[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1503-S1505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 207

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 207, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities to 
furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to 
veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest

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medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought by 
the veteran, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 262

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 262, a bill 
to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
373, a bill to provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and 
environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the 
normal operation of a vessel.


                                 S. 480

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 480, a bill to amend and 
reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under section 
399O of the Public Health Service Act.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 764

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, his name and the name of the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were withdrawn as cosponsors of S. 764, 
a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for systematic data collection and 
analysis and epidemiological research regarding Multiple Sclerosis 
(MS), Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases.


                                 S. 857

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the Medicare program of an initial comprehensive care plan for 
Medicare beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and 
related dementias, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a 
bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1714, a bill to 
amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the 
1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1785

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1785, a bill to repeal the 
wage rate requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act.


                                S. 1830

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1830, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health 
counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1865

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and 
the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1865, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect 
to eating disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1890

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 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. 2055

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2055, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act with respect to national health security.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to establish 
EUREKA Prize Competitions to accelerate discovery and development of 
disease-modifying, preventive, or curative treatments for Alzheimer's 
disease and related dementia, to encourage efforts to enhance detection 
and diagnosis of such diseases, or to enhance the quality and 
efficiency of care of individuals with such diseases.


                                S. 2151

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2151, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for 
volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such 
Act.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to amend part 
B of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that mental health 
screenings and assessments are provided to children and youth upon 
entry into foster care.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2185, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the fight 
against breast cancer.


                                S. 2216

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to provide 
immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential 
examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2437

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 2512

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2512, a bill to expand 
the tropical disease product priority review voucher program to 
encourage treatments for Zika virus.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2550, a bill to repeal the jury duty 
exemption for elected officials of the legislative branch.


                                S. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2577, a bill to protect crime victims' 
rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and other forensic 
evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic science testing 
capacity of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase 
research and development of

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new testing technologies, to develop new training programs regarding 
the collection and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction 
testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support 
accreditation efforts of forensic science laboratories and medical 
examiner offices, to address training and equipment needs, to improve 
the performance of counsel in State capital cases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2630

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2630, a bill to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require certain disclosures be included 
on employee pay stubs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2646

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) and 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors 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. RES. 199

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. Res. 199, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate 
regarding establishing a National Strategic Agenda.


                              S. RES. 340

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 340, a resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress that the so-called Islamic State in 
Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or Daesh) 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. 383

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 383, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic 
relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.

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