[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 105 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5964-S5966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 28, a bill 
to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial 
forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against 
any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 
camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs 
and survivors of such persons.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to prohibit the 
application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 831

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 831, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as 
service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age 
for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) 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. 887

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in 
certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United 
States and for other purposes.


                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1567

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1567, a bill to provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.


                                S. 1674

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1674, a bill to 
provide for an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program 
and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who 
participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.


                                S. 2747

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 2982

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2982, a bill to combat 
international violence against women and girls.


                                S. 2989

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2989, a bill to improve the 
Small Business Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2998

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont

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(Mr. Leahy) 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. 3151

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3151, a bill to establish the 
Office for Global Women's Issues and the Women's Development Advisor to 
facilitate interagency coordination and the integration of gender 
considerations into the strategies, programming, and associated 
outcomes of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3199

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3199, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of 
hearing loss.


                                S. 3235

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3235, a bill to 
amend the Act titled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted 
Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, 
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-
term leases'', approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes to 
enter into certain leases without prior express approval from the 
Secretary of the Interior.


                                S. 3406

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3406, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to eliminate the per-fiscal year calculation of 
days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the 
minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services may retire for non-regular service.


                                S. 3414

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3414, a bill to ensure that 
the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 and other 
requirements for dietary supplements under the jurisdiction of the Food 
and Drug Administration are fully implemented and enforced, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3419

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3419, a bill 
to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in 
collection and has been fully paid or settled, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3424

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3424, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to 
provide further protection for puppies.


                                S. 3430

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3430, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tip tax credit to employers 
of cosmetologists and to promote tax compliance in the cosmetology 
sector.


                                S. 3508

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3508, a bill to 
strengthen the capacity of the United States to lead the international 
community in reversing renewable natural resource degradation trends 
around the world that threaten to undermine global prosperity and 
security and eliminate the diversity of life on Earth, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3510

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 3513

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3513, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
for one year the special depreciation allowances for certain property.


                                S. 3519

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3519, a bill to stabilize 
the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing 
Partnership Program.


                                S. 3521

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3521, a bill to provide for the 
reestablishment of a domestic rare earths materials production and 
supply industry in the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3561

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3561, a bill 
to establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3566

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3566, a bill to authorize certain maritime 
programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3572

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 3572, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th 
anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first law enforcement 
agency, the United States Marshals Service.


                                S. 3578

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3578, a bill to 
repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements for payments 
of $600 or more to corporations, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 63, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan 
should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO).


                              S. RES. 519

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 519, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the 
well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the 
primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United 
States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several 
States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern 
policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to 
principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the 
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines 
traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents 
and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the 
Senate for its advice and consent.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4453

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4453 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

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incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4464

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4464 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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