[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 164 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6414-S6416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 375, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise 
tax on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 1081

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1081, a bill to end the use of body-
gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System.


                                S. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Mr. Heller, his name 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

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acts of violence or threats of violence against their pets.


                                S. 1808

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1808, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a Northern 
Border threat analysis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1874

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1874, a bill to 
provide protections for workers with respect to their right to select 
or refrain from selecting representation by a labor organization.


                                S. 2397

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2397, a bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make 
grants to States that extend or eliminate unexpired statutes of 
limitation applicable to laws involving child sexual abuse.


                                S. 2655

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2655, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the historic 
rehabilitation tax credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2748

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 2868

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2868, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the deferral of 
inclusion in gross income for capital gains reinvested in economically 
distressed zones.


                                S. 2921

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2921, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve health care and benefits 
for veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2957

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 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. 3034

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3090

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3090, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration 
program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-
stage renal disease, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3256

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator 
from Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3353, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service 
from carrying out seizures relating to a structuring transaction unless 
the property to be seized derived from an illegal source or the funds 
were structured for the purpose of concealing the violation of another 
criminal law or regulation, to require notice and a post-seizure 
hearing for such seizures, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3390

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3390, a bill to ensure that 
significantly more students graduate college with the international 
knowledge and experience essential for success in today's global 
economy through the establishment of the Senator Paul Simon Study 
Abroad Program in the Department of Education.


                                S. 3436

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3462

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3462, a bill to provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a 
rule of the Department of Labor relating to income thresholds for 
determining overtime pay for executive, administrative, professional, 
outside sales, and computer employees.


                                S. 3464

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) 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.J. RES. 41

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 41, a joint resolution proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the 
electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the 
President and Vice President of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 51

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, his name 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. 608

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 608, a 
resolution designating the week of September 17 through September 24, 
2016, as ``National Estuaries Week''.

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