[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9415-S9417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 206, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall 
elimination provisions.


                                 S. 334

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 334, a bill 
to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will 
make Americans healthier and can never be taken away.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 508

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 508, a bill to amend 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower 
protections available to certain executive branch employees to 
legislative branch employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 602

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to develop the 
next generation of parental control technology.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Montana

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(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 960, a bill to establish the United States Public 
Service Academy.


                                 S. 961

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 961, a 
bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide benefits to 
certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine 
(including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) 
during World War II, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1007

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1007, a bill to direct the Secretary of State 
to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to 
develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and 
energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, 
research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and 
increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the 
environment.


                                S. 1503

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1503, a bill to 
improve domestic fuels security.


                                S. 1693

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1693, a bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable 
health information technology system and to improve the quality and 
reduce the costs of health care in the United States.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) 
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.
  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2510, supra.


                                S. 2641

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) 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. 2770

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2770, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act to strengthen the food safety inspection 
system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of 
nonambulatory livestock.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 2937

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2937, a bill to provide 
permanent treatment authority for participants in Department of Defense 
chemical and biological testing conducted by Deseret Test Center and an 
expanded study of the health impact of Project Shipboard Hazard and 
Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3187

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 3325

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3325, a bill to enhance remedies for violations of 
intellectual property laws, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3325, supra.


                                S. 3331

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3331, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the 
manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.


                                S. 3344

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3364

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3364, a bill to increase the recruitment 
and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school 
psychologists by low-income local educational agencies.


                                S. 3380

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3380, a bill to promote 
increased public transportation use, to promote increased use of 
alternative fuels in providing public transportation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3416

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
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. 3505

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr.

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Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3505, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home 
infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 3507

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 3538

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) were added as cosponsors of S. 3538, a bill to amend the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to suspend a prohibition on 
payments to certain farms with limited base acres for the 2008 and 2009 
crop years, to extend the signup for direct payments and counter-
cyclical payments for the 2008 crop year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3547

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3547, a bill to 
establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide 
Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United 
States, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 662

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) 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.


                              S. RES. 664

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 664, a 
resolution celebrating the centennial of Union Station in Washington, 
District of Columbia.


                              S. RES. 665

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 665, a resolution designating October 3, 2008, as ``National 
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day''.
  At the request of Mr. Byrd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 665, supra.

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