[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 173 (Friday, November 20, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11883-S11884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend the 
Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate 
exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with 
respect to railroads.


                                 S. 588

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 588, a bill to amend title 
46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the 
security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically 
important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal 
diseases.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 812, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1297, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed 
lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life 
insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a 
portion of such payments.


                                S. 1317

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1317, a bill to 
increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the 
transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives 
licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.


                                S. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1672

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


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the reserve 
components as active service for purposes of laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 1790

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 1803

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Tennessee

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(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1803, a bill to amend 
title 31, United States Code, to authorize reviews by the Comptroller 
General of the United States of emergency credit facilities established 
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any Federal 
Reserve bank, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1939

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1939, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain 
veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2097

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2097, a bill to 
authorize the rededication of the District of Columbia War Memorial as 
a National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial to honor the 
sacrifices made by American veterans of World War I.


                                S. 2129

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2129, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 
property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment 
of a National Women's History Museum.


                                S. 2747

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2747, a bill to amend the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and 
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water 
conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future 
generations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2757

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2757, a bill to authorize 
the adjustment of status for immediate family members of persons who 
served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the 
Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and for other purposes.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2785, a bill to provide 
grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2793

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2793, a bill to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for clarification on the 
use of funds relating to certain homeland security grants, and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 341

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 341, a 
resolution supporting peace, security, and innocent civilians affected 
by conflict in Yemen.

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