[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 69 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5232-S5233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 52

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 52, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 100 percent reimbursement for 
medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian through a Federally-
qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) 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. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to facilitate 
nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and 
referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. 417

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 417, a bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible 
state secrets privilege Act.


                                 S. 421

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 421, a bill to impose a 
temporary moratorium on the phase out of the Medicare hospice budget 
neutrality adjustment factor.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) 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. 449

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 449, a bill to protect free 
speech.


                                 S. 454

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 454, a bill to improve the 
organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the 
acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
454, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 454, supra.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr.

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Brownback), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 561

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to authorize 
a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire 
suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National 
Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management 
strategy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill 
to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service 
Pilots (``WASP'').


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to provide 
grants to promote financial and economic literacy.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors 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. 799

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to designate as 
wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) 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. 849

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 849, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study 
on black carbon emissions.


                                 S. 870

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for 
renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from 
biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain 
facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.


                                 S. 930

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 930, a bill to promote 
secure ferry transportation and for other purposes.


                                 S. 934

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 934, a bill to amend the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of 
schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national 
school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school 
nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school 
meals to conform to current nutrition science.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to 
reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
modernize firearm laws and regulations, protect the community from 
criminals, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 943

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 943, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to permit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to waive the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction 
requirements for renewable fuel production, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 962, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to promote an 
enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
982, a bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug 
Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 982, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 982, supra.


                              S.J. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 14, a joint 
resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
ill-conceived policies by the Federal Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States.


                               S. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 7, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding designation of the month 
of November as ``National Military Family Month''.


                              S. RES. 111

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 111, a resolution recognizing June 6, 2009, as 
the 70th anniversary of the tragic date when the M.S. St. Louis, a ship 
carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, returned to Europe after 
its passengers were refused admittance to the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1036

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1036 proposed to 
S. 896, a bill to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage 
credit availability.

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