[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 65 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4964-S4965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 256

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a bill to 
enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to ensure 
the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while using 
expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting 
United States military operations overseas.


                                 S. 428

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


                                 S. 473

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 473, a bill to establish 
the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 493

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 495

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 495, a bill to increase 
public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted 
racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to 
coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under 
the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose 
entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 593

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to 
ban the use of bisphenol A in food containers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 
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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 624, a bill to provide 100,000,000 
people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on 
a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United 
States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for 
the Poor Act of 2005.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 634, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 645, a bill to amend title 
32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of 
expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.


                                 S. 690

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 690, a bill to amend the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act.


                                 S. 701

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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. 717

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 718

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr.

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Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to amend the Legal 
Services Corporation Act to meet special needs of eligible clients, 
provide for technology grants, improve corporate practices of the Legal 
Services Corporation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 794

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 794, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to modify certain retirement pay and grade 
authorities for service performed after eligibility for retirement, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 795

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 795, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt surviving 
spouses of United States citizens from the numerical limitations 
described in section 201 of such Act.


                                 S. 833

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 833, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security 
Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-
income individuals infected with HIV.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 846, a bill 
to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in 
recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 891, a bill to 
require annual disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of 
activities involving columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, and wolframite 
from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 904

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 904, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination 
in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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