[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 45 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3113-S3115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend 
the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to 
eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public 
interest with respect to railroads.


                                 S. 182

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 182, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone 
service for information and referral on human services and volunteer 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 213

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 213, a bill to 
amend title

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49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to 
necessary services while on a grounded air carrier, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 254, 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. 266

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 266, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the coverage 
gap in prescription drug coverage under part D of such title based on 
savings to the Medicare program resulting from the negotiation of 
prescription drug prices.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, a bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 
expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, supra.


                                 S. 298

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 298, a bill to establish a 
Financial Markets Commission, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 303

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 303, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 1999.


                                 S. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 307, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are 
counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be 
designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program and 
to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation 
the number of beds provided for certain veterans.


                                 S. 324

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 324, a bill to 
provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum 
depression and psychosis.


                                 S. 345

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to 
reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal 
year 2012, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as 
the ``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2009'', and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 353

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 353, a bill to 
amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
establishment of pediatric research consortia.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to ensure the 
safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while using 
expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting 
United States military operations overseas.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to 
extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from 
the numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 422, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service 
Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart 
disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diesases in women.


                                 S. 427

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 427, a bill to 
amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of 
certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered 
available resources under the supplemental security income program.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, 
transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in 
interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 467

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 467, a bill to amend the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish Encore Service 
Programs, Encore Fellowship Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to amend chapter 
83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the computation for part-
time service under the Civil Service Retirement System.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 475, a bill to amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of 
military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 482

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 482, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
482, supra.


                                 S. 483

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 483, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury 
to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.


                                 S. 484

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill 
to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were added as cosponsors of S. 491, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and 
military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis 
and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for 
the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget 
authority.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 527, a bill to amend the Clean

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Air act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that Act 
for certain emissions from agricultural production.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 535, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to repeal requirement for reduction of survivor 
annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and 
indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 546, 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. 571

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to 
strengthen the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and 
cure of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and 
psoriatic arthritis data collection, and study access to and quality of 
care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to provide 
for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the 
Purple Heart.


                             S. CON. RES. 6

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 6, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that national 
health care reform should ensure that the health care needs of women 
and of all individuals in the United States are met.


                               S. RES. 20

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 20, a 
resolution celebrating the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization.


                               S. RES. 37

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 37, a bill 
calling on officials of the Government of Brazil and the federal courts 
of Brazil to comply with the requirements of the Convention on the 
Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and to assist in the 
safe return of Sean Goldman to his father, David Goldman.


                               S. RES. 64

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 64, a resolution 
recognizing the need for the Environmental Protection Agency to end 
decades of delay and utilize existing authority under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act to comprehensively regulate coal 
combustion waste and the need for the Tennessee Valley Authority to be 
a national leader in technological innovation, low-cost power, and 
environmental stewardship.

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