[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2973-S2976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 366

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 366, a bill 
to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and 
reports in electronic form.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to provide for 
alternative financing arrangements for the provision of certain 
services and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure at land 
border ports of entry, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure 
of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat 
campus sexual violence, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1082

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or 
misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1139

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1139, a 
bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to 
provide for same day registration.


                                S. 1176

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1176, a bill to amend 
the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing 
for Presidential elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1428, a bill to amend the 
USEC Privatization Act to require the Secretary of Energy to issue a 
long-term Federal excess uranium inventory management plan, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1479

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1479, a bill to amend the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) 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. 1982

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1982, a bill to authorize a 
Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to 
allow certain private contributions to fund the Wall of Remembrance.


                                S. 2100

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to increase 
efficiency in the recruitment and hiring by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs of health care workers that are undergoing separation from the 
Armed Forces, to create uniform credentialing standards for certain 
health care professionals of the Department, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2465

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2465, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
15 Rochester Street in Bergen, New York, as the Barry G. Miller Post 
Office.


                                S. 2483

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2483, a bill to 
prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional 
redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require 
States to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2531

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 2531, a bill to authorize 
State and local governments to divest from entities that engage in 
commerce-related or investment-related boycott, divestment, or 
sanctions activities targeting Israel, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2531, supra.


                                S. 2551

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2551, a bill to help prevent 
acts of genocide and mass atrocities, which threaten national and 
international security, by enhancing United States civilian capacities 
to prevent and mitigate such crises.


                                S. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 2584

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 2584, a bill to 
promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2641, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, 
in relation to requiring adrenoleukodystrophy screening of newborns.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mrs. Capito) 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. 2725

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2725, a bill to impose 
sanctions with respect to the ballistic missile program of Iran, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 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. 2779

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2779, a bill to reauthorize the 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2785, a bill to protect 
Native children and promote public safety in Indian country.


                                S. 2840

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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.


                                S. 2854

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2854, a bill to 
reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007.


                                S. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from

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Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added as cosponsors of S. 2912, 
a bill to authorize the use of unapproved medical products by patients 
diagnosed with a terminal illness in accordance with State law, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2921

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 2933

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 2933, a bill to prohibit 
certain health care providers from providing non-Department health care 
services to veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2934, a bill 
to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a 
firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check 
system and require a background check for every firearm sale.


                                S. 2938

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2938, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to reestablish the Royalty Policy Committee 
in order to further a more consultative process with key Federal, 
State, tribal, environmental, and energy stakeholders, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2941

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2941, a bill to 
require a study on women and lung cancer, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 35

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were 
added as cosponsors 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. RES. 459

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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''.


                              S. RES. 466

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 466, a resolution recognizing National 
Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the 
challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging 
Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the 
foster-care system.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3923

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3923 intended 
to be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3925

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3925 intended to be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3927

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3927 intended 
to be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3933

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3933 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3934

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3934 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3935

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3935 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3941

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3941 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3944

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3944 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3948

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3948 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3951

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3951 
intended to be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3957

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Paul) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3957 intended to be 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3970

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3970 intended to be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3981

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

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(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3981 intended to 
be 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3998

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3998 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4002

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4002 
intended to be 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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