[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 163 (Tuesday, November 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6355-S6358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 217

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine

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(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 217, a bill to protect a 
woman's right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a 
pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion 
services.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home 
health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare 
for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether 
therapeutic intervention is required during the screening.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to 
provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who 
provide certain medical services in a secondary State.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow deductions and credits relating 
to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in 
compliance with State law.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to 
amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from registration 
brokers performing services in connection with the transfer of 
ownership of smaller privately held companies.


                                S. 1085

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1139

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1302

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1302, a bill to amend the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or 
daughter.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to eliminate 
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by 
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability 
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition.


                                S. 1679

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1679, a bill to amend the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require that certain buildings 
and personal property be covered by flood insurance, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 400th 
anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims.


                                S. 2031

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) 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. 2033

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2033, a bill to provide 
that 6 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2175

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) 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. 2216

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to provide 
immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential 
examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 2275

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2275, a bill to 
provide for automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for 
certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to amend 
the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent 
background check system.


                                S. 2346

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2346, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily allow expensing of certain 
costs of replanting citrus plants lost by reason of casualty.


                                S. 2424

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2424, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program for early detection, 
diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, 
infants, and young children.


                                S. 2427

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2427, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito) were added as cosponsors of S. 2595, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                S. 2679

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2679, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
establish within the Department of Veterans Affairs a center of 
excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and 
rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits.


                                S. 2748

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from

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Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2748, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of 
permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and 
osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and 
other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to 
promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to 
support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative 
medicine.


                                S. 2782

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2782, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of pediatric 
subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2932

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2932, a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act 
with respect to the provision of emergency medical services.


                                S. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2957

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors 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. 3042

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3042, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the scope of 
procedural rights of members of the uniformed services with respect to 
their employment and reemployment rights, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3043

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) 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. 3111

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 3115

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3115, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to a national pediatric research 
network.


                                S. 3124

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) 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. 3130

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3130, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent Independence at 
Home medical practice program under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3162

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3162, a bill to provide for the 
consideration of energy storage systems by electric utilities as part 
of a supply side resource process, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3179

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 3183

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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 Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Peters) 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. 3203

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3203, a bill to provide for 
economic development and access to resources in Alaska, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3240

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3240, a bill to prohibit the 
use of premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as an 
offset for other Federal spending.


                                S. 3281

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


                                S. 3295

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3295, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with cybersecurity consortia 
for training, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3304

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 3304, a bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
improve the Veterans Crisis Line.
  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3304, supra.


                                S. 3328

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3328, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the 
rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims 
for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3348

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3348, 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. 3369

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3369, a bill to amend 
section 2709 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that the 
Government may obtain a specified set of electronic communication 
transactional records under that section, and to make permanent the

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authority for individual terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign 
powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.


                                S. 3371

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3371, a bill to amend titles II, 
XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the affordability 
and enrollment procedures of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3391

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


                                S. 3421

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3421, a bill to require air 
carriers to provide all flight attendants with scheduled rest periods 
of at least 10 consecutive hours between duty periods and to comply 
with fatigue management plans for flight attendants that have been 
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.


                                S. 3431

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3431, a bill to coordinate 
and advance fibrosis research activities at the National Institutes of 
Health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3436

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3436, a bill to prevent proposed regulations relating 
to restrictions on liquidation of an interest with respect to estate, 
gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes from taking effect.


                                S. 3441

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3441, a bill to provide for the vacating 
of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of 
human trafficking.


                                S. 3464

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3464, a bill to provide 
incremental increases to the salary threshold for exemptions for 
executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer 
employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 537

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 537, a resolution 
expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, 
social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of 
political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and 
democratic processes.


                              S. RES. 590

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) and 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 590, a resolution commemorating 100 years of health care 
services provided by Planned Parenthood.


                              S. RES. 612

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 612, a 
resolution recognizing the Weatherization Assistance Program during its 
40th anniversary year for its history of reducing the energy costs of 
families with low incomes, making low-income households healthier and 
safer, positively impacting the environment, and supporting jobs and 
new technology.

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