[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6227-S6229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-
related discrimination in governmental activities.


                                 S. 71

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 71, a bill to preserve open 
competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor 
relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally 
funded construction projects.


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of temporary 
compensation to a surviving spouse of a veteran upon the death of the 
veteran, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to 
require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by 
facilities that perform mammograms, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 488

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 488, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse 
practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, 
intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for 
benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical 
responders.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 746

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to prevent 
human health threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the 
United States.


                                S. 1400

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1400, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to direct the task force of the Office of Veterans 
Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution 
of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses.


                                S. 1677

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1677, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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.

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                                S. 2031

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 2040

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2040, a bill to 
deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2176

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2176, a bill to expand 
the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2484

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2484, a bill to amend titles XVIII and 
XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care 
under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote 
patient monitoring services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2506

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2506, a bill to restore 
statutory rights to the people of the United States from forced 
arbitration.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 2645

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 2680

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. 
Heitkamp) were added as cosponsors of S. 2680, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide comprehensive mental health 
reform, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2680, supra.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 2851

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2851, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living 
adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of 
disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2957

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2957, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in 
recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing on the 
Moon.


                                S. 2962

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2962, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2989, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States merchant 
mariners of World War II, in recognition of their dedicated and vital 
service during World War II.


                                S. 3034

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3034, a bill to prohibit the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration from allowing the 
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions contract to lapse unless 
specifically authorized to do so by an Act of Congress.


                                S. 3039

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3039, a bill to support programs 
for mosquito-borne and other vector-borne disease surveillance and 
control.


                                S. 3043

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3043, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program establishing 
a patient self-scheduling appointment system, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3095

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3095, a bill to prohibit sale of shark fins and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3106

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3106, a bill to provide a 
coordinated regional response to effectively manage the endemic 
violence and humanitarian crisis in El Salvador, Guatemala, and 
Honduras.


                                S. 3127

  At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3127, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to enhance protections of Native American 
cultural objects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3142

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), 
the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 3142, a bill to require 
reporting on acts of certain foreign countries on Holocaust era assets 
and related issues.


                                S. 3164

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 3177

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3177, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-
owned buildings.


                                S. 3179

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3179, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to improve and extend the credit for carbon dioxide 
sequestration.

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                                S. 3183

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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 Nevada 
(Mr. Heller), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 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. 3227

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3227, a bill to direct the 
President to establish an interagency mechanism to coordinate United 
States development programs and private sector investment activities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3256

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3256, a bill to amend 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing 
countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the goal 
of all children in school and learning as an objective of the United 
States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3269

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3269, a bill to require the 
Attorney General to make a determination as to whether cannabidiol 
should be a controlled substance and listed in a schedule under the 
Controlled Substances Act and to expand research on the potential 
medical benefits of cannabidiol and other marijuana components.


                                S. 3281

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3281, a bill to extend the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.


                                S. 3284

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3284, a bill to oppose loans at 
international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua 
unless the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold 
free, fair, and transparent elections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3288

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3288, a bill to amend the Food Security Act 
of 1985 to exempt certain recipients of Department of Agriculture 
conservation assistance from certain reporting requirements, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3292

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors 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 Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3304, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to improve the Veterans Crisis Line.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 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 Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 3355

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3355, a bill to prohibit 
funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-
Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations Security 
Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States or affirms 
a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from actions 
that would run counter to the object and purpose of the Comprehensive 
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.


                                S. 3391

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3391, a bill to reauthorize 
the Museum and Library Services Act.


                                S. 3392

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3392, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to improve the process 
whereby Medicare Administrative Contractors issue local coverage 
determinations under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3405

  At the request of Mr. Daines, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 3405, 
a bill to transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List 
to the Commerce Control List.


                            S. CON. RES. 51

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                              S. RES. 536

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 536, a resolution 
proclaiming the week of October 30 through November 5, 2016, as 
``National Obesity Care Week''.


                              S. RES. 570

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 570, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of substance abuse disorder treatment and 
recovery in the United States.


                              S. RES. 581

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 581, a 
resolution prohibiting the Senate from adjourning, recessing, or 
convening in a pro forma session unless the Senate has provided a 
hearing and a vote on the pending nomination to the position of justice 
of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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