[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2024-S2026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 151

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 151, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Defense to establish a process to determine whether 
individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World 
War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the 
Missouri List, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the 
authority of States to tax certain income of

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employees for employment duties performed in other States.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to 
preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, 
join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
activities.


                                 S. 577

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to eliminate the corn ethanol mandate for renewable fuel.


                                 S. 857

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to amend the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the 
Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties 
for high gravity violations, to adjust penalties for inflation, to 
provide rights for victims or their family members, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1444

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1444, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax regarding the 
taxation of distilled spirits.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) 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. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension 
offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                S. 1697

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1697, a bill to provide an 
exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small 
businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase 
of policies in the individual health insurance market, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2200

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2200, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay 
requirements.


                                S. 2217

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2217, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify certain 
disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food 
establishments, and to amend the authority to bring proceedings under 
section 403A.


                                S. 2283

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2283, a bill to ensure 
that small business providers of broadband Internet access service can 
devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with 
cumbersome regulatory requirements.


                                S. 2373

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 2385

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2385, a bill to strengthen protections for the 
remaining populations of wild elephants, rhinoceroses, and other 
imperiled species through country-specific anti-poaching efforts and 
anti-trafficking strategies, to promote the value of wildlife and 
natural resources, to curtail the demand for illegal wildlife products 
in consumer countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2497

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2497, a bill to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for retail 
customers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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 Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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 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. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Lankford), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2707, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Labor to nullify the proposed rule regarding defining and delimiting 
the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
sales, and computer employees, to require the Secretary of Labor to 
conduct a full and complete economic analysis with improved economic 
data on small businesses, nonprofit employers, Medicare or Medicaid 
dependent health care providers, and small governmental jurisdictions, 
and all other employers, and minimize the impact on such employers, 
before promulgating any substantially similar rule, and to provide a 
rule of construction regarding the salary threshold exemption under the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to improve access 
to durable medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2770, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to 
provide call location information concerning the telecommunications 
device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement 
officer in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious 
physical injury or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency 
services.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3286

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), and 
the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 3286 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3490

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3490 proposed to 
H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3548

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3548 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing 
limitations, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3557

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3557 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3563

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3563 intended to be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased 
expensing limitations, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3568

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3568 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3591

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 3591 intended to be proposed to H.R. 636, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend 
increased expensing limitations, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3624

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3624 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3654

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3654 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3657

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3657 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3683

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3683 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 636, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for 
other purposes.

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