[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3646-S3649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 83

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 83, a bill to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to improve nonretaliation provisions 
relating to equal pay requirements.


                                 S. 356

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


                                 S. 366

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


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the authority 
of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties 
performed in other States.


                                S. 1212

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1212, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to strengthen employee 
cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1858, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and 
sexual orientation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2593

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2593, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all 
employers that relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies 
ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require 
disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in 
customer service communications, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2599

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2599, a bill 
to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of hotel room rates, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2652

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2652, a 
bill to extend the authorization of the Highlands Conservation Act.


                                S. 2707

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2773

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2773, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2823

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2823, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the section 45 
credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2890

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2890, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa 
McAuliffe.


                                S. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 
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. 2979

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2979, a bill to amend the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates of major 
parties for the office of President to disclose recent tax return 
information.


                                S. 3007

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3007, a bill to prohibit 
funds from being obligated or expended to aid, support, permit, or 
facilitate the certification or approval of any new sensor for use by 
the Russian Federation on observation flights under the Open Skies 
Treaty unless the President submits a certification related to such 
sensor to Congress and for other purposes.


                                S. 3009

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3009, a bill to support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and 
Reserve, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3018

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo)

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was added as a cosponsor of S. 3018, a bill to provide for the 
establishment of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities 
of certain entities in the energy sector.


                            S. CON. RES. 36

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 340

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) 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. 479

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 479, a resolution urging the Government 
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to comply with constitutional 
limits on presidential terms and fulfill its constitutional mandate for 
a democratic transition of power in 2016.


                              S. RES. 482

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 482, a resolution 
urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a 
terrorist organization and to increase pressure on the organization and 
its members to the fullest extent possible.


                              S. RES. 483

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 483, a 
resolution designating June 20, 2016, as ``American Eagle Day'' and 
celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the 
national symbol of the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4067

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mr. Tillis), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and 
the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 4067 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4092

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4092 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4118

  At the request of Mr. Perdue, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4118 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4120

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4120 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4129

  At the request of Mr. Gardner, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4129 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4136

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4136 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4145

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4145 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4158

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4158 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4215

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4215 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4222

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4222 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4241

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4241 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4253

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of

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amendment No. 4253 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4267

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4267 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4277

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4277 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4310

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4310 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4325

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4325 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4333

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4333 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4339

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4339 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4343

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4343 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4370

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4370 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4401

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4401 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4410

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4410 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4414

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4414 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4424

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4424 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4433

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4433 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4437

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4437 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4438

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4438 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4446

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
4446 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and

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for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4448

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 4448 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4452

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4452 intended to be proposed to S. 
2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4456

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4456 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4457

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4457 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4483

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4483 intended 
to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4502

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4502 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4504

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4504 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4509

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4509 intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4514

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4514 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4517

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4517 intended to 
be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4542

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4542 
intended to be proposed to S. 2943, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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