[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7780-S7782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1075

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1075, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to contraceptive 
services for women and men under the Medicaid program, help low income 
women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce abortion, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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 providers.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1588, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1603

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1603, a bill to authorize 
Congress to award a gold medal to Jerry Lewis, in recognition of his 
outstanding service to the Nation.


                                S. 1870

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1870, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
United States over waters of the United States.


                                S. 2367

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2367, a bill 
to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the 
construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added as 
cosponsors 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.

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                                S. 2681

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2681, a bill to 
require the issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of 
Native American code talkers.


                                S. 2719

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 2776

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2776, a bill 
to provide duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated 
Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 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. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 3038

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3038, a bill to amend part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the adoption 
incentives program, to authorize States to establish a relative 
guardianship program, to promote the adoption of children with special 
needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3080

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 3127

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3127, a bill to 
reauthorize the Select Agent Program by amending the Public Health 
Service Act and the Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 
and to improve oversight of high containment laboratories.


                                S. 3164

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


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3198, a bill to 
amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation of 
submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality.


                                S. 3199

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3199, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from 
the harbor maintenance tax.


                                S. 3217

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3217, a bill to 
provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged 
communications and attorney work product.


                                S. 3242

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3242, a bill to suspend 
temporarily the duty on digital-to-analog converter boxes, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3251

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3251, a bill to amend the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize 
advance payments under the supplemental revenue assistance program.


                                S. 3263

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3263, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2009 through 2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership 
with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3299

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3299, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to extend the demonstration project on 
adjustable rate mortgages and the demonstration project on hybrid 
adjustable rate mortgages.


                                S. 3323

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3323, a bill to provide 
weatherization and home heating assistance to low income households, 
and to provide a heating oil tax credit for middle income households.


                                S. 3329

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3329, a bill to amend the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
to expand the category of individuals eligible for compensation, to 
improve the procedures for providing compensation, and to improve 
transparency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3331

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3331, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on 
recreational equipment be paid quarterly.


                                S. 3337

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3337, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out conservation reserve program 
notice CRP-598, entitled the ``Voluntary Modification of Conservation 
Reserve Program (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use''.


                              S. RES. 551

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 551, a resolution celebrating 75 years of 
successful State-based alcohol regulation.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 580, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from 
acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.


                              S. RES. 618

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors 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.


                              S. RES. 624

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 624, a 
resolution designating August 2008 as ``National Truancy Prevention 
Month''.

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  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 624, supra.


                              S. RES. 625

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 625, a 
resolution designating August 16, 2008, as National Airborne Day.


                              S. RES. 627

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 627, a resolution 
welcoming home Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves, three 
citizens of the United States who were held hostage for over five years 
by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after their plane 
crashed on February 13, 2003.


                              S. RES. 630

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 630, a resolution 
recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce 
through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase 
employment of former foster youth.

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