[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4891-S4892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 34

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 34, a bill to prevent the Federal 
Communications Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 229

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 229, a bill to empower 
women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 266

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) 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. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor 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. 318

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care under 
the Medicare program for beneficiaries residing in rural areas.


                                 S. 422

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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 names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 428, a bill to allow travel between the United 
States and Cuba.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Thune) 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. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 476, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum distance of travel 
necessary for reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military 
health care

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system for travel for specialty health care.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 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. 534

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under 
part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit 
dual eligible individuals.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 590

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to assist 
local communities with closed and active military bases, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 592

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 592, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                 S. 636

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 655

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 655, a bill to amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to ensure adequate funding 
for conservation and restoration of wildlife, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a definition of fill 
material.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to establish the 
National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors 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. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor 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. 731

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 731, a 
bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for continuity 
of TRICARE Standard coverage for certain members of the Retired 
Reserve.


                                 S. 753

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 753, a bill to 
prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of 
children's food and beverage containers composed of bisphenol A, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the 
Treasury to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable 
transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure, to modify 
such penalty, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 816, a bill to preserve the rights granted under 
second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national 
wildlife refuge areas.


                                 S. 832

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 832, a bill to amend title 36, United States 
Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association 
of America, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 
908, a bill to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United 
States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding economic 
sanctions against Iran.


                                 S. 909

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 909, a bill to 
provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian 
tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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