[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11023-11024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 234

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 234, 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. 323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 323, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of 
Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant 
patients and other renal dialysis provisions.


                                 S. 325

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 325, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children 
eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 327

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State 
foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration and protection services.


                                 S. 346

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 346, 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. 395

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 395, a bill to amend 
the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                 S. 403

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 415

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 415, a bill to 
clarify the collateral requirement for certain loans under section 7(d) 
of the Small Business Act, to address assistance to out-of-State small 
business concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend 
title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National 
Pediatric Research Network, including with respect to pediatric rare 
diseases or conditions.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 462, a bill to enhance the strategic 
partnership between the United States and Israel.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to require a study 
and report by the Small Business Administration regarding the costs to 
small business concerns of Federal regulations.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to foster more effective 
implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-
diabetes and diabetes.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 541, a bill to prevent human health 
threats posed by the consumption of equines raised in the United 
States.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication 
therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of 
outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing 
facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 629

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 629, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
make the provision of technical services for medical imaging 
examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and 
less costly.


                                 S. 783

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


                                 S. 913

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 913, a bill to 
amend the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize 
and improve that Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 971

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 971, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of 
silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination 
system permitting requirements.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 to provide social service agencies with the 
resources to provide services to meet the urgent needs

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of Holocaust survivors to age in place with dignity, comfort, security, 
and quality of life.


                                S. 1068

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1068, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1072

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1072, a bill to 
ensure that the Federal Aviation Administration advances the safety of 
small airplanes and the continued development of the general aviation 
industry, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1158, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment 
of the National Park Service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1166

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1166, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for appropriate 
designation of collective bargaining units.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to allow a veterinarian to transport and 
dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary 
practice outside of the registered location.


                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1181, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States 
real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1229

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1229, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual 
percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1238

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 1238, 
a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current 
reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans 
for 1 year, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1241

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1241, a bill to 
establish the interest rate for certain Federal student loans, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1251, a bill to establish 
programs with respect to childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer.


                              S. RES. 151

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 151, a resolution urging 
the Government of Afghanistan to ensure transparent and credible 
presidential and provincial elections in April 2014 by adhering to 
internationally accepted democratic standards, establishing a 
transparent electoral process, and ensuring security for voters and 
candidates.


                              S. RES. 191

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 191, a resolution 
designating July 27, 2013, as ``National Day of the American Cowboy''.

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