[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 80 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5906-S5908]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend the Federal 
antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions 
from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to 
railroads.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name 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.
  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, supra.


                                 S. 229

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


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Feingold) were added as cosponsors of S. 311, a bill to prohibit the 
application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 354

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 354, a bill to provide 
that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 369

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 369, a bill to prohibit 
brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to 
delay the entry of a generic drug into the market.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United 
States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 
Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of 
the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort 
Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of the 132nd 
Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command and 
General Staff College.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 461, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 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. 515

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend title 
35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.


                                 S. 547

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 547, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription 
drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending 
the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such 
organizations.

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                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to 
strengthen the Nation's research efforts to 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. 582

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 582, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to protect consumers from usury, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation 
Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the 
United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and 
the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 666

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 666, a bill to prohibit 
products that contain dry ultra-filtered milk products, milk protein 
concentrate, or casein from being labeled as domestic natural cheese, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 686

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
686, a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to 
advise Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on 
policy issues associated with the profession of social work, to 
authorize the Secretary to make grants to support recruitment for, and 
retention, research, and reinvestment in, the profession, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 711, a bill to 
require mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces who 
are deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use 
of horses for human consumption.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) 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. 781

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 832

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) 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. 833

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 872

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 872, a bill to 
establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 982, a bill 
to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug 
Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.


                                 S. 985

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 985, a bill to establish and 
provide for the treatment of Individual Development Accounts, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 990

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 990, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand access to 
healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to increase the 
number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including 
those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to 
children and adolescents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1023, a bill to establish a non-profit corporation to 
communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, 
business, and scholarly travel to the United States.


                                S. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Missouri

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(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1026, a bill to amend the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the 
collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas 
uniformed service voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1111

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1111, a bill 
to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into 
agreements with States to resolve outstanding claims for reimbursement 
under the Medicare program relating to the Special Disability Workload 
project.


                                S. 1118

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1118, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the 
amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to 
surviving spouses by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1126

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1126, a bill to require 
the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress on 
retirement benefits for former employees of Air America and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1131

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1131, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare 
beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to 
coordinated, primary care medical services in lower cost treatment 
settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by a 
team of qualified and experienced health care professionals.


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the 
carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 1

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 1, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of 
Congress may serve.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 14, a concurrent resolution 
supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                            S. CON. RES. 23

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, a 
concurrent resolution supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague 
Conference on Holocaust Era Assets.


                              S. RES. 157

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 157, a resolution recognizing Bread for the World, on the 35th 
anniversary of its founding, for its faithful advocacy on behalf of 
poor and hungry people in our country and around the world.

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