[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 149 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9025-S9027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 519

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 584

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and 
the low-income housing credit.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to 
repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to 
vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 826

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 860

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide 
Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill to 
establish and provide for the treatment of Individual Development 
Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1069

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1069, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and 
treatment of hearing loss.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. 
Sununu) were added as cosponsors 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. 1235

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
impose appropriate penalties for the assault or murder of a Federal law 
enforcement officer or Federal judge, for the retaliatory assault or 
murder of a family member of a Federal law enforcement officer or 
Federal judge, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve 
the quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and 
quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of 
affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) 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. 1810

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1810, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of 
scientifically sound information and support services to patients 
receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 
prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions.


                                S. 1895

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1895, a bill to aid and 
support pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility 
requirements with respect to airline flight crews.


                                S. 2320

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement 
to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries 
under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and 
whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) 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. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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 Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was withdrawn 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.
  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3038, supra.


                                S. 3046

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3046, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a new conditional 
approval system for drugs, biological products, and devices that is 
responsive to the needs of seriously ill patients, and for other 
purposes.

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                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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. 3300

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3300, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements 
to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume 
hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate 
under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3325

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


                                S. 3356

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3356, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the legacy of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment of 
the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center.


                                S. 3389

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3389, a bill to require, 
for the benefit of shareholders, the disclosure of payments to foreign 
governments for the extraction of natural resources, to allow such 
shareholders more appropriately to determine associated risks.


                                S. 3416

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3416, a bill to amend section 40122(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, to improve the dispute resolution process at the 
Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3429

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 3456

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3456, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United 
States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 
Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of 
the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort 
Leavenworth Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of the 132nd 
Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command and 
General Staff College.


                                S. 3468

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3468, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals 
to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals 
by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health 
education programs.


                                S. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 3495

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3495, a bill to protect pregnant women and children 
from dangerous lead exposures.


                                S. 3503

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3503, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network.


                                S. 3507

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 3507, a bill to 
provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation.


                                S. 3511

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3511, a bill 
to direct the Librarian of Congress and the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution to carry out a joint project at the Library of 
Congress and the National Museum of African American History and 
Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and 
testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights 
movement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3513

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3513, a bill to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise 
regulations relating to lead-based paint hazards, lead-contaminated 
dust, and lead-contaminated soil, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 660

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 660, a 
resolution condemning ongoing sales of arms to belligerents in Sudan, 
including the Government of Sudan, and calling for both a cessation of 
such sales and an expansion of the United Nations embargo on arms sales 
to Sudan.


                              S. RES. 661

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 661, a resolution supporting the goals 
and ideals of National Spina Bifida Awareness Month.


                              S. RES. 662

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 662, a resolution 
raising the awareness of the need for crime prevention in communities 
across the country and designating the week of October 2, 2008, through 
October 4, 2008, as ``Celebrate Safe Communities'' week.

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