[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4828-S4831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 66
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 66, a bill to amend
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other
purposes.
S. 116
At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 116, a bill to amend
title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-
connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military
aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members
of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.
S. 130
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 130, a bill to require
enforcement against misbranded milk alternatives.
S. 194
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 194, a bill
to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a public health
insurance option, and for other purposes.
S. 266
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 266, a bill to award
the Congressional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in recognition of his
heroic achievements and courageous contributions to peace in the Middle
East.
S. 384
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax
credit, and for other purposes.
S. 393
At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs.
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against income tax for
employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs.
S. 405
At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 405, a bill
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Higher Education Act
of 1965 to provide an exclusion from income for student loan
forgiveness for students who have died or become disabled.
S. 448
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr.
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 448, a bill to amend title XVIII
of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical
psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical
psychologist services under the Medicare program.
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S. 474
At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 474, a bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on
steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism
against Israeli citizens.
S. 515
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to require
the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all
employers that relocate a call center overseas, to make such companies
ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require
disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in
customer service communications, and for other purposes.
S. 527
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from West
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 527, a bill to
improve access to emergency medical services, and for other purposes.
S. 534
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from
Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to
prevent the sexual abuse of minors and amateur athletes by requiring
the prompt reporting of sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities,
and for other purposes.
S. 540
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr.
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill to limit the authority
of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties
performed in other States.
S. 581
At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to include
information concerning a patient's opioid addiction in certain medical
records.
S. 591
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 591, 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. 625
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to preserve
the integrity of American elections by providing the Attorney General
with the investigative tools to identify and prosecute foreign agents
who seek to circumvent Federal registration requirements and unlawfully
influence the political process.
S. 654
At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to revise
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
S. 754
At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from South
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 754, a bill to
support meeting our Nation's growing cybersecurity workforce needs by
expanding the cybersecurity education pipeline.
S. 756
At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from New
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) and the
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S.
756, a bill to reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote
international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes.
S. 794
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 794, a bill to amend
title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to improve the process
whereby Medicare administrative contractors issue local coverage
determinations under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 835
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 835, a bill to require
the Supreme Court of the United States to promulgate a code of ethics.
S. 926
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 926, a bill to authorize
the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to establish the National
Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work in the
District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
S. 967
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 967, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance
services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such
services under such program, and for other purposes.
S. 1002
At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mrs.
Ernst) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1002, a bill to enhance the ability of community
financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their
communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and
for other purposes.
S. 1113
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from
Delaware (Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were
added as cosponsors of S. 1113, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of cosmetics.
S. 1182
At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Flake) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Strange) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1182, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury
to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of
The American Legion.
S. 1198
At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1198, a bill to protect
individuals who are eligible for increased pension under laws
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the basis of need
of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise
unlawful practices, and for other purposes.
S. 1201
At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1201, a bill to
allow individuals living in areas without qualified health plans
offered through an Exchange to have similar access to health insurance
coverage as Members of Congress and congressional staff.
S. 1307
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from
Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1307, a bill to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility to
receive refundable tax credits for coverage under a qualified health
plan.
S. 1311
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1311, a bill to provide assistance in abolishing human
trafficking in the United States.
S. 1312
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Maine (Ms.
Collins) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1312, a bill to prioritize the fight against human
trafficking in the United States.
S. 1357
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1357, a bill to
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a standard
definition of therapeutic family care services in Medicaid.
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S. 1369
At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an excise tax on certain
prescription drugs which have been subject to a price spike, and for
other purposes.
S. 1413
At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer)
were added as cosponsors of S. 1413, a bill to authorize the Secretary
of Education to award grants to establish teacher leader development
programs.
S. 1513
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1513, a bill to
reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishment Act.
S. 1568
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1568, a bill to
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of
President John F. Kennedy.
S. 1595
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr.
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1595, a bill to amend the
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 to impose
additional sanctions with respect to Hizballah, and for other purposes.
S. 1616
At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 1616, a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Bob Dole, in
recognition for his service to the nation as a soldier, legislator, and
statesman.
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin),
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Colorado (Mr.
Bennet), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator
from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Ohio (Mr.
Brown), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs.
Capito), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Delaware (Mr.
Coons), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto), the Senator
from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines),
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from Illinois (Ms.
Duckworth), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr.
Franken), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from New
York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham),
the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from New
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the
Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), the Senator from Nevada (Mr.
Heller), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from North
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
Kaine), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from
Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee),
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill),
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator
from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson),
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Perdue), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the
Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Vermont (Mr.
Sanders), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), the Senator from
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from New Hampshire
(Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Strange), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), the
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
Thune), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), the Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Virginia (Mr.
Warner), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr.
Wicker) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) were added as
cosponsors of S. 1616, supra.
S. 1624
At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1624, a bill to
prohibit the use of chlorpyrifos on food, and for other purposes.
S. 1666
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1666, a bill to
direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring all
new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert
system, and for other purposes.
S. 1693
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1693, a bill to amend the
Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does
not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive
computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating
to sex trafficking.
S. 1697
At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Delaware (Mr.
Coons), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from
Georgia (Mr. Perdue) were added as cosponsors of S. 1697, a bill to
condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the
Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli
citizens and United States Citizens.
At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 1697, supra.
S. 1706
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) and the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1706, a bill
to prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines
raised in the United States.
S. 1729
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1729, a bill to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for independent
accreditation for dialysis facilities and assurances of high quality
surveys.
S. RES. 195
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 195, a resolution
recognizing June 20, 2017, as ``World Refugee Day''.
AMENDMENT NO. 329
At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 329 intended to be proposed to
H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
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2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 527
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No.
527 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 528
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr.
Murphy) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 528 intended to be
proposed to H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 529
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No.
529 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 592
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr.
King) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 592 intended to be
proposed to H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 750
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from North
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez)
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 750 intended to be proposed
to H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes.
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