[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 172 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6665-S6666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 290

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 290, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 497

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to allow 
Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own 
health needs and the health needs of their families.


                                S. 1490

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1490, a bill to establish 
an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the 
Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1794

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1794, a bill to 
prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean.


                                S. 2208

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2208, a bill to promote the 
economic security and safety of survivors of domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2577, a bill to protect 
crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA and 
other forensic evidence samples to improve and expand the forensic 
science testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
laboratories, to increase research and development of new testing 
technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of forensic evidence, to provide post-conviction testing of DNA 
evidence to exonerate the innocent, to support accreditation efforts of 
forensic science laboratories and medical examiner offices, to address 
training and equipment needs, to improve the performance of counsel in 
State capital cases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2645

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2671

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2671, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish rules for payment for 
graduate medical education (GME) costs for hospitals that establish a 
new medical residency training program after hosting resident rotators 
for short durations.


                                S. 2868

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 2878

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2878, a bill to amend the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve the ability of 
the United States to advance religious freedom globally through 
enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance 
efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political responses to 
religious freedom violations and violent extremism worldwide, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) 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. 3111

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 3164

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 3299

  At the request of Mr. Daines, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3299, a bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify air 
carriers and security screening personnel of the Transportation 
Security Administration of the guidelines of the Administration 
regarding permitting baby formula, breast milk, and juice on aircraft, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3373

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3373, a bill to amend the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an 
insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained 
by or through a deposit broker, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3391

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


                                S. 3447

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from Maine (Mr. King) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3447, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to 
place in Arlington National Cemetery a memorial honoring the helicopter 
pilots and crew members of the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3472

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as cosponsors of S. 3472, a bill to require 
the Bureau of

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the Census to conduct a survey to determine income and poverty levels 
in the United States in a manner that accounts for the receipt of 
Federal means-tested benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3476

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3476, a bill to 
waive recoupment by the United States of certain bonuses and similar 
benefits erroneously received by members of the Army National Guard, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3478

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3478, a bill to require 
continued and enhanced annual reporting to Congress in the Annual 
Report on International Religious Freedom on anti-Semitic incidents in 
Europe, the safety and security of European Jewish communities, and the 
efforts of the United States to partner with European governments, the 
European Union, and civil society groups, to combat anti-Semitism, and 
for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 51

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) 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. CON. RES. 56

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 56, a 
concurrent resolution clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to 
whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a 
violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect 
Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the 
Trump Organization.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 580, a resolution 
supporting the establishment of a President's Youth Council.


                              S. RES. 616

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 616, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month.

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