[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 176 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6841-S6842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 24

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 24, a bill to clarify that an 
authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any 
similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or 
trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
299, a bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                S. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1524, a bill to enable 
concrete masonry products manufacturers to establish, finance, and 
carry out a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion 
to improve, maintain, and develop markets for concrete masonry 
products.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1911, a bill to implement policies to end preventable maternal, 
newborn, and child deaths globally.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan) 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. 2712

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2712, a bill to restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes 
from severance payments to individuals who retired or separated from 
service in the Armed Forces for combat-related injuries, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2748

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) and the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 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. 2878

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) 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. 2895

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2895, a bill to 
extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex 
offenses.


                                S. 2957

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. 
Baldwin), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), 
the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from North Dakota 
(Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) were added as cosponsors 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.

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                                S. 3188

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3188, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the incentives for 
biodiesel.


                                S. 3256

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 3284

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue) 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. 3364

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3364, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot 
program to accept the donation of facilities and related improvements 
for use by the Department of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 3478

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) 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. 3504

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3504, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to implement Medicare payment policies 
designed to improve management of chronic disease, streamline care 
coordination, and improve quality outcomes without adding to the 
deficit.


                              S.J. RES. 40

  At the request of Mr. Boozman, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 40, a joint 
resolution approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and 
honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on active duty in 
support of Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield.

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