[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 130 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8036-S8037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 689

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 689, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the 
charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.


                                 S. 771

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 771, a bill to amend the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of 
schoolchildren by updating the definition of ``food of minimal 
nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and to 
protect the Federal investment in the national school lunch and 
breakfast programs.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to develop 
and maintain an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for 
the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of 
tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to 
enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to improve 
management of coastal and marine resources, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to 
amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the 
Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to 
resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.


                                S. 2227

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2227, a bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all 
students in the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous 
curriculum with effective supports so that students complete the middle 
grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors, 
to improve State and district policies and programs relating to the 
academic achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and 
implement effective middle school models for struggling students, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2330

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2330, a bill to authorize a pilot program within the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development with the goal of 
preventing at-risk veterans and veteran families from falling into 
homelessness, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2469

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2469, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory 
forbearance by default.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2510, supra.


                                S. 2511

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2511, a bill to amend the 
grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver 
of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal 
hardship.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2579, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration 
of the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the 
American soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, 
and to commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United 
States Army and its role in American society, from the colonial period 
to today.


                                S. 2667

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2667, a bill to direct 
the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing 
Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the 
rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 3012

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3012, a bill to amend title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend 
the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program 
through fiscal year 2012.


                                S. 3187

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3187, a bill to establish 
a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in 
a timely manner.


                                S. 3208

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3208, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax

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incentives for clean coal technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3269

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3269, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Commerce to establish an award program to honor 
achievements in nanotechnology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3325

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3325, a bill to 
enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3337

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 3362

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3362, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and 
STTR programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3375

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3375, a bill to prohibit the 
introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of 
novelty lighters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3398

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3398, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to liability under State and local requirements respecting 
devices.


                                S. 3401

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3401, a bill to provide for 
habeas corpus review for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3406

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 3406, a bill to restore the 
intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.


                                S. 3407

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3407, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to authorize commanders of wounded warrior battalions to accept 
charitable gifts on behalf of the wounded members of the Armed Forces 
assigned to such battalions.


                              S. RES. 622

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 622, a resolution 
designating the week beginning September 7, 2008, as ``National 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week''.


                              S. RES. 625

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 625, a resolution designating 
August 16, 2008, as National Airborne Day.


                              S. RES. 636

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
636, a resolution recognizing the strategic success of the troop surge 
in Iraq and expressing gratitude to the members of the United States 
Armed Forces who made that success possible.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 
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.

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