[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2346-S2348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend 
the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of 
goods made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 380

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, a bill to 
reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to require convicted 
sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 519

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to modernize and 
expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to 
expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the 
charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to increase 
Federal support for Community Health Centers and the National Health 
Service Corps in order to ensure access to health care for millions of 
Americans living in medically-underserved areas.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to establish the 
United States Public Service Academy.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.


                                 S. 989

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 989, a bill to amend 
title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of 
certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered 
available resources under the supplemental security income program.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1223

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1223, a bill to 
amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to support efforts by local or regional television or radio 
broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the 
event of a major disaster, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1646

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from

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Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 1646, a bill to amend 
the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to make cost-share and incentive payments for innovative fuels 
management conservation practices, including prescribed grazing 
management on private grazing land and practices that complement 
commensurate public land, to prevent the occurrence and spread of, and 
damages caused by, wildfires fueled by invasive species.


                                S. 1795

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1795, a bill to improve 
access to workers' compensation programs for injured Federal employees.


                                S. 1843

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. 1843, a bill 
to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful 
practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a 
discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1846

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to improve 
defense cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United 
States.


                                S. 1921

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1921, a bill to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization 
for that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies 
under part D.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1998, a bill to reduce child 
marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
physicians.


                                S. 2058

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2058, a bill to amend the 
Commodity Exchange Act to close the Enron loophole, prevent price 
manipulation and excessive speculation in the trading of energy 
commodities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2069

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2069, a bill to increase the United States financial 
and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for 
women in developing countries.


                                S. 2141

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2141, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal 
Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to provide 
for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of 
debts owed to the United States and the international financial 
institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2347, a bill to 
restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based 
and safety-net clinics.


                                S. 2352

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2352, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare 
beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health 
services and benefits.


                                S. 2376

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2376, a bill to establish 
a demonstration project to provide for patient-centered medical homes 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in providing medical 
assistance under the Medicaid program and child health assistance under 
the State Children's Health Insurance Program.


                                S. 2453

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2453, a bill to amend title 
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements relating to 
nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2510, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and 
evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2523, a bill to establish the 
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United 
States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and 
preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income 
families.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2579, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 
establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American 
soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to 
commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States 
Army and its role in American society, from the colonial period to 
today.


                                S. 2602

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2602, a bill to 
amend the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008, to terminate the authority of the Secretary 
of the Treasury to deduct amounts from certain States.


                                S. 2608

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2608, a bill to make 
improvements to the Small Business Act.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2618, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to 
various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, 
distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, 
myotonic, and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies.


                                S. 2652

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2652, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Defense to make a grant to the National 
World War II Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's 
National World War II Museum.

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                                S. 2705

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2705, a bill to 
authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed 
Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as 
nurses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2717

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2717, a bill to provide 
for enhanced Federal enforcement of, and State and local assistance in 
the enforcement of, the immigration laws of the United States, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2723

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2723, a bill to expand the dental workforce and 
improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2746

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2746, a bill to amend 
section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to 
as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that statutory exemptions 
to the disclosure requirements of that Act shall specifically cite to 
the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an 
open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related 
legislative proposals to explicitly state such required citations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 2766, 
a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address 
certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational 
vessel.


                                S. 2769

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2769, a bill to authorize 
appropriate use of information in the Firearms Trace Database, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2771

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2771, a bill to require the 
president to call a White House Conference on Children and Youth in 
2010.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2785, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve 
access to physicians' services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 2794, a bill to protect older Americans from misleading and 
fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement 
security.


                              S.J. RES. 28

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 28, a joint resolution 
disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications 
Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.


                              S. RES. 456

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 456, a resolution 
directing the United States to undertake bilateral discussions with 
Canada to negotiate an agreement to conserve populations of large 
whales at risk of extinction that migrate along the Atlantic seaboard 
of North America.


                              S. RES. 481

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 481, a resolution 
designating April 2008 as ``National Autism Awareness Month'' and 
supporting efforts to increase funding for research into the causes and 
treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals 
with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.

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