[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 27 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S858-S859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance 
to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural 
economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 405, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair 
market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, 
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to allow travel 
between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 621

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 621, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital 
heart disease research efforts and to improve public education and 
awareness of congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) 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 names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 902

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 902, a bill 
to provide grants to establish veteran's treatment courts.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. 1204

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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. 1643

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1643, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the conversion of 
heating using oil fuel to using natural gas or biomass feedstocks, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1744

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1744, a bill to require the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe 
regulations to ensure that all crewmembers on air carriers have proper 
qualifications and experience, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1966

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1966, a bill to provide 
assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in 
developing countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2760, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase 
in the annual amount authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out comprehensive service programs for 
homeless veterans.


                                S. 2794

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) 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. 2796

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) 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. 2919

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2919, a bill to amend 
the Federal Credit Union Act to advance the ability of credit unions to 
promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2961

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2961, a bill to provide debt relief to Haiti, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2998

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2998, a bill 
to temporarily expand the V nonimmigrant visa category to include 
Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was 
approved on or before January 12, 2010.


                                S. 3021

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3021, a bill to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to authorize the 
Secretary of Energy to promulgate regulations to allow electric 
utilities to use renewable energy to comply with any Federal renewable 
electricity standard, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3036

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3036, a bill to establish the Office of the 
National Alzheimer's Project.


                                S. 3043

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 3043, a bill 
to award planning grants and implementation grants to State educational 
agencies to enable the State educational agencies to complete 
comprehensive planning to carry out activities designed to integrate 
engineering education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to 
provide evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering 
education.


                              S. RES. 372

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 372, a resolution 
designating March 2010 as ``National Autoimmune Diseases Awareness 
Month'' and supporting efforts to increase awareness of autoimmune 
diseases and increase funding for autoimmune disease research.


                              S. RES. 409

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 409, a resolution 
calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject the proposed 
``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'', and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 414

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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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