[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2743-S2745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to 
limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 626, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and 
public health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 630

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 630, a bill to amend part 
C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum 
payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished 
by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the 
Medicare program.


                                 S. 937

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 937, a bill to improve 
support and services for individuals with autism and their families.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1437, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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                                S. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 1445, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive 
prevention, research, and medical management referral program for 
hepatitis C virus infection.


                                S. 1693

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1693, a bill to enhance 
the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of 
qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the 
depreciation deduction.


                                S. 2181

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2181, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home 
health services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2619

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


                                S. 2674

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2674, a bill to amend 
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve and enhance procedures 
for the retirement of members of the Armed Forces for disability and to 
improve and enhance authorities for the rating and compensation of 
service-connected disabilities in veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2749

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2749, a bill to ensure 
that the highest priority for HIV/AIDS-related funding is saving lives 
most immediately and urgently threatened by HIV-AIDS, including babies 
at risk of being infected at birth.


                                S. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2793, a bill to direct the 
Federal Trade Commission to prescribe a rule prohibiting deceptive 
advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2821

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2822, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal a section of that Act relating to 
exportation or importation of natural gas.


                              S. RES. 504

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 504, a resolution condemning the violence in Tibet and 
calling for restraint by the Government of the People's Republic of 
China and the people of Tibet.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4384

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 4427

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) 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. 4437

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4437 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. 4441

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4441 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. 4442

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4442 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. 4464

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4464 
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. 4472

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
4472 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

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provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and 
energy conservation.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4481

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4481 
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. 4484

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4484 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4484 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3221, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4489

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4489 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.

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