[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S670-S671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 356

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to improve the 
provisions relating to the privacy of electronic communications.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) 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. 591

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 591, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 681, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of 
certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 728

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 728, a bill to provide for 
programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage 
drinking.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to improve, 
coordinate, and enhance rehabilitation research at the National 
Institutes of Health.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1049

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1049, a bill to allow the 
financing by United States persons of sales of agricultural commodities 
to Cuba.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the 
death of a son or daughter.


                                S. 1455

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1455, a bill to 
provide access to medication-assisted therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an 
applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information 
before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey

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(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2185, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to amend the 
National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 
background check system.


                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) 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. 2415

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2415, a bill to 
implement integrity measures to strengthen the EB-5 Regional Center 
Program in order to promote and reform foreign capital investment and 
job creation in American communities.


                                S. 2423

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 2446

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2446, a bill to amend 
subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage recovery and 
beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish requirements 
for the proper management and disposal of coal combustion residuals 
that are protective of human health and the environment.


                                S. 2452

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2452, a bill to prohibit the use of 
funds to make payments to Iran relating to the settlement of claims 
brought before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal until Iran has 
paid certain compensatory damages awarded to United States persons by 
United States courts.


                                S. 2464

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Coats) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2466

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2466, a bill to amend the 
Safe Water Drinking Act to authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public if a State agency 
and public water system are not taking action to address a public 
health risk associated with drinking water requirements.


                                S. 2487

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2487, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and 
suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating 
women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by the 
Secretary, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2495

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2495, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act relating to the use of determinations made by the 
Commissioner.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 184, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that conversion therapy, 
including efforts by mental health practitioners to change the sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of an individual, is 
dangerous and harmful and should be prohibited from being practiced on 
minors.


                              S. RES. 349

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 349, a resolution 
congratulating the Farm Credit System on the celebration of its 100th 
anniversary.


                              S. RES. 355

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 355, a resolution 
designating the week beginning February 7, 2016, as ``National Tribal 
Colleges and Universities Week''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3249

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3249 intended to be proposed to S. 2012, an original bill 
to provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes.

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