[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S959-S961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the 
authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment 
duties performed in other States.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) 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. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home 
health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 586, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to foster more effective implementation and 
coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes, diabetes, 
and the chronic diseases and conditions that result from diabetes.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to improve the 
understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney 
disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 682, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage originator 
and a high-cost mortgage.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to establish in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for research on 
the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the descendants of 
veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in the Armed Forces 
that are related to that exposure, to establish an advisory board on 
such health conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill 
to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude a loan secured by a 
non-owner occupied 1- to 4-family dwelling from the definition of a 
member business loan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1495

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1495, a bill to curtail the 
use of changes in mandatory programs affecting the Crime Victims Fund 
to inflate spending.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims.


                                S. 1810

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Alabama

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(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1810, a bill to apply the 
provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 
Congressional members and members of the executive branch.


                                S. 1831

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1831, a bill to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) 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 name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) 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. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2002

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2002, a bill to strengthen 
our mental health system and improve public safety.


                                S. 2030

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2030, a bill to allow the 
sponsor of an application for the approval of a targeted drug to rely 
upon data and information with respect to such sponsor's previously 
approved targeted drugs.


                                S. 2040

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2040, a bill to 
deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2226

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2226, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the residential treatment 
programs for pregnant and postpartum women and to establish a pilot 
program to provide grants to State substance abuse agencies to promote 
innovative service delivery models for such women.


                                S. 2276

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2276, a bill to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to provide enhanced safety in 
pipeline transportation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2291

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2291, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish procedures within the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the processing of whistleblower complaints, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2344

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 2423

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) 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 name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 2437

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2437, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the burial of the cremated 
remains of persons who served as Women's Air Forces Service Pilots in 
Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2464

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) 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. 2470

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2470, a bill to repeal 
the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian 
Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2502, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that 
retirement investors receive advice in their best interests, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2505

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2505, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that retirement investors 
receive advice in their best interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2514

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2514, a bill to require the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics to report on recidivism rates of Federal 
prisoners who are released early, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2545

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2545, a bill to 
modify the requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
reimbursing health care providers under section 101 of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2549

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2549, a bill to require the 
Transportation Security Administration to conduct security screening at 
certain airports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2558

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2558, a bill to expand the 
prohibition on misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2559, a bill to prohibit the modification, 
termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the United 
States acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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                              S.J. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 25, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ``National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Ozone''.


                            S. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 26, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the right of 
States and local governments to maintain economic sanctions against 
Iran.


                              S. RES. 362

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 362, a resolution 
recognizing the contributions of the Montagnard indigenous tribespeople 
of the Central Highlands of Vietnam to the United States Armed Forces 
during the Vietnam War, and condemning the ongoing violation of human 
rights by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.


                              S. RES. 368

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 3257

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3257 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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