[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 59 (Monday, April 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2128-S2129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 134

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 134, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the 
definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 256

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a bill to amend the 
definition of ``homeless person'' under the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act to include certain homeless children and youth, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) 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. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors 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. 996

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance 
for low-income and underserved populations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1059

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1059, a bill to provide 
Dreamer students with access to student financial aid.


                                S. 1060

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1060, 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 Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1062, a bill to improve 
the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill to protect 
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating 
violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts of 
violence or threats of violence against their pets.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to amend title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and 
employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.


                                S. 1760

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to 
prevent gun trafficking.


                                S. 2147

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2147, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to participant votes on the 
suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and 
declining status.


                                S. 2242

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2242, a bill to repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015.


                                S. 2292

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2292, a bill to 
reform laws relating to small public housing agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to amend the 
National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 
background check system.


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Alabama

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(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) 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. 2427

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2427, a bill 
to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who 
need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2473

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2473, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
to provide veterans the option of using an alternative appeals process 
to more quickly determine claims for disability compensation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2478

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2478, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to provide for the purchase of paper United States savings bonds with 
tax refunds.


                                S. 2502

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 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. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 2659

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2659, a bill to reaffirm that 
the Environmental Protection Agency cannot regulate vehicles used 
solely for competition, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2675

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2675, a bill to provide for the adjustment of the debts of the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2676

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2676, a bill to provide for the adjustment of the debts of the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 
and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) 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. 2708

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2708, a bill to 
provide for the admission to the United States of up to 10, 000 Syrian 
religious minorities as refugees of special humanitarian concern in 
each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2020.


                                S. 2712

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2712, a bill to restore amounts improperly withheld 
for tax purposes from severance payments to individuals who retired or 
separated from service in the Armed Forces for combat-related injuries, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2724

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2724, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, with respect to the judicial review of agency 
interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2740, a bill to prohibit the transfer or release of 
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, to state sponsors of terrorism.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2750, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify certain charitable tax 
provisions.


                                S. 2780

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2780, a bill to amend 
section 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 to strengthen the certification requirements relating to the 
transfer or release of detainees at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


                              S.J. RES. 28

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 28, a 
joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 
8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the 
Secretary of Agriculture relating to inspection of fish of the order 
Siluriformes.


                              S. RES. 426

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 426, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States 
should support and protect the right of women working in developing 
countries to safe workplaces, free from gender-based violence, 
reprisals, and intimidation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3265

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3265 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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