[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 118 (Thursday, July 17, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6937-S6938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to facilitate 
nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and 
referral on human services, volunteer services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 223

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 223, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members 
of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to 
receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their 
years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to establish 
kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance 
payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to 
repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of 
child support incentive payments.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy) were added as cosponsors of S. 935, a bill to repeal the 
requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor 
Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1048, a bill to 
assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, 
through projects of persons and organizations with expertise in crane 
conservation, financial resources for the conservation programs of 
countries that activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes 
and the ecosystems of cranes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1232, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food 
allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-based food 
allergy management grants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1243

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1243, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military 
retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of 
age.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, 
including national criminal history background checks, of direct 
patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing 
facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to 
provide

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for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State 
background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care 
facilities or providers.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1942, a bill to amend part D of title V of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants 
for the renovation of schools.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to 
rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular 
disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2092

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2092, a bill to amend title 11, 
United States Code, to improve protections for employees and retirees 
in business bankruptcies.


                                S. 2303

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2303, a bill to amend section 
435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of 
economic hardship.


                                S. 2561

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2561, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites 
and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War.


                                S. 2795

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2795, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance 
purchasing pool for small businesses and the self employed that would 
offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more 
affordable, predictable, and accessible.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2836, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 
2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced 
eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2920, a bill to reauthorize 
and improve the financing and entrepreneurial development programs of 
the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 2942

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2942, a bill to authorize 
funding for the National Advocacy Center.


                                S. 3021

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3021, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, with respect to length and weight limitations 
for buses, trucks, and other large vehicles on Federal highways, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3068

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3068, a bill to require 
equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
contraceptive services under health plans.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3070, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3083

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3083, a bill to 
require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of 
existing trade agreements based on the review, to set terms for future 
trade agreements, to express the sense of the Senate that the role of 
Congress in trade policymaking should be strengthened, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3142

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3142, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related 
to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3155, a bill to reauthorize 
and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3164

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3164, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce fraud under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 3186

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Kohl) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3186, a bill to provide funding for the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program.


                                S. 3223

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3223, a bill to establish a 
small business energy emergency disaster loan program.


                                S. 3248

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3248, a bill to 
amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify the treatment of purchases 
of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments with 
respect to limits established by the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission relating to excessive speculation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3268

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange 
Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy 
commodities, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 273

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 273, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States 
Postal Service should issue a semipostal stamp to support medical 
research relating to Alzheimer's disease.




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