[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 66 (Thursday, April 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2557-S2560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 258

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour 
physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access 
hospital services.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 299, a bill to allow travel between the United 
States and Cuba.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                 S. 356

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to improve the 
provisions relating to the privacy of electronic communications.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to 
secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from 
incarceration.


                                 S. 940

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to study the feasibility of 
providing certain taxpayers with an optional, pre-prepared tax return, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for viral 
hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent 
deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer, and for other 
purposes.

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                                S. 1491

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1491, a bill to 
provide sensible relief to community financial institutions, to protect 
consumers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 1631

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1631, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain provisions 
relating to multiemployer pensions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1830

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurance 
coverage continuity for former foster youth.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to reform sentencing laws and 
correctional institutions, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2123, supra.


                                S. 2175

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2175, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of podiatrists in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2289

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2289, a bill to modernize 
and improve the Family Unification Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2292

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


                                S. 2454

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2454, a bill to limit the period 
of authorization of new budget authority provided in appropriation 
Acts, to require analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of existing 
programs for which continued new budget authority is proposed to be 
authorized by committees of Congress, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2478

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 2487

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2487, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care 
and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in 
treating women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by 
the Secretary, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2540

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2540, a bill to provide access 
to counsel for unaccompanied children and other vulnerable populations.


                                S. 2557

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2557, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the suspension of eligibility 
for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses.


                                S. 2566

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2566, a bill to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to provide sexual assault survivors with certain rights, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor 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. Udall) 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. 2659

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Donnelly) 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. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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 Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2736, a bill to improve access to durable 
medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare 
program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2758

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2758, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove 
consideration of certain pain-related issues from calculations under 
the Medicare

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hospital value-based purchasing program, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2758, supra.


                                S. 2759

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2759, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for 
working family caregivers.


                                S. 2772

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2772, a bill to eliminate 
the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use 
of opioid antagonists.


                                S. 2787

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of 
Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand 
Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when 
such expansion takes place.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2794, a bill to establish a process for the submission and 
consideration of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and 
reductions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2803

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2803, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to deposit certain funds into 
the general fund of the Treasury in accordance with provisions of 
Federal law with regard to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act's Transitional Reinsurance Program.


                                S. 2825

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2825, a bill to amend title 37, 
United States Code, to require compliance with domestic source 
requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members of the Armed 
Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces.


                                S. 2830

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2830, a bill to amend the Safe 
Drinking Water Act to provide for a school and child care lead testing 
grant program.


                                S. 2835

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 2835, a bill to amend the 
National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant 
assistance for the rehabilitation and repair of high hazard potential 
dams, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2840

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2840, a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for active 
shooter training, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2840, supra.


                                S. 2843

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2843, a bill to provide emergency 
supplemental appropriations to address the Zika crisis.


                                S. 2849

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2849, a bill to ensure the Government 
Accountability Office has adequate access to information.


                                S. 2850

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2850, a bill to 
amend the Small Business Act to provide for expanded participation in 
the microloan program, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 33

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 33, a joint resolution providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the 
definition of the term ``fiduciary'' and the conflict of interest rule 
with respect to retirement investment advice.


                              S. RES. 340

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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 Da'esh) 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. 373

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 373, a 
resolution recognizing the historical significance of Executive Order 
9066 and expressing the sense of the Senate that policies that 
discriminate against any individual based on the actual or perceived 
race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion of that individual would 
be a repetition of the mistakes of Executive Order 9066 and contrary to 
the values of the United States.


                              S. RES. 432

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 432, a resolution supporting respect for human rights and 
encouraging inclusive governance in Ethiopia.


                              S. RES. 436

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 436, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.


                              S. RES. 442

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 442, a 
resolution condemning the terrorist attacks in Brussels and honoring 
the memory of the United States citizens murdered in those attacks, and 
offering thoughts and prayers for all the victims, condolences to their 
families, resolve to support the Belgian people, and the pledge to 
defend democracy and stand in solidarity with the country of Belgium 
and all our allies in the face of continuing terrorist attacks on 
freedom and liberty.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3862

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3862 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 2028, a bill making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3873

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3873 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2028, a bill making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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  At the request of Mr. Rubio, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3873 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2028, supra.

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