[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7905-S7908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 24

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 24, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require a health 
advisory and monitoring of drinking water for perchlorate.


                                 S. 150

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 150, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the 
health of pregnant women, fetuses, infants, and children by requiring a 
health advisory and drinking water standard for perchlorate.


                                 S. 154

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 154, a bill to promote 
coal-to-liquid fuel activities.


                                 S. 155

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 155, a bill to promote 
coal-to-liquid fuel activities.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to codify 
Executive Order 12898, relating to environmental justice, to require 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to fully 
implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Agency 
and the Comptroller General of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 826

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut

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(Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 826, a bill to posthumously award a 
Congressional gold medal to Alice Paul, in recognition of her role in 
the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.


                                 S. 976

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 976, a bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all 
Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and 
initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the 
safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments.


                                S. 1084

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1084, a bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income 
veterans.


                                S. 1090

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to 
amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to assist the 
neediest of senior citizens by modifying the eligibility criteria for 
supplemental foods provided under the commodity supplemental food 
program to take into account the extraordinarily high out-of-pocket 
medical expenses that senior citizens pay, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1343

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1343, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to prevention and 
treatment of diabetes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to 
adjust the salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1911, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the 
health of susceptible populations, including pregnant women, infants, 
and children, by requiring a health advisory, drinking water standard, 
and reference concentration for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1933

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1933, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide grants 
to small public drinking water systems.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 2102

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
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. 2270

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2347, a bill to restore and protect access to discount drug prices 
for university-based and safety-net clinics.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2510, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and 
evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2618

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2618, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to 
various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, 
distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, 
myotonic, and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2641, a bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of 
the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on 
skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and 
improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect 
to such facilities.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) 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. 2669

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2669, a bill to provide 
for the implementation of a Green Chemistry Research and Development 
Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2705

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2705, a bill to 
authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed 
Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as 
nurses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2794, a bill to protect 
older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, 
with the goal of increasing retirement security.


                                S. 2817

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2817, a bill to establish 
the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2851

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2851, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty 
on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers.


                                S. 2858

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2858, a bill to 
establish

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the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel 
to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy 
issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and 
reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2883, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.


                                S. 2885

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2885, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the availability of industrial 
development bonds to facilities manufacturing intangible property.


                                S. 2919

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2919, a bill to promote 
the accurate transmission of network traffic identification 
information.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 2950

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2950, a bill to increase housing, awareness, 
and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for individuals with 
autism spectrum disorders.


                                S. 3067

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3067, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Dental Health Improvement 
Act.


                                S. 3073

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3073, a bill to amend the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve 
procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of 
absent overseas uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3080

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3080, a bill to ensure parity between the 
temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol.


                                S. 3109

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3109, a bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
hazardous waste electronic manifest system.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) 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. 3160

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3160, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3164

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 3166

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3166, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on 
individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, torture, or 
extrajudicial killings to enter the United States.


                                S. 3167

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3167, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which veterans, 
their surviving spouses, and their children may be treated as 
adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.


                                S. 3200

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3200, a bill to develop capacity 
and infrastructure for mentoring programs.


                                S. 3246

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3246, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to set the standard mileage 
rate for use of a passenger automobile for purposes of the charitable 
contributions deduction.


                                S. 3303

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3303, a bill to require 
automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the 
automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each 
manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 
85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3308, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3323

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 3337

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 3338

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3338, a bill to 
amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-
aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection standards and 
processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally 
deficient bridges on the National Highway System, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3353

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3353, a bill to provide 
temporary financial relief for rural school districts adversely 
impacted by the current energy crisis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3362

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), 
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3362, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and 
STTR programs, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S.

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Con. Res. 87, a concurrent resolution congratulating the Republic of 
Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence.


                              S. RES. 551

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 551, a resolution celebrating 75 years of successful State-based 
alcohol regulation.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 551, supra.


                              S. RES. 627

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and 
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors 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 Mr. Sanders, his name 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.


                              S. RES. 632

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 632, a resolution 
calling on the Governments of the People's Republic of China and the 
international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an 
opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, 
and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive 
efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional 
conflicts.

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