Volume 162, No. 133 covering the 2nd Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S5279-S5281 on Sept. 6, 2016.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 17
At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 17, a bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
S. 31
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 31, a bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
S. 134
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 134, a bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.
S. 198
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 198, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to inverted corporations.
S. 271
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) 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. 377
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase access to ambulance services under the Medicare program and to reform payments for such services under such program, and for other purposes.
S. 488
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) was added as a cosponsor of S. 488, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
S. 591
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 1082
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1082, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.
S. 1205
At the request of Mrs. Capito, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1205, a bill to designate the same individual serving as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health.
S. 1345
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-
management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.
S. 1688
At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to provide for the admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union.
S. 1865
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1865, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to eating disorders, and for other purposes.
S. 1982
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1982, a bill to authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund the Wall of Remembrance.
S. 2031
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2031, a bill to reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
S. 2217
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2217, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments, and to amend the authority to bring proceedings under section 403A.
S. 2373
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2373, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment.
S. 2427
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2427, a bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
S. 2484
At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as cosponsors of S. 2484, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, and for other purposes.
S. 2531
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2531, a bill to authorize State and local governments to divest from entities that engage in commerce-related or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel, and for other purposes.
S. 2595
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters) 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. 2645
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 2645, a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, and for other purposes.
S. 2659
At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Peters), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added as cosponsors of S. 2659, a bill to reaffirm that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot regulate vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes.
S. 2702
At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals with disabilities to save additional amounts in their ABLE accounts above the current annual maximum contribution if they work and earn income.
S. 2711
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2711, a bill to expand opportunity for Native American children through additional options in education, and for other purposes.
S. 2763
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2763, a bill to provide the victims of Holocaust-era persecution and their heirs a fair opportunity to recover works of art confiscated or misappropriated by the Nazis.
S. 2782
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2782, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps program, and for other purposes.
S. 2912
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Donnelly) 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. 2921
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2921, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the accountability of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve health care and benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 2927
At the request of Mr. Lankford, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) 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 Kansas
(Mr. Moran) 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. 2944
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2944, a bill to require adequate reporting on the Public Safety Officers' Benefit program, and for other purposes.
S. 2951
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2951, a bill to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to impose penalties and provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign offshore units, and for other purposes.
S. 2962
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Maine
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 2962, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.
S. 3031
At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3031, a bill to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes.
S. 3106
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3106, a bill to provide a coordinated regional response to effectively manage the endemic violence and humanitarian crisis in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
S. 3124
At the request of Mrs. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3124, a bill to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.
S. 3130
At the request of Mr. Markey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3130, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent Independence at Home medical practice program under the Medicare program.
S. 3155
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 3155, a bill to amend chapter 97 of title 28, United States Code, to clarify the exception to foreign sovereign immunity set forth in section 1605(a)(3) of such title.
S. 3169
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3169, a bill to support basic energy research and eliminate the wind production tax credit.
S. 3184
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) were added as cosponsors of S. 3184, a bill to protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
S. 3198
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3237
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 3237, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.
S. 3244
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors 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. 3252
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3252, a bill to require States to automatically register eligible voters to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
S. 3256
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3256, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the goal of all children in school and learning as an objective of the United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
S. 3281
At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3281, a bill to extend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
S.J. RES. 35
At the request of Mr. Flake, the names of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 35, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to ``Interpretation of the `Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act''.
S. RES. 426
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 426, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should support and protect the right of women working in developing countries to safe workplaces, free from gender-based violence, reprisals, and intimidation.
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