[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10434-S10436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone 
service for information and referral on human services and volunteer 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 229

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 229, a bill to 
empower women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 292

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 292, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain 
payments made to vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors 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. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 
United States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas 
MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and

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Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army Command and General 
Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the 
celebration of the 132nd Anniversary of the founding of the United 
States Army Command and General Staff College.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 461, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance 
credit.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of 
the food supply.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 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. 678

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to reauthorize and 
improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill 
to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher 
education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and 
adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United 
States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1073

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1073, a bill to 
provide for credit rating reforms, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1076

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


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1204, a bill to amend the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 
2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to 
veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) 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. 1366

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1366, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion 
of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1376, a bill to restore immunization and sibling 
age exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens under the 
Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to allow their admission to 
the United States.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1408, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy 
investments and job creation.


                                S. 1524

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were 
added as cosponsors 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.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Baucus) 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. 1600

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1600, a bill to 
reinstitute and update the Pay-As-You-Go requirement of budget 
neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by 
the threat of annual, automatic sequestration.


                                S. 1630

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1630, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of

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the Social Security Act to improve prescription drug coverage under 
Medicare part D and to amend the Public Health Service Act, the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to improve prescription drug coverage under 
private health insurance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain 
active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying service for 
purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1672

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1672, a bill to 
reauthorize the National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000.


                                S. 1681

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1681, a bill to ensure that health 
insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot 
engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the 
detriment of competition and consumers.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate management 
authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program, to require the establishment of a trust to manage 
assets of certain designated TARP recipients, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1739

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1739, a bill to promote freedom of the press around 
the world.


                                S. 1765

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1765, a bill to amend the Hate Crime 
Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.


                                S. 1775

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1775, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that interest shall not accrue 
on Federal Direct Loans for members of the Armed Forces on active duty 
regardless of the date of disbursement.


                              S. RES. 296

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 296, a 
resolution designating October 2009 as ``National Work and Family 
Month''.


                              S. RES. 312

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 312, 
a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on empowering and 
strengthening the United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID).
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 312, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2668 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 3548, a bill to amend the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain 
additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes.

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