[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18046-18048]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 122

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 122, a bill to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for the personal importation of 
safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.


                                 S. 210

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
210, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of 
the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by 
reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to 
another State.


                                 S. 275

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 275, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home as 
a site of care for infusion therapy under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 299, a bill to allow travel 
between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 417

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 417, a bill to 
encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use 
by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to 
amend title XIX

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of the Social Security Act to provide a standard definition of 
therapeutic foster care services in Medicaid.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to 
marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that 
seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 602

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to consider certain time spent by members of 
reserve components of the Armed Forces while receiving medical care 
from the Secretary of Defense as active duty for purposes of 
eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 640

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 640, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to delay the review and revision of the national ambient 
air quality standards for ozone.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of continuous 
glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 885

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to direct the 
Architect of the Capitol to place in the United States Capitol a chair 
honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
901, 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 that are related to that exposure, 
to establish an advisory board on such health conditions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, 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, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1133, a bill to 
amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                S. 1539

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1539, a bill 
to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish 
a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for 
children program.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1559, a bill 
to protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and 
dating violence from emotional and psychological trauma caused by acts 
of violence or threats of violence against their pets.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1562, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.


                                S. 1608

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1608, a bill to 
protect the safety of the national airspace system from the hazardous 
operation of consumer drones, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1742

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1742, a bill to improve 
the provision of postal services to rural areas of the United States.


                                S. 1816

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1816, a bill to 
provide relief to community banks, to promote access to capital for 
community banks, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1856

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1856, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and 
removal of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
performance or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety 
and to improve accountability of employees of the Department, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1883

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1883, a bill to maximize 
discovery, and accelerate development and availability, of promising 
childhood cancer treatments, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1886, a bill to reauthorize 
the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1893

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1893, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance 
use disorders.


                                S. 1915

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1915, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make anthrax vaccines and 
antimicrobials available to emergency response providers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1916

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1916, a bill to include 
skilled nursing facilities as a type of health care provider under 
section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934.


                                S. 2021

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2021, a bill to prohibit 
Federal agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an 
applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information 
before the applicant has received a conditional offer, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to strengthen protections for employees 
wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or 
conditions of employment and to provide for stronger remedies for 
interference with these rights, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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2103, a bill to modify a provision relating to adjustments of certain 
State apportionments for Federal highway programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2123, a bill to reform sentencing laws and 
correctional institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2147

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2147, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to participant votes on the 
suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and 
declining status.


                                S. 2151

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2151, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections 
for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such 
Act.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the ability of health care professionals 
to treat veterans through the use of telemedicine, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2220

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Maine (Mr. 
King) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2220, a bill to amend title XXVII 
of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a special enrollment 
period for pregnant women, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2225

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2225, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program 
and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 299

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 299, a 
resolution honoring the life, legacy, and example of former Israeli 
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the twentieth anniversary of his death.


                              S. RES. 302

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), 
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 302, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of Israel and 
in condemnation of Palestinian terror attacks.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 302, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 302, supra.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, a resolution 
condemning the ongoing sexual violence against women and children from 
Yezidi, Christian, Shabak, Turkmen, and other religious communities by 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants and urging the prosecution of 
the perpetrators and those complicit in these crimes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2770

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2770 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2029, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2788

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2788 proposed to 
H.R. 2029, a bill making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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