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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 13

At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 13, a bill to authorize the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to
award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to
provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their
parents.

S. 22

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of
S. 22, a bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows.

S. 170

At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to
recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and
recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued
opportunities for those activities.

S. 294

At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) were added
as cosponsors of S. 294, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code,
to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with mental health
conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

S. 309

At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr.
Johnson), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia
(Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Colorado (Mr.
Udall), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S. 309, a bill to
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the
Civil Air Patrol.

S. 313

At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE
accounts established under State programs for the care of family
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.

S. 351

At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to
repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
of providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

S. 367

At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

S. 403

At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 403, 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. 460

At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 460, a bill to provide
for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

S. 512

At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill
to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to aid
gifted and talented and high-ability learners by empowering the
Nation's teachers, and for other purposes.

S. 557

At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New Mexico
(Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, 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. 603

At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 603, a bill to
repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S. 653

At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, a bill to provide for
the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.

S. 654

At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and
infrastructure grants.

S. 655

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 655, a bill to amend the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to
provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other purposes.

S. 700

At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to ensure
that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces
and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian
certifications and licenses, and for other purposes.

S. 731

At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 731, a bill
to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on
proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on
general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community
banks.

S. 734

At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 734, a bill to amend
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction
of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit

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S. 761

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from
Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte)
were added as cosponsors of S. 761, a bill to promote energy savings in
residential and commercial buildings and industry, and for other
purposes.

S. 762

At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 762, a bill to amend the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition
assistance program.

S. 783

At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake)
were added as cosponsors of S. 783, a bill to amend the Helium Act to
improve helium stewardship, and for other purposes.

S. 789

At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey)
and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of
S. 789, a bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to
the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service
during World War II.

S. 813

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was added as a cosponsor
of S. 813, a bill to require that Peace Corps volunteers be subject to
the same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as
employees of the Peace Corps with respect to coverage of such services,
and for other purposes.

S. 815

At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 815, a bill
to prohibit the employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity.

S. 820

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 820, a bill to
provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment
of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.

S. 865

At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to provide
for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast
Cancer.

S. 871

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Texas
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from
Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added
as cosponsors of S. 871, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code,
to enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by
members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

S. 892

At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill to amend the Iran
Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 to impose sanctions
with respect to certain transactions in foreign currencies, and for
other purposes.

S. 897

At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to prevent the
doubling of the interest rate for Federal subsidized student loans for
the 2013-2014 academic year by providing funds for such loans through
the Federal Reserve System, to ensure that such loans are available at
interest rates that are equivalent to the interest rates at which the
Federal Government provides loans to banks through the discount window
operated by the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.

S. 917

At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors of S.
917, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a
reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain
qualifying producers.

S. 937

At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from South
Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were
added as cosponsors of S. 937, a bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue
Service from applying disproportionate scrutiny to applicants for tax-
exempt status based on ideology, and for other purposes.

S. 941

At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to amend
title 18, United States Code, to prevent discriminatory misconduct
against taxpayers by Federal officers and employees, and for other
purposes.

S. 942

At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to eliminate
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth,
or a related medical condition.

S. 947

At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 947, a bill to ensure
access to certain information for financial services industry
regulators, and for other purposes.

S. 953

At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S.
953, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the
reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans,
to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, to limit
earnings stripping by expatriated entities, to provide for
modifications related to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and for
other purposes.

S. RES. 75

At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr.
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 75, a resolution condemning
the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its
Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International
Covenants on Human Rights.

AMENDMENT NO. 866

At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 866 proposed to
S. 601, a bill to provide for the conservation and development of water
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of
the United States, and for other purposes.

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