[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 5963-5965]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 153

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 153, 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. 192

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 192, a bill to 
reauthorize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 282

  At the request of Mr. Paul, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
282, a bill to provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the 
cost and performance of Government programs and

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areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 299

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


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) 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. 327

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to provide for 
auditable financial statements for the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 386, a bill to limit the 
authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment 
duties performed in other States.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill to amend the Sex 
Offender Registration and Notification Act to require the Secretary of 
Defense to inform the Attorney General of persons required to register 
as sex offenders.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to end 
discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to 
improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of 
Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, 
ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their 
spouses or partners, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 492, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to improve 
environmental literacy to better prepare students for postsecondary 
education and careers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 507

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 507, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay 
higher wages to their employees.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to safeguard data stored abroad from improper 
government access, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 517

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 517, a bill to 
extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination 
program, to restore mandatory funding status to the payment in lieu of 
taxes program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 607

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 607, 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, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 608

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 608, a bill to prevent homeowners from being forced 
to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt.


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to strengthen 
families' engagement in the education of their children.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Mr. King, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include biomass heating appliances for 
tax credits available for energy-efficient building property and energy 
property.


                                 S. 753

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 753, a bill to amend the 
method by which the Social Security Administration determines the 
validity of marriages under title II of the Social Security Act.


                                 S. 776

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 776, 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. 860

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-
skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 884

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 884, a bill to improve access to 
emergency medical services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 898

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 898, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in 
the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Flake, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to require 
the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs 
within the Department of Energy.


                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 976, a bill to promote the 
development of a United States commercial space resource exploration 
and utilization industry and to increase the exploration and 
utilization of resources in outer space.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) and the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 981, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a repatriation holiday, to 
increase funding to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1014

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1014, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety 
of cosmetics.


                                S. 1032

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1032, a bill to expand the

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use of E-Verify, to hold employers accountable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1056, a bill 
to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1088

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1088, a bill to amend 
the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide for voter 
registration through the Internet, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1116

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Perdue) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1116, a bill to require 
that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods 
and services necessary for the operations and management of certain 
Government agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1117, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to expand the authority of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to remove senior executives of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct to include removal of 
certain other employees of the Department, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1121

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) were added as cosponsors of S. 1121, 
a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional 
unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the 
Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1127

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1127, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the denial of 
deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1136

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1136, a 
bill relating to the modernization of C-130 aircraft to meet applicable 
regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1147 proposed 
to H.R. 1191, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as 
employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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