[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S875-S876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 282

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 282, a bill to provide 
taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of 
Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to lift the 
trade embargo on Cuba.


                                 S. 497

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to allow 
Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own 
health needs and the health needs of their families.


                                 S. 498

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 498, a bill to allow 
reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 843

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of 
outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing 
facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) 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. 1566

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1566, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to require group and individual health 
insurance coverage and group health plans to provide for coverage of 
oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the coverage 
provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care 
provider.


                                S. 1624

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1624, a bill to 
provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and 
encourage investment.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall), the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and 
the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) 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. 1913

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), 
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1913, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to establish programs to prevent prescription drug abuse 
under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) 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. 2218

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wyoming

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(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2218, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for 
physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical 
care.


                                S. 2248

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2248, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart 
disease research efforts and to improve public education and awareness 
of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to 
reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) 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. 2423

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 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. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2496, a bill to 
provide flexibility for the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to increase the total amount of general business loans 
that may be guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act.


                                S. 2499

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2499, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through 
expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2517

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2517, a bill to 
require a report on United States strategy to combat terrorist use of 
social media, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 99

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 99, a resolution 
calling on the Government of Iran to follow through on repeated 
promises of assistance in the case of Robert Levinson, the longest held 
United States civilian in our Nation's history.


                              S. RES. 349

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 349, a resolution congratulating the Farm Credit 
System on the celebration of its 100th anniversary.


                              S. RES. 368

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 368, a resolution supporting efforts by 
the Government of Colombia to pursue peace and the end of the country's 
enduring internal armed conflict and recognizing United States support 
for Colombia at the 15th anniversary of Plan Colombia.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3069

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3069 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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