[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6993-S6995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 307, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner 
in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a 
hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the 
Medicare program and to exempt from the critical access hospital 
inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain 
veterans.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 510

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the 
food supply.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for 
physical education.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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 names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were added as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors 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 name of the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) 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

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and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 765

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of 
the Treasury to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable 
transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure, to modify 
such penalty, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase 
utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part 
B program.


                                 S. 819

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to provide for 
enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals 
with autism spectrum disorders and their families.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration 
of the establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's highest 
award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed 
upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States, 
to honor the American military men and women who have been recipients 
of the Medal of Honor, and to promote awareness of what the Medal of 
Honor represents and how ordinary Americans, through courage, 
sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism, can challenge fate and 
change the course of history.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 970

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to promote and 
enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration 
across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant 
program.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 1112

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1112, a bill to make effective 
the proposed rule of the Food and Drug Administration relating to 
sunscreen drug products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1230

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as 
cosponsors 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. Lautenberg) 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. 1253

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1253, a bill to address 
reimbursement of certain costs to automobile dealers.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to provide 
for the audit of financial statements of the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2017 and fiscal years thereafter, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1304, a bill to restore the economic 
rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, supra.


                            S. CON. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Con. Res. 29, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 
Congress that John Arthur ``Jack'' Johnson should receive a posthumous 
pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished 
the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and 
unduly tarnished his reputation.


                              S. RES. 199

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Louisiana

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(Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 199, a resolution recognizing the contributions 
of the recreational boating community and the boating industry to the 
continuing prosperity of the United States.
  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and 
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 199, supra.

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