[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 58 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2974-S2976]
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 Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. 38

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 38, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for 
the provision of readjustment and mental health services to veterans 
who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 
399, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include 
podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services 
under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
604, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases 
in the certain costs of health care services under the health care 
programs of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to enhance 
the overseas stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the 
United States Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 789

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


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1042, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical 
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more 
accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 1117

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1117, a bill to establish a grant program to provide vision care to 
children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1140

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1140, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the limitation on the 
foreign earned income exclusion, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1161, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the 
expansion of medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, 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. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name 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. 1437

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


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes 
programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                S. 1572

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1572, a bill to increase the 
number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including 
those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to 
children and adolescents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1638

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


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1843

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor 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

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pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 1981

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1981, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental 
education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2059, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to 
clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight 
crews.
  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2059, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2059, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2059, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2059, supra.


                                S. 2099

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2099, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
competitive bidding project for clinical laboratory services.


                                S. 2109

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2109, a bill to 
designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as 
wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as 
a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the 
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2188

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2188, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective 
payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement 
method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified 
health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to 
account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally 
qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for 
coverage under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 2238

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to amend 
title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning 
inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2376

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2439

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2439, a bill to require the National Incident Based Reporting 
System, the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement 
National Data Exchange Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate 
offense category.


                                S. 2460

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) 
and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2460, a bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation 
of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under 
Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on 
finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under 
Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the 
outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.


                                S. 2477

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2477, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative 
governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate 
commerce.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) 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. 2533

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2533, a bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets 
privilege Act.


                                S. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2550, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United 
States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result 
of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2672

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2672, a bill to provide 
incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved 
communities.


                                S. 2684

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2684, a bill to reform 
the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937.

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                                S. 2689

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2689, a bill to amend section 411h of title 
37, United States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances 
for family members of members of the uniformed services with serious 
inpatient psychiatric conditions.


                                S. 2690

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill 
to amend section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program 
under such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) 
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. 2818

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2818, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for enhanced health insurance marketplace 
pooling and relating market rating.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 500

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. Res. 500, a resolution honoring military children during 
``National Month of the Military Child''.
  At the request of Mr. Brown, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 500, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Biden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 500, supra.

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