[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 13, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4106-S4108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 449

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 449, a bill to amend title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide 
standards and procedures to guide both State and local law enforcement 
agencies and law enforcement officers during internal investigations, 
interrogation of law enforcement officers, and administrative 
disciplinary hearings, to ensure accountability of law enforcement 
officers, to guarantee the due process rights of law enforcement 
officers, and to require States to enact law enforcement discipline, 
accountability, and due process laws.


                                 S. 675

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 675, a bill to provide competitive grants for training 
court reporters and closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime 
writers under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities 
and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1102

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1102, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expedite the application and 
eligibility process for low-income subsidies under the Medicare 
prescription drug program and to revise the resource standards used to 
determine eligibility for an income-related subsidy, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1102, supra.


                                S. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1107, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under 
part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit 
dual eligible individuals.


                                S. 1186

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1186, a bill to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for 
the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget 
authority.


                                S. 1332

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1332, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to 
children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive 
mental health programs.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr.

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Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug discount program under 
section 340B of such Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug 
purchases for certain safety net provides.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. 
Dole) 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. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to amend 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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.


                                S. 2102

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2102, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out 
the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible 
for Medicare benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals 
with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2154

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2154, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt 
certain employment as a member of a local governing board, commission, 
or committee from social security tax coverage.


                                S. 2188

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors 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. 2300

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2300, a bill to improve the 
Small Business Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) were added as cosponsors 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. 2389

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2389, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax 
credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior 
year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2414

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2414, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require wealthy beneficiaries to 
pay a greater share of their premiums under the Medicare prescription 
drug program.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2433, a bill to require the President to develop and implement a 
comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy 
objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination 
of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium 
Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people 
worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2433, supra.


                                S. 2460

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2465

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2465, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to include all public clinics for 
the distribution of pediatric vaccines under the Medicaid program.


                                S. 2505

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2505, a bill to allow 
employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive 
payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an 
individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), 
the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2585, a bill to provide for 
the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of 
Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2619

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


                                S. 2645

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2645, a bill to require the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 
and Atmosphere, to conduct an evaluation and review of certain vessel 
discharges.


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from New 
York

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(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2666, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to encourage investment in affordable housing, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2719

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2719, a bill to 
provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and 
to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.


                                S. 2860

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2860, a bill to diminish 
predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, to 
improve appraisal oversight, to ensure mortgage appraiser independence, 
to provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2899

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2899, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on suicides among 
veterans.


                                S. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2912, a bill to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic 
animals.


                                S. 2921

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2921, a bill to 
require pilot programs on training and certification for family 
caregiver personal care attendants for veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury, to require a pilot program on 
provision of respite care to such veterans and members, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 520

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 520, a resolution 
designating May 16, 2008, as ``Endangered Species Day''.


                              S. RES. 559

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 559, a resolution designating May 15, 
2008, as ``National MPS Awareness Day''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4737

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 4737 proposed to S. 2284, an original bill to amend the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency 
of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 4737 proposed to S. 2284, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4737 proposed to S. 2284, supra.

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