[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 151 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10520-S10521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 148

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 148, a bill to restore the 
rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, 
or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's 
product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act.


                                 S. 254

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 607

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 607, a bill to 
amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional 
recreational uses of National Forest System land that are subject to 
ski area permits, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 795

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 795, a bill to 
amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the 
Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to 
resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder 
abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 825

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 825, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent 
the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified 
group legal services plans.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb), the Senator from Florida (Mr. LeMieux), the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 
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. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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                                S. 1151

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1151, a bill to 
amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on 
indicators of child well-being.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1215, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic 
fracturing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) 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. 1340

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1589

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1589, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the incentives for the 
production of biodiesel.


                                S. 1660

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1666

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1666, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to satisfy certain 
conditions before issuing to producers of mid--level ethanol blends a 
waiver from certain requirements under the Clean Air Act, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1672

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1672, a bill to reauthorize the National 
Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000.


                                S. 1678

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1678, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1685

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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 cost-of-
living adjustment for such year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1700

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1700, a bill to require 
certain issuers to disclose payments to foreign governments for the 
commercial development of oil, natural gas, and minerals, to express 
the sense of Congress that the President should disclose any payment 
relating to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, and 
minerals on Federal land, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1711

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1711, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for making 
homes more water-efficient, for building new water-efficient homes, for 
public water conservation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) 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.


                                S. 1761

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1761, a bill to 
provide an extension of the low-income housing credit placed-in-service 
date requirement for certain disaster areas.


                                S. 1763

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1763, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for 
prescription pharmaceuticals.


                                S. 1765

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1765, a bill to amend the 
Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless.


                                S. 1777

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1777, a bill to 
facilitate the remediation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1790

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1790, a bill to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and 
for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 312

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) 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).


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, his name 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2679

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2679 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2847, a bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

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