[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9132-S9135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 23

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 23, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
election to deduct State and local sales taxes.


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) 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. 354

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 354, a bill to provide that 
4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance 
to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural 
economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 416

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 416, a bill to 
limit the use of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 433

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
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Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 
433, a bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
to establish a renewable electricity standard, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. 451, supra.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary 
basis to develop plans to manage the risk of food allergy and 
anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, to 
establish school--based food allergy management grants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to ensure that 
all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, 
bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals 
with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and 
across federally funded streets and highways.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 632

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the 
manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services 
delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid 
beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                 S. 693

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate 
medical residents in preventive medicine.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 694, a bill to provide assistance to Best Buddies to 
support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 714, a bill to establish the National 
Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 
727, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain 
conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.


                                 S. 730

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 730, a bill to amend the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs 
on certain footwear, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) 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. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 870

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable 
electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for 
on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities 
producing electricity from open-loop biomass.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 
and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were added as cosponsors 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. 944

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 944, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretaries of the 
military departments to give wounded members of the reserve components 
of the Armed Forces the option of remaining on active duty during the 
transition process in order to continue to receive military pay and 
allowances, to authorize members to reside at their permanent places of 
residence during the process, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Vermont

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(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 
987, a bill to protect girls in developing countries through the 
prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax 
for the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to 
optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical 
care workforce.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1038

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1038, a bill to 
improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for 
aliens in the United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1055, a bill to grant the congressional gold 
medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd 
Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in recognition of their 
dedicated service during World War II.


                                S. 1073

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1073, a bill to provide for credit rating reforms, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1156

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1156, a bill to amend the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school 
program.


                                S. 1160

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1160, a bill to provide 
housing assistance for very low-income veterans.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through 
partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the 
quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1279

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1279, a 
bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the Rural Community Hospital 
Demonstration Program.


                                S. 1281

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1281, a bill to enhance 
after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by 
establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve 
rural after-school programs.


                                S. 1304

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


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to ensure 
that every American has a health insurance plan that they can afford, 
own, and keep.


                                S. 1329

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1329, a bill to authorize 
the Attorney General to award grants to State courts to develop and 
implement State courts interpreter programs.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1340, a bill to 
establish a minimum funding level for programs under the Victims of 
Crime Act of 1984 for fiscal years 2010 to 2014 that ensures a 
reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term 
sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund.


                                S. 1352

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1352, a bill to provide 
for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, 
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other 
tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1361

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, a bill to provide 
grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are 
taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so 
that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high 
school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and district 
policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students 
in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle grades 
models for struggling students, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to improve and expand 
the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1397

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1397, a bill to 
authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and 
demonstration projects, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1422

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. Snowe) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1425

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr.

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 Burris) 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. 1456

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1456, a bill to fully 
compensate local educational agencies and local governments for tax 
revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust for the 
benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an individual Indian.


                                S. 1461

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1461, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat trees and vines producing 
fruit, nuts, or other crops as placed in service in the year in which 
it is planted for purposes of special allowance for depreciation.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1492, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more 
help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention.


                                S. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1524, a bill to 
strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United 
States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to 
new challenges of the 21st century, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Merkley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1524, supra.


                                S. 1545

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1545, a bill to expand the 
research and awareness activities of the National Institute of 
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1616, a bill to authorize 
assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses to promote exports to 
the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1634

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1634, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to protect and 
improve the benefits provided to dual eligible individuals under the 
Medicare and Medicaid programs.


                                S. 1635

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1635, a bill to 
establish an Indian Youth telemental health demonstration project, to 
enhance the provision of mental health care services to Indian youth, 
to encourage Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and other mental 
health care providers serving residents of Indian country to obtain the 
services of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry interns, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1638

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to permit 
Amtrak passengers to safely transport firearms and ammunition in their 
checked baggage.


                            S. CON. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. RES. 158

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 158, a 
resolution to commend the American Sail Training Association for 
advancing international goodwill and character building under sail.


                              S. RES. 161

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 161, a resolution 
recognizing June 2009 as the first National Hereditary Hemorrhagic 
Telangiectasia (HHT) month, established to increase awareness of HHT, 
which is a complex genetic blood vessel disorder that affects 
approximately 70,000 people in the United States.


                              S. RES. 210

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 210, a resolution designating the week 
beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.


                              S. RES. 245

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 245, a resolution 
recognizing September 11 as a ``National Day of Service and 
Remembrance''.


                              S. RES. 247

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 247, a 
resolution designating September 26, 2009, as ``National Estuaries 
Day''.

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