[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 140 (Thursday, September 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5843-S5845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) 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. 428

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to amend 
titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for 12-month 
continuous enrollment under Medicaid and the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to 
the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 689, a bill to provide protections for certain 
sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a 
secondary State.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction 
of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1411

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1411, a bill to amend the 
Act of August 25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act 
of 1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a former 
President, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1562, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic 
beverages.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1605, a bill to 
amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize concurrent 
compacts for purposes of regional economic integration and cross-border 
collaborations, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1804

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1804, a bill to eliminate the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly 
known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans affected by 
closures of educational institutions certain relief and restoration of 
educational benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 2612

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2612, a bill to ensure United 
States jurisdiction over offenses committed by United States personnel 
stationed in Canada in furtherance of border security initiatives.


                                S. 2615

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2615, a bill to 
increase competition in the pharmaceutical industry.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2615, supra.


                                S. 2645

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2645, a bill to impose sanctions with respect 
to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender 
individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2726

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2726, a bill to hold Iran 
accountable for its state sponsorship of terrorism and other 
threatening activities and for its human rights abuses, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2759

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 2763

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2763, a bill to 
provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair 
opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by 
the Nazis.


                                S. 2803

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) 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. 2979

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 3073

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3073, a bill to 
establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment 
to the United States Constitution providing for women's suffrage, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3124

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3124, a bill to require U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens 
who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted 
in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3155, a bill to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United 
States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set 
forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.


                                S. 3164

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3164, a bill to 
provide protection for survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault 
under the Fair Housing Act.


                                S. 3179

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3179, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and extend the credit for 
carbon dioxide sequestration.


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 3198, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.


                                S. 3245

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the 
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Kirk) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3245, a bill to amend title VIII of the Public Health 
Service Act to extend advanced education nursing grants to support 
clinical nurse specialist programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3270

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as cosponsors of S. 3270, a 
bill to prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice 
system's response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.


                                S. 3292

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3292, a bill to 
amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Postmaster General the 
importer of record for the non-letter class mail and to require the 
provision of advance electronic information about shipments of non-
letter class mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3296

  At the request of Mr. Heller, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3296, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an 
exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for 
individuals residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance 
issuers offering plans on an Exchange.


                                S. 3297

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3297, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to 
the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for certain 
individuals whose premium has increased by more than 10 percent, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

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(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3308, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription drug 
plan sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the Medicare program from 
retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies.


                                S. 3311

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3311, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt individuals whose health plans 
under the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program have been 
terminated from the individual mandate penalty.


                            S. CON. RES. 30

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 30, a concurrent 
resolution expressing concern over the disappearance of David Sneddon, 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 552

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 552, a resolution commemorating the fifteenth 
anniversary of NATO's invocation of Article V to defend the United 
States following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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