[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 87 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6543-S6545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 144, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to 
extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from 
the numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 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. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to 
amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the 
Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such 
audits are reported, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 636

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 718

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 822

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as cosponsors of S. 822, a bill to 
support the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and 
emergency medical services personnel, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating 
losses, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill 
to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of 
child marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the 
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from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) 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 Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) 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. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to 
support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas 
affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a 
regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully 
protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's 
Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to require the provision of medical and dental 
readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and 
Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1131

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1153, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage for employees' spouses and 
dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated 
beneficiaries of employees.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1157, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive the 35-
mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare 
Program.


                                S. 1184

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1198

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1198, a bill to 
limit disbursement of additional funds under the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program to certain automobile manufacturers, to impose fiduciary duties 
on the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to shareholders of such 
automobile manufacturers, to require the issuance of shares of common 
stock to eligible taxpayers which represent the common stock holdings 
of the United States Government in such automobile manufacturers, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1203

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 
2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified 
research credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1223

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) and the 
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1223, a bill to require prior Congressional approval of emergency 
funding resulting in Government ownership of private entities.


                                S. 1225

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1225, a bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission to take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of 
energy markets, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were 
added as cosponsors 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.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                            S. CON. RES. 24

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. 
Res. 24, a concurrent resolution to direct the Architect of the Capitol 
to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center 
which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction 
of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 25, a concurrent resolution 
recognizing the value and benefits that community health centers 
provide as health care homes for over 18,000,000 individuals, and the

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importance of enabling health centers and other safety net providers to 
continue to offer accessible, affordable, and continuous care to their 
current patients and to every American who lacks access to preventive 
and primary care services.


                              S. RES. 159

  At the request of Mr. Burris, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 159, a resolution 
recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day 
and expressing the sense of the Senate that history should be regarded 
as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the 
future.


                              S. RES. 170

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 170, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children should 
benefit, and in no case be worse off, as a result of reform of the 
Nation's health care system.


                              S. RES. 179

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 179, a resolution 
congratulating the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on its 125 
years of codes and standards development.

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