[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 150 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9204-S9206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 368

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 368, a bill to amend the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE 
BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a State family support grant 
program to end the practice of parents giving legal custody of their 
seriously emotionally disturbed children to State agencies for the 
purpose of obtaining mental health services for those children.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 960

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill 
to establish

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the United States Public Service Academy.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) 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. 1255

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1255, a bill to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement 
of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) 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. Biden, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1782

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1782, a bill to 
amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to 
arbitration.


                                S. 2263

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2263, a bill 
to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to establish an initiative to promote the research, 
development, and demonstration of miner tracking and communications 
systems and to promote the establishment of standards and other 
measurement services regarding underground communications to protect 
miners in the United States.


                                S. 2851

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3021

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3021, a bill to 
amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to length and weight 
limitations for buses, trucks, and other large vehicles on Federal 
highways, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3246

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3308

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3344

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 3356

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added as cosponsors 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. 3367

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 3426

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3426, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to 
members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend 
the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving 
dependents on Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries 
sustained in the performance of duty abroad.


                                S. 3429

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3429, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code to provide for an increased mileage rate for 
charitable deductions.


                                S. 3446

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3446, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to defer the tax on the gain on the sale 
of certain telecommunications and media businesses, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) 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. 3487

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name and the names of the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Coleman), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 3487, a 
bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand 
and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3491

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3491, a bill to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the effectiveness of rural 
health care support under section 254(h) of that Act.

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                                S. 3498

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 3498, a bill to amend 
title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-
retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating 
within the Boundary Line.


                                S. 3509

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3509, a bill to address 
the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Iraq and potential security 
breakdown resulting from the mass displacement of Iraqis inside Iraq 
and as refugees into neighboring countries.


                                S. 3521

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3521, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
95 Dogwood Street in Cary, Mississippi, as the ``Spencer Byrd Powers 
Jr. Post Office''.


                                S. 3526

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3526, a bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction 
by creating a Federal felony relating to operating or embarking in a 
submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an 
international voyage.


                              S. RES. 616

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 616, a resolution 
reducing maternal mortality both at home and abroad.


                              S. RES. 660

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 660, supra.


                              S. RES. 661

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 661, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals 
of National Spina Bifida Awareness Month.


                              S. RES. 666

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 666, a resolution recognizing and honoring the 
50th anniversary of the founding of AARP.

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