[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 178 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12322-S12323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 132

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 132, a bill to 
increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 760

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 760, a bill to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World 
War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``National World War I 
Memorial''.


                                 S. 761

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 761, a bill to establish the World War I Centennial Commission to 
ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to establish a 
program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed United States 
savings bonds.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1147, a bill to prevent tobacco 
smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1306

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1306, a bill to provide for 
payment to the survivor or surviving family members of compensation 
otherwise payable to a contractor employee of the Department of Energy 
who dies after application for compensation under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1341

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1341, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain 
proceeds received on SILO and LILO transactions.


                                S. 1423

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1423, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage under the Medicaid 
Program for freestanding birth center services.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease 
research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public 
education about prevention.


                                S. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1646

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1646, a bill to keep 
Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time 
compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to 
layoffs.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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.

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                                S. 1809

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1809, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to promote the certification of aftermarket conversion 
systems and thereby encourage the increased use of alternative fueled 
vehicles.


                                S. 1859

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1859, a bill to 
reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive 
payments.


                                S. 2730

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2730, a bill to extend and enhance the COBRA subsidy 
program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


                                S. 2758

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2758, a bill to 
amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 to establish a national food safety training, education, 
extension, outreach, and technical assistance program for agricultural 
producers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2794, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the 
donation of wild game meat.


                                S. 2820

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2820, a bill 
to prevent the destruction of terrorist and criminal national instant 
criminal background check system records.


                              S. RES. 337

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 337, a resolution designating December 6, 2009, as ``National 
Miners Day''.


                              S. RES. 356

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 356, a resolution calling upon the Government of Turkey to 
facilitate the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological 
School of Halki without condition or further delay.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2790

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2790 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2791

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2791 proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2836

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2836 proposed 
to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the 
Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other 
purposes.

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