[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3163-S3164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 277

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, 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. Merkley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 277, supra.


                                 S. 316

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 316, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on qualified 
timber gain of corporations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 365

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 365, a bill to 
establish in the Department of Justice the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud 
Task Force to address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 366

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 366, a bill 
to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting 
period for Social Security disability and the 24-month waiting period 
for Medicare benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn 
injuries.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor 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. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend 
title 38,

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United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain 
medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by 
providing two-fiscal year budget authority, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to allow 
travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 435

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 435, a bill to provide for 
evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency 
and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention to help 
build individual, family, and community strength and resiliency to 
ensure that youth lead productive, safe, healthy, gang-free, and law-
abiding lives.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 451, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States 
of America.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 486

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to 
achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all 
Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery 
through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health 
Service Corps programs.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 525

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 525, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of 
prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 527, a bill to amend the 
Clean 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 name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor 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. 541

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to increase 
the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor 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. RES. 20

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


                               S. RES. 49

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 49, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of public 
diplomacy.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 71, a resolution 
condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution 
of the Baha'i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the 
International Convenants on Human Rights.

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