[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 27 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S910-S912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 239

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 239, a bill to amend title 49, 
United States Code, with respect to apportionments under the Airport 
Improvement Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, supra.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) 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.

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                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from registration brokers 
performing services in connection with the transfer of ownership of 
smaller privately held companies.


                                S. 1061

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1061, a bill to improve 
the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1062

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


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Filipino veterans of 
World War II, in recognition of the dedicated service of the veterans 
during World War II.


                                S. 1567

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1567, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to provide for a review of the characterization 
or terms of discharge from the Armed Forces of individuals with mental 
health disorders alleged to affect terms of discharge.


                                S. 1641

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1641, a bill to improve 
the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of opioids in treating 
veterans, to improve patient advocacy by the Department, and to expand 
availability of complementary and integrative health, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1820

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1820, a bill to require 
agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major 
rules.


                                S. 1855

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1855, a bill to provide 
special foreign military sales status to the Philippines.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to maximize 
discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising 
childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) 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. 1919

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1919, a bill to 
amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights 
of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific 
items and services, to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit 
certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2102

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2102, a bill to amend the 
Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the 
Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to 
mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural 
manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority.


                                S. 2198

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2198, a bill to 
establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies 
and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms.


                                S. 2218

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) 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. 2268

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2268, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of 
the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary 
heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.


                                S. 2377

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 2426

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2486

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2486, a bill to enhance 
electronic warfare capabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2487

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 2515

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2515, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to ensure criminal background checks of 
employees of the military child care system and providers of child care 
services and youth program services for military dependents.


                                S. 2531

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2531, a bill to authorize State and local governments to divest from 
entities that engage in commerce-related or investment-related boycott, 
divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2540

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 2540, 
a bill to provide access to counsel for unaccompanied children and 
other vulnerable populations.


                                S. 2554

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2554, 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 performance or 
misconduct, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 340

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
and the

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Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 340, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the so-
called Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or Da'esh) is committing 
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, and calling upon the 
President to work with foreign governments and the United Nations to 
provide physical protection for ISIS' targets, to support the creation 
of an international criminal tribunal with jurisdiction to punish these 
crimes, and to use every reasonable means, including sanctions, to 
destroy ISIS and disrupt its support networks.


                              S. RES. 346

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 346, a resolution expressing opposition to the European 
Commission interpretive notice regarding labeling Israeli products and 
goods manufactured in the West Bank and other areas, as such actions 
undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.


                              S. RES. 349

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 349, a 
resolution congratulating the Farm Credit System on the celebration of 
its 100th anniversary.

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