[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 134 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11414-S11416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance 
for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after 
September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 34

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 34, a bill to promote 
simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of 
sales and use taxes.


                                 S. 166

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 166, a bill to restrict any State 
from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services.


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to amend title 
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Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being 
awarded to any entity that performs abortions.


                                 S. 505

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the above-the-line deduction 
for teacher classroom supplies and to expand such deduction to include 
qualified professional development expenses.


                                 S. 788

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 788, a bill to authorize 
the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to 
improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to 
repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of 
child support incentive payments.


                                 S. 809

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to amend the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt qualified public housing 
agencies from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing 
agency plan.


                                 S. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 849

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to promote 
accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by 
strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 881, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1012, a bill 
to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful 
disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including 
disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide 
certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1038

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand workplace health incentives by 
equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use.


                                S. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1149, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to 
authorize the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and 
poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State 
inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection 
requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State agencies 
for part of the costs of the inspections.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1175, a bill to end the 
use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1281

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1281, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
certain rivers and streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System 
as additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


                                S. 1316

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1316, a bill to 
establish and clarify that Congress does not authorize persons 
convicted of dangerous crimes in foreign courts to freely possess 
firearms in the United States.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1430, a bill to authorize 
State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent 
investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in 
Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1451, a bill to 
encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve 
health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care 
system.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to amend the 
Farm Security and Rural Development Act of 2002 to support beginning 
farmers and ranchers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1484

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1484, a bill to 
amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the 
Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect 
before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill 
to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand 
Federal eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 
18.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1514, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                                S. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries 
of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1605, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to 
health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1621

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington

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(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business 
machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of 
depreciation.


                                S. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to adjust 
the salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1668, a bill to assist in providing affordable 
housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes.


                                S. 1818

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1818, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out the use of mercury in the 
manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1821, a bill to 
prohibit the closure or relocation of any county, local, or field 
office of the Farm Service Agency or Natural Resources Conservation 
Service or any office related to the rural development mission of the 
Department of Agriculture until at least 1 year after the enactment of 
an Act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs after 
fiscal year 2007.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to designate 
the Friday after Thanksgiving of each year as ``Native American 
Heritage Day'' in honor of the achievements and contributions of Native 
Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1944, a bill to 
provide justice for victims of state-sponsored terrorism.


                                S. 1958

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1958, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure and foster continued 
patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria 
for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1971

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1971, a bill to 
authorize a competitive grant program to assist members of the National 
Guard and Reserve and former and current members of the Armed Forces in 
securing employment in the private sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1977

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1977, a bill to provide for 
sustained United States leadership in a cooperative global effort to 
prevent nuclear terrorism, reduce global nuclear arsenals, stop the 
spread of nuclear weapons and related material and technology, and 
support the responsible and peaceful use of nuclear technology.


                                S. 1999

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1999, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, 
Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2020

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2020, a bill to reauthorize 
the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2010, 
to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as the 
``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007'', and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 13, a joint resolution granting the consent 
of Congress to the International Emergency Management Assistance 
Memorandum of Understanding.


                              S. RES. 201

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
201, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Life 
Insurance Awareness Month''.


                           amendment no. 2251

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2251 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           amendment no. 2805

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2805 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3074, a bill making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
for other purposes.

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