[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 77 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2824-S2826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to marshal 
resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that seeks to 
bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 628

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico

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(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the designation of maternity 
care health professional shortage areas.


                                 S. 688

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 688, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the Medicare hospital 
readmission reduction program to respond to patient disparities, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of continuous 
glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884, a bill to improve access 
to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who 
supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) 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. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2010, a bill to 
provide for phased-in payment of Social Security Disability Insurance 
payments during the waiting period for individuals with a terminal 
illness.


                                S. 2031

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2031, a 
bill to reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium 
produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2041

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2041, a bill to promote 
the development of safe drugs for neonates.


                                S. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2051, a bill to improve, 
sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.


                                S. 2178

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2178, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent certain provisions of 
the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2008 relating 
to timber, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2196

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2196, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-
application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex 
rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories.


                                S. 2417

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2417, a bill to 
amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to allow the Indian Health 
Service to cover the cost of a copayment of an Indian or Alaska Native 
veteran receiving medical care or services from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2424

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2424, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program for early 
detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing 
newborns, infants, and young children.


                                S. 2489

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2489, a bill to ensure 
that persons who form corporations in the United States disclose the 
beneficial owners of those corporations, in order to prevent the 
formation of corporations with hidden owners, stop the misuse of United 
States corporations by wrongdoers, and assist law enforcement in 
detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, money laundering, tax 
evasion, and other criminal and civil misconduct involving United 
States corporations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2499

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2499, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve access to health care through 
expanded health savings accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mr. Peters, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to authorize 
the Director of the United States Geological Survey to conduct 
monitoring, assessment, science, and research, in support of the 
binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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. 2598

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski) 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. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, supra.


                                S. 2795

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2795, a bill to 
modernize the regulation of nuclear energy.


                                S. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2822, a bill to continue the 
use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers 
to demonstrate meaningful use for 2016 under

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the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2904

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2904, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five month 
waiting period for disability insurance benefits under such title for 
individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.


                                S. 2906

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2906, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to require congressional approval of determinations 
to revoke the designation of the People's Republic of China as a 
nonmarket economy country for purposes of that Act.


                                S. 2921

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2921, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
improve health care and benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 35

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 35, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should continue to exercise its veto in the United Nations Security 
Council on resolutions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.


                            S. CON. RES. 36

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 
36, a concurrent resolution expressing support of the goal of ensuring 
that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in 
their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to 
reaffirm its commitment to that goal through a financial commitment to 
comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of 
vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically 
prescribed needs.


                              S. RES. 459

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 459, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of cancer research and the vital 
contributions of scientists, clinicians, cancer survivors, and other 
patient advocates across the United States who are dedicated to finding 
a cure for cancer, and designating May 2016, as ``National Cancer 
Research Month'' .
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 459, supra.


                              S. RES. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 462, a resolution urging 
the United States Soccer Federation to immediately eliminate gender pay 
inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3900

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3900 proposed to 
H.R. 2577, a bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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