[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 13224-13226]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Booker, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to require humane treatment of animals by Federal 
Government facilities.


                                 S. 540

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain 
improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service 
personnel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to reauthorize the 
farm to school program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 574

  At the request of Mr. Scott, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 574, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit against 
income tax for employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship 
programs.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to provide 
protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide 
certain medical services in a secondary State.


                                S. 1539

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) 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. 1945

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1945, a bill to 
make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive 
services for individuals with mental illness and families in mental 
health crisis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to establish 
EUREKA Prize Competitions to accelerate discovery and development of 
disease-modifying, preventive, or curative treatments for Alzheimer's 
disease and related dementia, to encourage efforts to enhance detection 
and diagnosis of such diseases, or to enhance the quality and 
efficiency of care of individuals with such diseases.


                                S. 2216

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2216, a bill to 
provide immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose 
potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2341

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2341, a bill to designate a 
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness.


                                S. 2420

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Hawaii

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(Ms. Hirono) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2420, a bill to amend the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to the work 
requirement.


                                S. 2595

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2595, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                S. 2832

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2832, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare 
hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index 
applied with respect to certain hospitals.


                                S. 2873

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2873, a bill to require 
studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, 
technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models 
to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Gardner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2912, a bill to authorize 
the use of unapproved medical products by patients diagnosed with a 
terminal illness in accordance with State law, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2927

  At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2927, a bill to prevent 
governmental discrimination against providers of health services who 
decline involvement in abortion, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2932, a bill to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the provision of 
emergency medical services.


                                S. 2941

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2941, a bill to require a 
study on women and lung cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2953

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2953, a bill to promote 
patient-centered care and accountability at the Indian Health Service, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3006

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3006, a bill to provide for 
the exchange of certain National Forest System land and non-Federal 
land in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3023

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3023, a bill to 
provide for the reconsideration of claims for disability compensation 
for veterans who were the subjects of experiments by the Department of 
Defense during World War II that were conducted to assess the effects 
of mustard gas or lewisite on people, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3065

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3065, a bill 
to amend parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security Act to invest 
in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe 
and supported at home, to ensure that children in foster care are 
placed in the least restrictive, most family-like, and appropriate 
settings, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3065, supra.


                                S. 3073

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3073, a bill to 
establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment 
to the United States Constitution providing for women's suffrage, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3101

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3101, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the liability of health 
care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in 
response to a disaster.


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) were added as cosponsors of S. 3198, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
adult day health care services for veterans.


                                S. 3244

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3244, a bill to 
amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to clarify the 
treatment of pediatric dental coverage in the individual and group 
markets outside of Exchanges established under the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3253

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Sasse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3253, a bill to require the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration to provide notice and 
comment rulemaking for the revised enforcement policy relating to the 
exemption of retail facilities from coverage of the process safety 
management of highly hazardous chemicals standard under section 
1910.119(a)(2)(i) of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3270

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3270, a bill to prevent 
elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system's response 
to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases.


                                S. 3285

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3285, a bill to prohibit the 
President from using funds appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, 
United States Code, to make payments to Iran, to impose sanctions with 
respect to Iranian persons that hold or detain United States citizens, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3296

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3296, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the 
individual mandate to maintain health coverage for individuals residing 
in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans 
on an Exchange.


                                S. 3297

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3297, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption to the individual 
mandate to maintain health coverage for certain individuals whose 
premium has increased by more than 10 percent, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3304

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Cotton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3304, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the Veterans Crisis Line.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi

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(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3308, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription drug plan 
sponsors and MA-PD organizations under the Medicare program from 
retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies.


                                S. 3328

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3328, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the rights and processes 
relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under 
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3355

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Sasse) were added as cosponsors of S. 3355, a bill to 
prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive 
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization in the event the United Nations 
Security Council adopts a resolution that obligates the United States 
or affirms a purported obligation of the United States to refrain from 
actions that would run counter to the object and purpose of the 
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.


                              S. RES. 527

  At the request of Mr. Udall, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 527, a resolution 
recognizing the 75th anniversary of the opening of the National Gallery 
of Art.


                              S. RES. 535

  At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 535, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the trafficking 
of illicit fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and China.


                              S. RES. 570

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 570, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of substance abuse disorder treatment and 
recovery in the United States.

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