[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 122 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7279-S7280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain) 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. 535

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish an 
Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in 
the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act 
to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, 
stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 638

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 638, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to amend title 4 of 
the United States Code to limit the extent to which States may tax the 
compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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 Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to adjust the 
salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2140

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2140, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
Francis Collins, in recognition of his outstanding contributions and 
leadership in the fields of medicine and genetics.


                                S. 2270

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to include 
health centers in the list of entities eligible for mortgage insurance 
under the National Housing Act.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 2433

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, 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. Webb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2433, supra.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to amend 
the Internal

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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 Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) 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. 2720

  At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2720, a bill to withhold Federal financial assistance from each country 
that denies or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such 
country who have been ordered removed from the United States and to 
prohibit the issuance of visas to nationals of such country.


                                S. 2908

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2908, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to prohibit the display of Social Security account numbers 
on Medicare cards.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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 proposes.


                                S. 3080

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3080, a bill to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on 
ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol.


                                S. 3114

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3114, a bill to provide 
safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of 
detention for detainees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3142

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name 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. 3186

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Pryor), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 3186, a 
bill to provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program.


                                S. 3287

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3287, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for 
consumer credit transactions.


                                S. 3291

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3291, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat 
certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for 
publicly traded partnerships.


                                S. 3310

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3310, a bill to provide benefits under the Post-
Development/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods 
before the implementation of the program.


                                S. 3311

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3311, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to improve mental and behavioral health services on college 
campuses.


                              S.J. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 44, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule set forth as requirements 
contained in the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from 
the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the State Health Official 
Letter 08-003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center.


                            S. CON. RES. 93

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 93, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Sudden Cardiac 
Arrest Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 502

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 502, a resolution 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Space Foundation.


                              S. RES. 618

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 618, a resolution 
recognizing the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the United States 
embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and 
memorializing the citizens of the United States, Kenya, and Tanzania 
whose lives were claimed as a result of the al Qaeda led terrorist 
attacks.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4979 
intended to be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5105

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5105 
intended to be proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity 
Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to 
energy commodities, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5108

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5108 
intended to be proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity 
Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to 
energy commodities, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Sununu, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 5108 intended to be proposed to S. 3268, supra.

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