[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6703-6705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 169

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 169, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-
educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
186, a bill to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie 
Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, in 
recognition of the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth 
Street Baptist Church, where the 4 little Black girls lost their lives, 
which served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.


                                 S. 289

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 289, a bill to extend the 
low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development 
Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration.


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 345, a bill to reform the Federal sugar 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the ``Doolittle 
Tokyo Raiders'', for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to 
the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 403, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying 
and harassment of students.


                                 S. 538

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the authorities and 
responsibilities of convening authorities in taking actions on the 
findings and sentences of courts-martial.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status 
for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization 
Assembly, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, supra.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to provide 
humanitarian assistance and support a democratic transition in Syria, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin

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(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, 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. 643

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 643, a bill to strengthen employee cost savings 
suggestions programs within the Federal Government.


                                 S. 674

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 674, a bill to require prompt 
responses from the heads of covered Federal agencies when the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs requests information necessary to adjudicate claims 
for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 675

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 675, a bill to 
prohibit contracting with the enemy.


                                 S. 679

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 679, a bill to promote local 
and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase diagnosis of Alzheimer's 
disease and related dementias, leading to better care and outcomes for 
Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.


                                 S. 734

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 734, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 741, a bill to extend the 
authorization of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands 
conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act through fiscal year 2017.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill 
to restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of 
Department of Defense medical facilities.


                                 S. 783

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 783, a bill to amend the 
Helium Act to improve helium stewardship, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 789, a bill to grant the Congressional 
Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in 
recognition of its superior service during World War II.


                                 S. 801

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 801, a bill to amend the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide for crop production on native 
sod.


                                 S. 806

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 806, a bill to 
amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude 
customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from 
the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.


                                 S. 813

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
813, a bill to require that Peace Corps volunteers be subject to the 
same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as employees 
of the Peace Corps with respect to coverage of such services, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 862

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 862, a bill to amend section 
5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional 
religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate.


                                 S. 865

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 865, a bill to provide for the establishment of a Commission to 
Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 871, 
a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance assistance for 
victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 907

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 907, a bill to provide 
grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 917

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 917, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced 
rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying 
producers.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 65, a resolution 
strongly supporting the full implementation of United States and 
international sanctions on Iran and urging the President to continue to 
strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 859

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 859 intended to be proposed to S. 601, a 
bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 870

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 870 intended to be proposed to S. 601, a bill to provide 
for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 874

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 874 intended to 
be proposed to S. 601, a bill to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers 
and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 883

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 883 intended to be proposed to S. 601, a bill to 
provide for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various 
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 888

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 888 intended to be proposed 
to S. 601, a bill to provide for the conservation and development of 
water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, and for other purposes.

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