[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15964-15966]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 907

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 931

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to raise awareness of, and to 
educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery, especially 
patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups, 
regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, 
prostheses, and other options.


                                S. 1011

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1040

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added

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as cosponsors of S. 1040, a bill to provide for the award of a gold 
medal on behalf of Congress to Jack Nicklaus, in recognition of his 
service to the Nation in promoting excellence, good sportsmanship, and 
philanthropy.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) 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. 1332

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely 
access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1389

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1389, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs?' Monument in Fort 
Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the 
National Park System.


                                S. 1702

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Flake) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1702, a bill to empower States 
with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and 
mass transit programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2069

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2069, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and modify the credit for 
employee health insurance expenses of small employers.


                                S. 2187

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2187, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a five-year 
extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program.


                                S. 2192

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2192, a bill to 
amend the National Alzheimer's Project Act to require the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health to prepare and submit, directly to 
the President for review and transmittal to Congress, an annual budget 
estimate (including an estimate of the number and type of personnel 
needs for the Institutes) for the initiatives of the National 
Institutes of Health pursuant to such an Act.


                                S. 2250

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2250, a bill to 
extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2572

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2572, a 
bill to ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2634

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2634, a bill to provide tax 
relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2646

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2646, a bill to reauthorize 
the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2689

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2689, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of continuous 
glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2694

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2694, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the application of the 
Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services furnished under 
Medicaid and to apply the rate floor to additional providers of primary 
care services.


                                S. 2710

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2710, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt private foundations from the 
tax on excess business holdings in the case of certain philanthropic 
enterprises which are independently supervised, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2738

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2738, a bill 
to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center 
for research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the 
descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in 
the Armed Forces, to establish an advisory board on exposure to toxic 
substances, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2746

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 2746, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of 
children and help better understand and enhance awareness about 
unexpected sudden death in early life.


                                S. 2775

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2775, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt aircraft management 
services from the ticket tax.


                                S. 2782

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2782, a bill to amend title 36, United 
States Code, to improve the Federal charter for the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars of the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2795

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2795, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to expand the definition of eligible program.


                                S. 2796

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2796, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to increase the income protection allowances.


                                S. 2839

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2839, a bill 
to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the 
national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use.


                                S. 2904

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2904, a bill to prevent the 
militarization of Federal, State, and local law enforcement by Federal 
excess property transfers and grant programs.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2920, a bill to deny Social 
Security benefits and other benefits to individuals who participated in 
Nazi persecution.


                                S. 2931

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2931, a bill to amend the Unfunded

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Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for regulatory impact analyses 
for certain rules and consideration of the least burdensome regulatory 
alternative, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator 
from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
580, a resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption 
Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of 
adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and 
families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United 
States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

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