[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 54 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2636-S2638]
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 Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) 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. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire 
sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 616

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 616, a bill to promote health care 
coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational 
activities or legal transportation activities.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 789, a bill to prevent abuse 
of Government credit cards.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of a national mercury monitoring program.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                S. 1130

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1130, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent 
the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified 
group legal services plans.


                                S. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to 
establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and 
Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to 
improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase 
resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other 
improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to 
investigate and prosecute predators.


                                S. 1888

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1888, a bill to 
amend title 4, United States Code, to add National Korean War Veterans 
Armistice Day to the list of days on which the flag should especially 
be displayed.


                                S. 1995

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1995, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 
level.


                                S. 2002

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2002, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify certain provisions applicable 
to real estate investment trusts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2035, a bill to maintain 
the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for 
the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
connected with the news media.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2238, a bill to amend the 
National Dam Safety Program Act to establish a program to provide grant 
assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient 
dams.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Michigan

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(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2576

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2576, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to 
replace certain wood stoves.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 2619

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2619, a bill to protect 
innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.


                                S. 2639

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2639, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for an assured adequate level of 
funding for veterans health care.


                                S. 2690

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2690, a bill 
to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of an 
American Braille tactile flag in Arlington National Cemetery honoring 
blind members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and other Americans.


                                S. 2755

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2755, a bill to provide 
funding for summer youth jobs.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) 
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. 2771

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 2799

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2799, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care 
services available to women veterans, especially those serving in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2819, a bill to preserve access to Medicaid and the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2821

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2821, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide for the limited continuation of clean energy 
production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency in 
order to prevent a downturn in these sectors that would result from a 
lapse in the tax law.


                              S. RES. 468

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 468, a resolution 
designating April 2008 as ``National 9-1-1 Education Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4384

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Sununu) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4384 proposed to H.R. 
3221, moving the United States toward greater energy independence and 
security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon 
emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean 
renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, 
and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy 
conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4419

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4419 proposed to 
H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy independence 
and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon 
emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean 
renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, 
and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy 
conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4421

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4421 proposed 
to H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy 
independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, 
reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, 
increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our 
energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and 
energy conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4426

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 4426 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3221, moving the United States 
toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative 
new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, 
protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 
modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of 
renewable energy and energy conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4427

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4427 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater 
energy independence and security, developing innovative new 
technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, 
protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 
modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of 
renewable energy and energy conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4433

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Mexico

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(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4433 proposed to H.R. 3221, moving 
the United States toward greater energy independence and security, 
developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, 
creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable 
energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for 
the production of renewable energy and energy conservation.

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