[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7942-7943]
[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 Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 223

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program on awarding 
grants for provision of furniture, household items, and other 
assistance to homeless veterans to facilitate their transition into 
permanent housing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 248

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 248, a bill to clarify the 
rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                 S. 257

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 257, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician 
supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                 S. 275

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 289

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 289, a bill to prioritize 
funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical 
research.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters) were added as cosponsors of S. 311, 
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. 317

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 317, a bill to improve 
early education.


                                 S. 335

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


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) 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. 559

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor 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. 637

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 681

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 681, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to 
the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 682, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage 
originator and a high-cost mortgage.


                                 S. 683

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 683, a bill to extend the principle of federalism to 
State drug policy, provide access to medical marijuana, and enable 
research into the medicinal properties of marijuana.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to prevent 
international violence against women, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to improve the 
coordination and use of geospatial data.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, a bill to amend the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to 
combat the rise of prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence 
syndrome.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 890, a bill to amend title 
54, United States Code, to provide consistent and

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reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund to maximize the effectiveness of the Fund for future 
generations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 928

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 928, a bill to reauthorize 
the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim 
Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1056

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


                                S. 1126

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1126, a bill to 
modify and extend the National Guard State Partnership Program.


                                S. 1130

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to improve procedures for legal justice 
for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor 
pressure limitations under that Act.


                                S. 1250

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1250, a bill to 
encourage States to require the installation of residential carbon 
monoxide detectors in homes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1260

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1260, a bill to direct 
the Federal Communications Commission to revise and update its 
sponsorship identification rules applicable to commercial and political 
advertising.


                                S. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Udall, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1297, a bill to update the Commercial Space Launch Act by amending 
title 51, United States Code, to promote competitiveness of the U.S. 
commercial space sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1300

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to 
amend the section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain 
situations.


                                S. 1344

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1344, a bill to clarify 
that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity can accept 
donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1364

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1364, a bill 
to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the payment of 
an additional rebate to the State Medicaid plan in the case of increase 
in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate 
of inflation.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1380, a bill to support 
early learning.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on 
the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any 
prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or 
gender identity of the child involved.


                                S. 1393

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1393, a bill to 
require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
include in each regulatory impact analysis for a proposed or final rule 
an analysis that does not include any other proposed or unimplemented 
rule.


                            S. CON. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 17, a 
concurrent resolution establishing a joint select committee to address 
regulatory reform.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 148, a resolution 
condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its 
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 176

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 176, a 
resolution designating September 2015 as ``National Brain Aneurysm 
Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 184

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 184, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that 
conversion therapy, including efforts by mental health practitioners to 
change the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of 
an individual, is dangerous and harmful and should be prohibited from 
being practiced on minors.
  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 184, supra.

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