[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 102 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5744-S5746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 653, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1286

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1286, a bill to 
amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow children 
in foster care to be placed with their parents in residential family 
treatment centers that provide safe environments for treating addiction 
and promoting healthy parenting.


                                S. 1353

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to amend 
title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to 
include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members 
and first responders for certain benefits.


                                S. 1425

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1425, a bill to increase 
the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote 
economic opportunities for women in developing countries.


                                S. 1481

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1481, 
a bill to amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities.


                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1619

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1619, a bill to establish 
the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the 
Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a 
comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability 
challenge grant program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2725

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2725, a bill to provide for 
fairness for the Federal judiciary.


                                S. 2743

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2743, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military 
service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably 
during the Cold War, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2772

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a

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cosponsor of S. 2772, a bill to establish a criminal justice 
reinvestment grant program to help States and local jurisdictions 
reduce spending on corrections, control growth in the prison and jail 
populations, and increase public safety.


                                S. 2882

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2882, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the 
treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2898

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2898, a bill to 
provide for child safety, care, and education continuity in the event 
of a presidentially declared disaster.


                                S. 3020

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3020, a bill to direct 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to reform and 
improve the HUBZone program for small business concerns, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3031

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3031, a bill to authorize 
Drug Free Communities enhancement grants to address major emerging drug 
issues or local drug crises.


                                S. 3034

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 3034, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to strike medals in 
commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks on the United States and the establishment of the 
National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.


                                S. 3036

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3036, a bill to establish 
the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project.


                                S. 3043

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3078

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3078, a bill to provide for the establishment 
of a Health Insurance Rate Authority to establish limits on premium 
rating, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3171

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3171, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the approval of certain 
programs of education for purposes of the Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance Program.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3237, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air 
Patrol.


                                S. 3238

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3238, a bill to provide for a medal of appropriate 
design to be awarded by the President to the next of kin or other 
representative of those individuals killed as a result of the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001, and to the memorials established at the 
3 sites that were attacked on that day.


                                S. 3269

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3269, a bill to 
provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing 
laws that meet certain minimum requirements.


                                S. 3320

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3320, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a 
Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3323

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3323, a bill to improve 
the management and oversight of Federal contracts, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3339

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3339, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced 
domestically by certain small producers.


                                S. 3397

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3397, a bill to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-back disposal of 
controlled substances in certain instances, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3424

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3424, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                S. 3434

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3434, a bill to provide for the establishment of a Home Star Retrofit 
Rebate Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3441

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3441, a bill to provide 
high-quality public charter school options for students by enabling 
such public charter schools to expand and replicate.


                                S. 3493

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3493, a bill to 
reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to increase public awareness and 
knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers.


                                S. 3510

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3510, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year 
recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified 
restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.


                                S. 3549

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3549, a bill to amend the 
effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card 
Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.


                                S. 3553

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3553, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the hydrological 
separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins.


                            S. CON. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 39, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and 
affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy 
for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency 
virus, and that the

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United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding 
for the development of housing as a response to the acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic.


                              S. RES. 565

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 565, a 
resolution supporting and recognizing the achievements of the family 
planning services programs operating under title X of the Public Health 
Service Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4418

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4418 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small 
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to 
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
business job creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4420

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4420 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small 
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to 
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
business job creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4433

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4433 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small 
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to 
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
business job creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4434

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4434 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending 
Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4435

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4435 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund 
Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4444

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4444 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund 
Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4446

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4446 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small 
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to 
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small 
business job creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4448

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4448 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending 
Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, and for other purposes.

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