[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S698-S700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to 
revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake 
Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa 
National Forest, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 686

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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

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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. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to improve 
and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 
students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 841, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Transportation to study and establish a motor vehicle 
safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other 
pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.


                                 S. 870

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable 
electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for 
on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities 
producing electricity from open-loop biomass.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 910, a bill to amend the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to provide for additional 
monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) 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.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1055, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion 
and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in 
recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.


                                S. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the 
Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti 
and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in 
existence in Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to 
provide for enhanced foodborne illness surveillance and food safety 
capacity, to establish regional food safety centers of excellence, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1350

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1350, a bill to encourage 
increased production of natural gas and liquified petroleum gas 
vehicles and to provide tax incentives for natural gas and liquefied 
petroleum gas vehicle infrastructure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1553, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the National Future Farmers of America Organization and the 85th 
anniversary of the founding of the National Future Farmers of America 
Organization.


                                S. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1652, a bill to amend part 
B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full 
Federal funding of such part.


                                S. 1733

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to create 
clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming 
pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy.


                                S. 1859

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


                                S. 1931

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1931, a bill to 
enhance the ability of Congress to oversee matters pertaining to 
nuclear nonproliferation identified in the findings and recommendations 
of the December 2008 Report of the Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2734

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2734, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention of diabetes, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to 
reduce the rape kit backlog and for other purposes.


                                S. 2750

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2750, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
make grants to eligible States for the purpose of reducing the student-
to-school nurse ratio in public secondary schools, elementary schools, 
and kindergarten.


                                S. 2755

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2755, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for 
equipment used to fabricate solar energy property, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2781

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2781, a bill to change 
references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an 
intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally 
retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual 
disability.


                                S. 2796

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2796, a bill to extend the 
authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student 
loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2803

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2803, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research 
and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary 
hypertension, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2816

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2816, a bill to repeal 
the

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sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 
with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption 
assistance programs and to allow the adoption credit to be claimed in 
the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the adoption becomes 
final.


                                S. 2904

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2904, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be 
available at all military health care treatment facilities.


                                S. 2925

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2925, a bill to establish a 
grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 412

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 412, a 
resolution designating September 2010 as ``National Childhood Obesity 
Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 414

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 414, a resolution 
expressing the Sense of the Senate on the recovery, rehabilitation, and 
rebuilding of Haiti following the humanitarian crisis caused by the 
January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

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