[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6139-S6141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 248

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 248, a bill to clarify the 
rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under 
the Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 540

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from 
California

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(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain 
improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service 
personnel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1085

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1085, a bill to expand eligibility for 
the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, to expand benefits available to 
participants under such program, to enhance special compensation for 
members of the uniformed services who require assistance in everyday 
life, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1127

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1127, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of deduction for 
certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1509

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1509, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination 
of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill to 
protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
dating violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts 
of violence or threats of violence against their pets.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 1991

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to eliminate 
the sunset date for the Choice Program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to expand eligibility for such program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2175

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2175, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of podiatrists in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2598

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide comprehensive mental health 
reform, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2795

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


                                S. 3026

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3026, a 
bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the 
prohibition on inaccurate caller identification information and to 
require providers of telephone service to offer technology to 
subscribers to reduce the incidence of unwanted telephone calls, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3065

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3065, a bill to amend parts B 
and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to invest in funding 
prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported 
at home, to ensure that children in foster care are placed in the least 
restrictive, most family-like, and appropriate settings, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3065, supra.


                                S. 3111

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3111, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the 7.5 percent 
threshold for the medical expense deduction for individuals age 65 or 
older.


                                S. 3153

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3153, a bill to require 
the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to take risk 
profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking 
regulatory actions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3183

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3183, a bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measures used 
by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to 
tickets for any given event, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) 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. 3292

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) 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. 3304

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) 
and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 3304, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve 
the Veterans Crisis Line.


                                S. 3311

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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. 3346

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3346, a bill to authorize 
the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 
for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 51

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 51, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and 
territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning 
on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to 
have been exposed to the toxin Agent Orange and should be eligible for 
all related Federal benefits that come with such presumption under the 
Agent Orange Act of 1991.


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  On page S6140, September 27, 2016, in the third column, the 
following appears: At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the names of 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 
51, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that 
those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas . . .
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: At the request of 
Mr. GRASSLEY, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Con. Res. 51, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of 
Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and 
territorial seas . . .


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                              S. RES. 527

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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Res. 527, a resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the opening 
of the National Gallery of Art.


                              S. RES. 553

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 553, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on the challenges the conflict in 
Syria poses to long-term stability and prosperity in Lebanon.

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