[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 72 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2626-S2628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 39

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 39, a bill to provide that 
Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal 
year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the 
budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 71, a bill to preserve open competition and Federal 
Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government 
contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.


                                 S. 174

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 174, a bill 
to end offshore tax abuses, to preserve our national defense and 
protect American families and businesses from devastating cuts, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 282

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 282, a bill to provide 
taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of 
Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to strengthen 
the position of the United States as the world's leading innovator by 
amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property rights 
of the inventors that grow the country's economy.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to 
provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who 
provide certain medical services in a secondary State.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) 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. 1049

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1049, a bill 
to allow the financing by United States persons of sales of 
agricultural commodities to Cuba.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1086, a bill to establish an 
insurance policy advisory committee on international capital standards, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1302, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the 
death of a son or daughter.


                                S. 1352

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1352, a bill to increase 
Federal Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to clarify 
Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides 
in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey

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(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1562, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.


                                S. 1567

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1567, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to provide for a review of the characterization 
or terms of discharge from the Armed Forces of individuals with mental 
health disorders alleged to affect terms of discharge.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 1679

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1679, a bill to amend the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require that certain buildings 
and personal property be covered by flood insurance, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1685

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1685, a bill to direct the 
Federal Communications Commission to extend to private land use 
restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur 
service communications.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill 
to reduce risks to the financial system by limiting banks' ability to 
engage in certain risky activities and limiting conflicts of interest, 
to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act protections that were repealed 
by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 400th 
anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to maximize 
discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising 
childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to 
prohibit Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that 
an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record 
information before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 2100

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2100, a bill to 
prohibit the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals 
under the age of 21.


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2386

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2386, a bill to authorize the 
establishment of the Stonewall National Historic Site in the State of 
New York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2540

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2540, a bill to provide access to counsel for 
unaccompanied children and other vulnerable populations.


                                S. 2598

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2598, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial 
Basketball Hall of Fame.


                                S. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish rules for payment for 
graduate medical education (GME) costs for hospitals that establish a 
new medical residency training program after hosting resident rotators 
for short durations.


                                S. 2730

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2730, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 23rd Headquarters Special 
Troops, known as the ``Ghost Army'', collectively, in recognition of 
its unique and incredible service during World War II.


                                S. 2752

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2752, a bill 
to prohibit the facilitation of certain financial transactions 
involving the Government of Iran or Iranian persons and to impose 
sanctions with respect to the facilitation of those transactions, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2756

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2756, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to 
Iranian persons responsible for knowingly engaging in significant 
activities undermining cybersecurity, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2772

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2791

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2791, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of veterans who 
participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll as radiation exposed 
veterans for purposes of the presumption of service-connection of 
certain disabilities by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 2841

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2841, a bill to amend 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil-, gas-, and 
methane hydrate-related seismic activities in the North Atlantic, Mid-
Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas of the 
outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2843

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as cosponsors of S. 2843, a bill 
to provide

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emergency supplemental appropriations to address the Zika crisis.


                                S. 2849

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake) and the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. 2849, a bill to 
ensure the Government Accountability Office has adequate access to 
information.


                                S. 2862

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2862, a bill to 
amend section 3606 of title 18, United States Code, to grant probation 
officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or 
impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties.


                                S. 2866

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2866, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the sharing of 
health information concerning an individual's substance abuse treatment 
by certain entities.


                                S. 2877

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2877, a bill to 
amend title 32, United States Code, to specify the availability of 
certain funds provided by the Department of Defense to States for drug 
interdiction and counter-drug activities.


                                S. 2880

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2880, a bill to prohibit, 
as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual 
orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2882

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2882, a bill to facilitate 
efficient State implementation of ground-level ozone standards, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2895

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2895, a bill to 
extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
offenses.


                              S. RES. 373

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 381

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 381, a resolution 
honoring the memory and legacy of Michael James Riddering and 
condemning the terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 
January 15, 2016.


                              S. RES. 418

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 418, a resolution 
recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sanchez, and Akanksha 
Hazari for their selflessness and dedication to their respective 
causes, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 442

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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.

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