provide the Secretary with authority to address unreasonably delayed 
claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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 name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1944, a bill to 
require each agency to repeal or amend 1 or more rules before issuing 
or amending a rule.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2185, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the fight 
against breast cancer.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2295, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the authority to collect certain records and make 
permanent the authority for roving surveillance and to treat individual 
terrorists as agents of foreign powers under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2334

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2334, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in the 
tracking and procurement of biological implants by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2344

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2344, a bill to provide 
authority for access to certain business records collected under the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prior to November 29, 
2015, to make the authority for roving surveillance, the authority to 
treat individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and title VII 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and to 
modify the certification requirements for access to telephone toll and 
transactional records by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an Office for 
Community Partnerships.

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                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2418

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2418, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish university labs for 
student-developed technology-based solutions for countering online 
recruitment of violent extremists.


                                S. 2423

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2423, a bill 
making appropriations to address the heroin and opioid drug abuse 
epidemic for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2426

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2426, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the 
International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2457

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2457, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for 
employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student 
loans.


                                S. 2461

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2461, a bill to enable 
civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy 
technologies by private and public institutions, to expand theoretical 
and practical knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials 
science, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2464

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2464, a bill to implement equal protection under the 14th Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States for the right to life of each 
born and preborn human person.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 29, a joint 
resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against 
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its associated forces.

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