[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 102 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7318-S7319]
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 Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 254, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion 
therapy under the Medicare Program.


                                 S. 259

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 259, a bill to establish 
a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 373

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 373, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of 
the species Python genera as an injurious animal.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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 name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 547

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


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to provide 
benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program 
for certain periods before the implementation of the program.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 752

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 775, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to authorize the availability of appropriated funds for 
international partnership contact activities conducted by the National 
Guard, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to designate 
as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                 S. 833

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to reform the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearm 
laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 994, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to increase awareness of the risks of breast cancer in 
young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast 
cancer.


                                S. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1065, a bill to 
authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and 
prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or 
more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 1144

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


                                S. 1194

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1194, a bill to 
reauthorize the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1211, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
60 School Street, Orchard Park, New York, as the ``Jack F. Kemp Post 
Office Building''.

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                                S. 1300

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1300, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify intent 
regarding the counting of residents in a nonhospital setting under the 
Medicare program.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 
and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1304, a bill to restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1348

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1348, a bill to 
recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for 
continued hunting on Federal public land.


                                S. 1361

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense 
through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions 
of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1380

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1380, 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. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1415, a bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services 
voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have a 
genuine opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots 
cast and counted, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 15

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 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.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 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. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 
14, a concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1428

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1428 proposed to H.R. 2892, a bill 
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Reid, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1428 proposed to H.R. 2892, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1430 proposed to H.R. 2892, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1447

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name and the name of the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1447 proposed to H.R. 2892, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Hatch, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1447 proposed to H.R. 2892, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Bennett) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1447 proposed to H.R. 2892, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1447 proposed to H.R. 2892, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 1447 proposed to H.R. 2892, supra.

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