[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18628-18629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 204

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) and the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as cosponsors of S. 204, a bill to 
preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, 
join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
activities.


                                 S. 313

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE 
accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 411

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 526, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 583, a bill to implement 
equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the 
Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human 
person.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, 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, and other programs, to promote 
education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the 
development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill 
to provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End 
of Breast Cancer.


                                 S. 912

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 912, a bill to 
allow multichannel video programming distributors to provide video 
programming to subscribers on an a la carte basis, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 994, a bill to expand the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase 
accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1005

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1005, a bill to establish 
more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and 
agencies engaged in or providing support to, international 
conservation.


                                S. 1011

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 1011, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1046

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1046, a bill to 
clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial 
Establishment Act of 1994.


                                S. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1114, a bill to provide for 
identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the 
misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1116

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the 
exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe 
benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1187, a bill to 
prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage 
loan debt.


                                S. 1406

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were

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added as cosponsors of S. 1406, a bill to amend the Horse Protection 
Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen 
penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture 
enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1476

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. 
Warren) were added as cosponsors of S. 1476, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of deduction for 
certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1491

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1491, a bill to 
amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve 
United States-Israel energy cooperation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1505

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1505, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good 
articles, and to exempt those articles from definition under that Act.


                                S. 1610

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1610, a bill to delay 
the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood 
Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1614

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1614, a bill to require 
Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name 
and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1652, a bill to amend the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act to provide guidance on utility 
energy service contracts used by Federal agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1659

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 1659, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of 
higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers.


                                S. 1697

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1697, a bill to support 
early learning.


                                S. 1728

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill 
to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
improve ballot accessibility to uniformed services voters and overseas 
voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1759

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1759, a bill to reauthorize 
the teaching health center program.


                                S. 1761

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1761, a bill to 
permanently extend the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 
and establish a private right of action to enforce compliance with such 
Act.


                                S. 1765

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1765, a bill to ensure 
the compliance of Iran with agreements relating to Iran's nuclear 
program.


                                S. 1766

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1766, a bill to 
provide for the equitable distribution of Universal Service funds to 
rural States.


                                S. 1779

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1779, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt fire hydrants from the prohibition on 
the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux.


                                S. 1797

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1797, a bill to provide for 
the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to ensure that 
emergency services volunteers are not counted as full-time employees 
under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1802

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1802, a bill to provide 
equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-
related swaps, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 317

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
317, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the continuing 
relationship between the United States and Georgia.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2384

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2384 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1197, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 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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