[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3369-S3370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 21, a bill to reduce unintended 
pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 144, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under 
section 280F.


                                 S. 180

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
180, a bill to establish the Cache La Poudre River National Heritage 
Area, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
183, a bill to establish the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation 
Area and the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area.


                                 S. 184

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
184, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the 
Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
185, a bill to establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in 
the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
186, a bill to establish the South Park National Heritage Area in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 187

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 187, a bill to 
provide for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the 
State of Colorado.


                                 S. 188

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 188, a bill to 
provide for a study of options for protecting the open space 
characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and 
Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 189

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 189, a bill to 
amend the National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority 
relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of 
the trails in the System, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 190

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 190, a bill to 
designate as wilderness certain land within the Rocky Mountain National 
Park and to adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and 
the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in 
the State of Colorado.


                                 S. 191

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
191, a bill to amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 
Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration 
of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.


                                 S. 243

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 243, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to 
establish the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile 
for purposes of the charitable contributions deduction and to exclude 
charitable mileage reimbursements for gross income.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mr. Reed, 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. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, supra.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to increase, 
effective as of December 1, 2009, the rates of compensation for 
veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend title 
38, 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. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 484

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) 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.

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                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to restrict 
the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to 
inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to amend part 
B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption 
of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation 
requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain 
professionals.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 528

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 528, a bill to prevent voter 
caging.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 
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. 542

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to repeal the 
provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of 
Congress.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 572

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 599

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 599, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
611, a bill to provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV 
rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 620

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 620, a bill to repeal the 
provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of 
Congress.


                               S. RES. 49

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

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