[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 146 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8528-S8530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 261

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 261, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal 
fighting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane 
slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name 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. 519

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to modernize 
and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to 
expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to 
limit the use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 732

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 732, a bill to empower Peace 
Corps volunteers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 860, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social

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Security Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage 
for low-income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 906

  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
906, a bill to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, and export of 
elemental mercury, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 932

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 932, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat 
Medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician referral, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1556, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided 
health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries of employees, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1738, a bill to establish a Special Counsel for Child 
Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the 
Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against 
Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer 
forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability 
of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute predators.


                                S. 1843

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1843, a bill 
to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful 
practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a 
discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                S. 2092

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from 
listed property under section 280F.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) 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. 3136

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3136, a bill to encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC 
database by States and provide additional resources for extradition.


                                S. 3283

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3283, a bill to award a congressional 
gold medal to Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow, in recognition of his 
especially meritorious role as a warrior of the Crow Tribe, Army 
Soldier in World War II, and author.


                                S. 3286

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3286, a bill to amend the 
Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the 
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3311

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
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. 3344

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 3344, a bill 
to defend against child exploitation and child pornography through 
improved Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and enhanced 
tools to block illegal images, and to eliminate the unwarranted release 
of convicted sex offenders.


                                S. 3362

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3362, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3367

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3367, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the timeframe for 
recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics 
under the Medicare program.


                                S. 3429

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3429, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to 
provide for an increased mileage rate for charitable deductions.


                                S. 3453

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3453, a bill to authorize the adjustment of status 
for immediate family members of aliens who served honorably in the 
Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq 
conflicts.


                                S. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Maryland

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(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3484, a bill to provide for a delay in the phase out 
of the hospice budget neutrality adjustment factor under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act.


                            S. CON. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Con. Res. 87, a concurrent resolution congratulating the Republic of 
Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence.


                              S. RES. 616

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 616, a resolution reducing 
maternal mortality both at home and abroad.


                              S. RES. 636

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) 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. 5275

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5275 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. 5302

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5302 
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. 5303

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 5303 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. 5327

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 5327 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. 5339

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 5339 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. 5368

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the 
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 5368 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. 5369

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5369 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. 5371

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5371 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. 5409

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5409 
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. 5472

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 5472 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. 5499

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5499 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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