[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 117 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8557-S8558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 252

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical 
health-care professionals, to improve the provision of health care 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor 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. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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. 446

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 446, a bill to permit the 
televising of Supreme Court proceedings.


                                 S. 493

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of 
ABLE accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for purposes of 
determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special 
supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.


                                 S. 601

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as

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a cosponsor of S. 601, a bill to establish the Weather Mitigation 
Research Office, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 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 and 
the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 694, a 
bill to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and 
development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 694, supra.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to establish 
the National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as 
cosponsors 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 name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor 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 Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
ambulance services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1071

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1071, a bill to protect the 
national security of the United States by limiting the immigration 
rights of individuals detained by the Department of Defense at 
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 1222

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1222, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for 
businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or 
renewal communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to direct 
the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing 
Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the 
rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1321, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for 
property labeled under the Environmental Protection Agency Water Sense 
program.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill to encourage 
energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy 
sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to 
create sustainable communities.


                                S. 1401

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), 
the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1401, a bill to provide for the award of a 
gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his 
service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in 
golf.


                                S. 1422

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1422, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility 
requirements with respect to airline flight crews.


                                S. 1535

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1535, a bill to 
amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional 
prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other 
purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 36

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 36, a concurrent resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Purple Heart Recognition 
Day''.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 71, a resolution condemning 
the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the 
Baha'i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the 
International Covenants on Human Rights.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1907 proposed to H.R. 3357, a bill to restore sums to the 
Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

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