[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 39 (Thursday, March 10, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1439-S1441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 275

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 275, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home as 
a site of care for infusion therapy under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to 
marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that 
seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under 
Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 683

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 683, a bill to 
extend the principle of federalism to State drug policy, provide access 
to medical marijuana, and enable research into the medicinal properties 
of marijuana.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 1110, a

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bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish in the Federal 
Register a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers 
and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1252, a bill to authorize a comprehensive strategic 
approach for United States foreign assistance to developing countries 
to reduce global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition 
security, promote inclusive, sustainable, agricultural-led economic 
growth, improve nutritional outcomes, especially for women and 
children, build resilience among vulnerable populations, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to help 
provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy, 
to help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher educational 
opportunities for Native American Indians, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1446

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1446, a bill to establish 
the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training 
pilot program to address human trafficking in the health care system.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to eliminate 
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by 
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability 
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition.


                                S. 1566

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) 
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. 2066

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2066, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from 
failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child 
who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Thune), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2348, a bill to implement the use of Rapid 
DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention 
and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other 
crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent DNA analysis backlogs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2476

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2476, a bill to exclude 
power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected 
to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes 
providing illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from 
energy conservation standards for external power supplies.


                                S. 2495

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) 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. 2496

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 2512

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 2512, a bill to expand the tropical disease product priority 
review voucher program to encourage treatments for Zika virus.


                                S. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                                S. 2563

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2563, a bill to affirm the 
importance of the land forces of the United States Armed Forces and to 
authorize fiscal year 2016 end-strength minimum levels for the active 
and reserve components of such land forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2572

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2572, a bill to make 
demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or 
consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of 
increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools 
and secondary schools.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2595, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit.


                                S. 2621

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2621, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
genetically engineered food transparency and uniformity.


                                S. 2646

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2646, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Choice Program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care provided to 
veterans by the Department, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2650

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2650, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any prizes 
or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games or the Paralympic 
Games.

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                              S.J. RES. 31

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 31, a joint resolution 
relating to the disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to 
the Government of Pakistan of F-16 Block 52 aircraft.


                              S. RES. 368

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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.


                              S. RES. 370

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 370, a resolution 
recognizing that for nearly 40 years, the United States and the 
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have worked toward 
stability, prosperity, and peace in Southeast Asia.


                              S. RES. 378

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 378, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the courageous work and 
life of Russian opposition leader Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov and renewing 
the call for a full and transparent investigation into the tragic 
murder of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov in Moscow on February 27, 2015.


                              S. RES. 383

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 383, a resolution recognizing the 
importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and 
encouraging new areas of cooperation.
  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 383, supra.


                              S. RES. 388

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 388, a resolution 
supporting the goals of International Women's Day.


                              S. RES. 391

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 391, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate to oppose the transfer of foreign 
enemy combatants from the detention facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States homeland.

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