[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 15, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9372-S9373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 305

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 305, a bill to 
amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to create a National 
Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network to provide grants and 
coordinate research with respect to the causes of and risk factors 
associated with childhood brain tumors, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to amend 
section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds 
received as universal service contributions and the universal service 
support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject 
to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known 
as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 484

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government 
pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to amend part B 
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption 
of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation 
requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain 
professionals.


                                 S. 538

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, a bill to 
increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school 
social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local 
educational agencies.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 599, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor 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 California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 886

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill 
to establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State 
catastrophe insurance programs to assist in the financial recovery from 
natural catastrophes.


                                 S. 938

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 938, a bill to 
require the President to call a White House Conference on Children and 
Youth in 2010.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to 
protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child 
marriage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 990

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 990, a bill to 
amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand access 
to healthy afterschool meals for school children in working families.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. Cochran, his name 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. 1257

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to build on the aging network to establish long-
term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence 
based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced 
nursing home diversion programs.


                                S. 1327

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1327, a bill to 
reauthorize the public and Indian housing drug elimination program of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 1504

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin

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(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1504, a bill to provide 
that Federal courts shall not dismiss complaints under rule 12(b)(6) or 
(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except under the standards 
set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States in Conley v. 
Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 (1957).


                                S. 1511

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1511, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve 
awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests under the 
Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1547, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 
to enhance and expand the assistance provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1583, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2014, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1612

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1612, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the operation of employee 
stock ownership plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1624

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1624, a bill to 
amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for 
medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for 
individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, 
injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing 
debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical 
problems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1635

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 1663

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1663, a bill to make 
available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 
for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect 
to former employees of Delphi Corporation.


                              S. RES. 263

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 263, a resolution designating 
October 2009 as ``National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2361

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2361 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3288, 
a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2365

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2365 intended to be proposed to H.R. 3288, 
a bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

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