[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 84 (Monday, June 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6256-S6257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 46

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 46, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 213

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 213, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to 
necessary services while on a grounded air carrier, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 354

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 434

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option 
for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 451, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States 
of America.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 451, supra.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name 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. 515

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


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
bicentennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to 
strengthen American manufacturing through improved industrial energy 
efficiency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 683

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 730

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 730, a bill to amend the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs 
on certain footwear, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to improve and 
expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students 
in the United States by improving professional development programs for 
kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of 
higher education.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors 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 name of the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor 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 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental 
education, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to 
provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) 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. 935

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to extend subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-173) to provide for regulatory 
stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for 
long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 943

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 956

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr.

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Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 956, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt unsanctioned State-licensed 
retail pharmacies from the surety bond requirement under the Medicare 
Program for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, 
orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 990

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 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. 1034

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1034, a bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of 
the Social Security Act to ensure payment under Medicaid and the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services 
furnished by school-based health clinics.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill 
to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish 
Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, 
and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual 
health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in 
those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance 
Oversight to monitor performance in those markets, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sensible 
infrastructure for delivery system reform by renaming the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission, making the Commission an executive branch 
agency, and providing the Commission new resources and authority to 
implement Medicare payment policy.


                                S. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1147, a bill to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure 
the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1163

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1163, a bill to add 1 
member with aviation safety expertise to the Federal Aviation 
Administration Management Advisory Council.


                                S. 1184

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1184, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to 
their employees.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 15, a joint resolution 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor 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 names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 23, a concurrent resolution supporting the 
goals and objectives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1230

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1230 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the 
Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement 
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1270

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1270 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1256, 
to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug 
Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the 
Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the 
Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1271

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1271 intended to be proposed to H. R. 1256, to protect the public 
health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain 
authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the 
Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement 
System, and for other purposes.

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