[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 144 (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10217-S10218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 497

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase 
the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 500

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend the 
Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer 
credit transactions.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for 
the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget 
authority.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to provide in 
personam jurisdiction in civil actions against contractors of the 
United States Government performing contracts abroad with respect to 
serious bodily injuries of members of the Armed Forces, civilian 
employees of the United States Government, and United States citizen 
employees of companies performing work for the United States Government 
in connection with contractor activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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.

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                                 S. 686

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to establish 
the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with 
the profession of social work, to authorize the Secretary to make 
grants to support recruitment for, and retention, research, and 
reinvestment in, the profession, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 819

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to provide for 
enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals 
with autism spectrum disorders and their families.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) 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. 991

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a rule of naturalization 
under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to support 
stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected 
by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional 
strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect 
civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army 
and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, 
reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1076

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1076, a bill to improve the 
accuracy of fur product labeling, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to establish a 
grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and 
secondary schools.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of 
permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, 
Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders.


                                S. 1379

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) 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. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) 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. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1628

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1628, a bill to 
amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to increase the number 
of physicians who practice in underserved rural communities.


                                S. 1660

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1660, a bill to 
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the emissions of 
formaldehyde from composite wood products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1685

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1685, a bill to provide 
an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with 
disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cos-of-living 
adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1688

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1688, a bill to prevent 
congressional reapportionment distortions by requiring that, in the 
questionnaires used in the taking of any decennial census of 
population, a checkbox or other similar option be included for 
respondents to indicate citizenship status or lawful presence in the 
United States.


                                S. 1694

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1694, a bill to allow the funding for 
the interoperable emergency communications grant program established 
under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 
to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to amend the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 to establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, 
implement, and sustain veterinary services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1728

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1728, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyer credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1731, a bill to require 
certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, to establish a grant 
program for State and local government mediation programs, to create 
databases on foreclosures, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2601

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2601 proposed to 
H.R. 3326, a bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

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