[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4793-S4795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 612

  At the request of Mr. Obama, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
612, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of 
Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human 
Services.


                                 S. 678

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to 
necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not 
unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1146, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care for veterans 
who live in rural areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado

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(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1253, a bill to establish a 
fund for the National Park Centennial Challenge, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1390

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1390, a bill to provide 
for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the 
Purple Heart.


                                S. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1680

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to provide for 
the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek National 
Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge in 
the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1699

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1699, a bill to amend the 
provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
regarding school library media specialists, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1711

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1711, a bill to target 
cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and 
powder cocaine.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1906, a bill to understand and comprehensively address 
the oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to 
ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by 
making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of 
independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers 
(including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in 
the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the 
National Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2162

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2162, a bill to improve 
the treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance 
use disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2389

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 2433

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


                                S. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2504, a bill to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the 
Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2555

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 2555, a bill to permit 
California and other States to effectively control greenhouse gas 
emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2560

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2560, a bill to create 
the income security conditions and family supports needed to ensure 
permanency for the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2568

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2568, a bill to amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and 
related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas 
unless certain conditions are met.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 2668, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                S. 2681

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2681, a bill to require the issuance of 
medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American code 
talkers.


                                S. 2684

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) 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.


                                S. 2742

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2742, a bill to reduce the 
incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications 
and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator.


                                S. 2743

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2743, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of 
financial security accounts for the care of family members with 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2785, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' 
services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2792

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2792, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for 
the travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer 
on business travel.


                                S. 2854

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2854, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to clarify the effective date of active 
duty members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces receiving an 
alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in

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support of a contingency operation for purposes of entitlement to 
medical and dental care as members of the Armed Forces on active duty.


                                S. 2928

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2928, a bill to ban 
bisphenol A in children's products.


                                S. 2931

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2931, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation 
products and assistive technology products from the Medicare 
competitive acquisition program.
  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2931, supra.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2932, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center 
national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program 
to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of 
poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United 
States.


                                S. 2979

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2979, a bill to exempt the 
African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2994

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2994, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in 
areas of concern.


                                S. 3005

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3005, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for 
the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to 
all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3008

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3008, a bill to improve and 
enhance the mental health care benefits available to members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans, to enhance counseling and other benefits 
available to survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3022

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3022, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the sale of dishwashing 
detergent in the United States if the detergent contains a high level 
of phosphorus.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4796

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4796 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2642, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4800

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4800 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2642, a bill making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

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