[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 31, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4063-S4065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 245

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 245, a bill to expand, 
train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for 
the growing population of older individuals in the United States.


                                 S. 372

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 372, a bill to amend 
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures 
of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 405, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 435

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 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. 468

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 468, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical 
services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency 
departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing 
a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective 
delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for 
certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and 
by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working 
Group, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 496

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to provide duty-
free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction 
Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) 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. 540

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
liability under State and local requirements respecting devices.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor 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

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such veterans and members, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 574

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 574, a bill to enhance 
citizen access to Government information and services by establishing 
that Government documents issued to the public must be written clearly, 
and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 574, supra.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 602

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 602, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the 
level of compliance with national voluntary consensus standards and any 
barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, 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. 635

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot 
Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System.


                                 S. 639

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 639, a bill to amend the 
definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, 
United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 677

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 677, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require wealthy beneficiaries to 
pay a greater share of their premiums under the Medicare prescription 
drug program.


                                 S. 683

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 683, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older 
Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and 
supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting 
period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare 
benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-
threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 701

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 701, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access of Medicare 
beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins (IVIG).


                                 S. 705

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 705, a bill to 
reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to 
modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer 
services, provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 723

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 723, a bill to prohibit the 
introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of 
novelty lighters, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 729, a bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine 
State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the 
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the 
United States as children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution condemning all 
forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the 
mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and 
for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 9

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
DeMint) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 9, a resolution 
commemorating 90 years of U.S.-Polish diplomatic relations, during 
which Poland has proven to be an exceptionally strong partner to the 
United States in advancing freedom around the world.


                               S. RES. 20

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 20, a resolution 
celebrating the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization.
  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 20, supra.


                               S. RES. 56

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 56, a resolution 
urging the Government of Moldova to ensure a fair and democratic 
election process for the parliamentary elections on April 5, 2009.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 730

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 730 intended to be 
proposed to S. Con. Res. 13, an original concurrent resolution setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 732

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from

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Delaware (Mr. Kaufman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 732 intended to 
be proposed to S. Con. Res. 13, an original concurrent resolution 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels 
for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 733

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 733 intended to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 13, an 
original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 734

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 734 intended to be proposed to S. Con. Res. 
13, an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting 
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 
2014.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 735

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 735 
proposed to S. Con. Res. 13, an original concurrent resolution setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014.

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