[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2817-S2819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 561

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to repeal 
the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption 
assistance programs.


                                 S. 691

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 691, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits 
under the Medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 972, a bill to provide for 
the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually 
transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1052, a bill to amend 
title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide States with the 
option to provide nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the 
State Children's Health Insurance Program.


                                S. 1069

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1069, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate 
medical residents in preventive medicine and public health.


                                S. 1392

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1392, a bill to 
increase the authorization for the major medical facility project to 
consolidate the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
at the University Drive

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and H. John Heinz III divisions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and 
the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors 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.


                                S. 1499

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1499, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air 
pollution from marine vessels.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 1638

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


                                S. 1795

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


                                S. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1980, a bill to improve the 
quality of, and access to, long-term care.


                                S. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2051, a bill to amend the 
small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income 
school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) 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. 2182

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2182, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to mental health services.


                                S. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems 
eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient 
property credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2337

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2337, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be 
offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to 
provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance.


                                S. 2381

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2381, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve 
protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2420

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2420, a bill to encourage 
the donation of excess food to nonprofit organizations that provide 
assistance to food-insecure people in the United States in contracts 
entered into by executive agencies for the provision, service, or sale 
of food.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2559, a bill to amend title II 
of the Social Security Act to increase the level of earnings under 
which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of 
determining disability.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                S. 2673

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2673, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10799 West 
Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the ``Felix Sparks Post Office 
Building''.


                                S. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2702, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase 
utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part 
B Program.


                                S. 2755

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


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2760, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the 
National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard 
Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in 
domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 2767

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2767, a bill to provide for 
judicial discretion regarding suspensions of student eligibility under 
section 484(r) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 2774

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2774, a bill to provide 
for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 2812

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2812, a bill to amend 
title

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XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of telehealth 
services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton) 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 name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2821, supra.


                                S. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) 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. 2829

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2829, a bill to make 
technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special 
immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2831

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2831, a bill to 
reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 118

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 118, a resolution 
urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt.


                              S. RES. 468

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


                              S. RES. 470

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 470, a resolution calling on the relevant 
governments, multilateral bodies, and non-state actors in Chad, the 
Central African Republic, and Sudan to devote ample political 
commitment and material resources towards the achievement and 
implementation of a negotiated resolution to the national and regional 
conflicts in Chad, the Central African Republic, and Darfur, Sudan.


                              S. RES. 504

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 504, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4384

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 4419

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 4431

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4431 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. 4447

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4447 
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. 4478

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 4478 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. 4487

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4487 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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