[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 16, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6650-S6652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 148, a bill to restore the 
rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, 
or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's 
product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her 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.


                                 S. 244

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a bill to expand programs of 
early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child 
abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental 
and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 482

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 482, a bill to 
require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports 
in electronic form.


                                 S. 497

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 497, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of 
nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing 
under part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-
benefit dual eligible individuals.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors 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. 686

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to 
establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress 
and the Secretary of

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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. 750

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained 
health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to 
providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to 
provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education.


                                 S. 795

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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 Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors 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. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor 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. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Conrad) 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.


                                 S. 962

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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 Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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 name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1052, a bill to amend the 
small, rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income 
school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.


                                S. 1073

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1073, a bill to provide 
for credit rating reforms, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1111

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 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. 1121

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, a bill to 
amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction 
of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning 
facilities at the elementary schools.


                                S. 1131

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 1135

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to establish a 
voluntary program in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
to encourage consumers to trade-in older vehicles for more fuel 
efficient vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1144

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1144, a bill to improve 
transit services, including in rural States.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to 
improve end-of-life care.


                                S. 1153

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1155

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1155, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of 
Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for health.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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.

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                                S. 1168

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1168, a bill to 
authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 
of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.


                                S. 1230

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1230, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit 
for certain home purchases.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that 
group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1242

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1242, a bill to prohibit 
the Federal Government from holding ownership interests, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers, 
to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps, and to provide 
tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding.


                                S. 1254

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, a bill to provide for 
identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the 
misalignment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1259

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as cosponsors of S. 1259, a bill 
to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from 
comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or 
services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that 
comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in 
personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1265, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 to provide members of the Armed Forces and their family 
members equal access to voter registration assistance, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, a joint 
resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor 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. 23

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name 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.
  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. Con. Res. 23, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, 
supra.


                            S. CON. RES. 24

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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 name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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 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. CON. RES. 26

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 26, 
a concurrent resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial 
segregation of African Americans.


                              S. RES. 153

  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. Res. 153, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or 
compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.

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