[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3551-S3552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 205

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 205, a bill to 
authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit 
sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug 
trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her 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. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 277, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 277, supra.


                                 S. 353

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 391

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to 
provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make 
Americans healthier and can never be taken away.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 diseases in women.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 431

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to 
establish the Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to curb 
excessive executive compensation at firms receiving emergency economic 
assistance.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary 
basis to develop plans to manage the risk of food allergy and 
anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, to 
establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 457

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to 
establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide 
incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and 
communications technologies.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) 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. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 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. 487

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 487, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell 
research.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 493

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of ABLE 
accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 543

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), 
the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to 
require a pilot program on training, certification, and support for 
family caregivers of seriously disabled veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces to provide caregiver services to such veterans and 
members, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 571

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 571, a bill to strengthen the Nation's 
research efforts to

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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. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for 
purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and 
the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children.


                                 S. 589

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 589, a bill to establish a 
Global Service Fellowship Program and to authorize Volunteers for 
Prosperity, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors 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. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) 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. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 614, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots 
(``WASP'').


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 623, a bill to amend 
title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title 
XXVII of the Public Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and 
in health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for 
physical education.


                                 S. 636

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 636, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the 
definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002.


                               S. RES. 49

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 49, a 
resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance 
of public diplomacy.

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