[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 178 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7032-S7033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to provide for 
alternative financing arrangements for the provision of certain 
services and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure at land 
border ports of entry, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1714

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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.


                                S. 1959

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1959, a bill to provide 
greater controls and restrictions on revolving door lobbying.


                                S. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1980, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Alice Paul, in 
recognition of her role in the women's suffrage movement and in 
advancing equal rights for women.


                                S. 2037

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2037, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the Federal Pell Grant duration 
limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that 
closes or commits fraud or other misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2268

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2268, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust Off crews of 
the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary 
heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.


                                S. 2584

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2584, a bill to promote 
and protect from discrimination living organ donors.


                                S. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with 
disabilities to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above 
the current annual maximum contribution if they work and earn income.


                                S. 2703

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2703, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow rollovers between 529 
programs and ABLE accounts.


                                S. 2704

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2704, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age requirement with 
respect to eligibility for qualified ABLE programs.


                                S. 2924

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2924, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to former United States Senator Max Cleland.

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                                S. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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.


                                S. 3124

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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 Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 3132

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3132, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide 
service dogs to certain veterans with severe post-traumatic stress 
disorder.


                                S. 3149

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3149, a bill to 
posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene 
``Larry'' Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to 
American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces 
during World War II.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3237, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3256

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 3276

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3276, a bill to make 
habitual drunk drivers inadmissible and removable and to require the 
detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States 
and has been charged with driving under the influence or driving while 
intoxicated.


                                S. 3328

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3451

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3451, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable and 
advanceable tax credit for individuals with young children.


                                S. 3478

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3478, supra.


                                S. 3509

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3509, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to the People's Republic 
of China in relation to activities in the South China Sea and the East 
China Sea, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3527

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3527, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent high net worth 
individuals from receiving tax windfalls for entering government 
service.


                            S. CON. RES. 51

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) 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. 524

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 524, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate on the conflict in Yemen.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5149

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly) and the Senator from Massachusetts 
(Ms. Warren) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5149 intended to 
be proposed to S. 612, a bill to designate the Federal building and 
United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, 
Texas, as the ``George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.

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