[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3387-3388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 139

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 139, a bill to 
permanently allow an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income 
program and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to 
individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or 
conditions.


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cruz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to promote freedom, 
fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and 
other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a 
national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.


                                 S. 178

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 178, supra.


                                 S. 197

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 197, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to 
States to improve delivery of high-quality assessments, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 207

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 207, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to use existing authorities to furnish health care at non-
Department of Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more 
than 40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility of the 
Department that furnishes the care sought by the veteran, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 262

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 262, a bill to reauthorize the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 271

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 271, 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. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the 
Medicare program of pharmacist services.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 529 plans.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, 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, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound 
standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a 
vessel.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Hoeven), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Bennet), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from 
Maine (Mr. King) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 405, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend the 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual written 
privacy notice requirement.


                                 S. 440

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 440, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to participants in 
certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness.


                                 S. 474

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to require 
State educational agencies that receive funding under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to have in effect policies and 
procedures on background checks for school employees.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Health Coverage 
Tax Credit.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 539, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation 
therapy caps.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Ms. Heitkamp, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to 
establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational 
Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide 
recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating 
to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as cosponsors of S. 
559, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of Education from engaging in 
regulatory overreach with regard to institutional eligibility under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, 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. 582

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Sullivan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to prohibit 
taxpayer funded abortions.


                                 S. 591

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 591, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the new markets tax 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 615

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 615, a bill to provide for congressional review and 
oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to 
employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 678

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of 
naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                             S. CON. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

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