[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 109 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7699-S7702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 21

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 21, a bill to reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce 
abortions, and improve access to women's health care.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 307

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 316

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the reduction in the 
rate of tax on qualified timber gain of corporations, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage 
services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the 
general supervision of a physician.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the 
United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations 
to find missing adults, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from 
Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) 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. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill 
to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking 
water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the 
capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator 
Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.


                                 S. 647

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 647, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the 
transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing 
facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement 
of requirements with respect to such facilities.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 664

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to create a 
systemic risk monitor for the financial system of the United States, to 
oversee financial regulatory activities of the Federal Government, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 801

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
801, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive charges for 
humanitarian care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
family members accompanying veterans severely injured after September 
11, 2001, as they receive medical care from the Department and to 
provide assistance to family caregivers, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 819

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 819, a bill to provide for enhanced treatment, 
support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum 
disorders and their families.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 845

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from 
the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another 
State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies 
with the laws of the State.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.


                                 S. 942

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to prevent the 
abuse of Government charge cards.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 951, a 
bill to authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th 
anniversary of the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, 
to award gold medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. 
Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. ``Buzz'' 
Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on 
the moon; Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's 
command module; and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John 
Herschel Glenn, Jr.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 1072

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1072, a bill to amend 
chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the basis 
utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance 
for members of the Selected Reserve.


                                S. 1089

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to facilitate 
the export of United States agricultural commodities and products to 
Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with 
respect to Cuba, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical 
devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States 
citizens and legal residents, to establish an agricultural export 
promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 1148

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to modify a provision relating to the renewable fuel 
program.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of 
Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore 
within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in 
Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate 
payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare 
Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to 
wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for homeless 
veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans with 
minor dependents and to establish a grant program for reintegration of 
homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1304, a bill to restore 
the economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1318

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1318, a bill to prohibit the use of stimulus funds for 
signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those 
funds.


                                S. 1402

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1402, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowed 
as a deduction for start-up expenditures.


                                S. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kennedy), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran)

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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. 1416

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to require the 
redesignation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, to impose 
sanctions with respect to North Korea, to require reports on the status 
of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and counterproliferation 
efforts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1425

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1425, a bill to increase 
the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote 
economic opportunities for women in developing countries.


                            S. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
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 
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. 200

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 200, a 
resolution designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood 
Cancer Awareness Day''.


                              S. RES. 210

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 210, a 
resolution designating the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as 
National School Psychology Week.


                              S. RES. 212

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator 
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 212, a resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate that any savings under the Medicare program should 
be invested back into the Medicare program, rather than creating new 
entitlement programs.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1484

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1484 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1501

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1501 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1504

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1504 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1513

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1513 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1515

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1515 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1530

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1530 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1557

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1557 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1558

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1558 
intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1570

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1570 intended to be proposed to S. 
1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1575 intended to be proposed to S. 
1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1585

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1585 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 1618

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), 
the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
DeMint), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1618 proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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