[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 129 (Thursday, September 23, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7421-S7422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Shelby), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 455, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United States Army Five-Star 
Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Henry 
``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of the United States Army 
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to 
coincide with the celebration of the 132nd Anniversary of the founding 
of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the deduction for use of 
a portion of a residence as a home office by providing an optional 
standard home office deduction.
  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, supra.


                                S. 1352

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1352, a bill to provide 
for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, 
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other 
tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1695

  At the request of Mr. Burris, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 1695, a bill to authorize the 
award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of 
World War II.


                                S. 3036

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


                                S. 3184

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3184, a bill to provide United States assistance 
for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of trafficking in children 
in eligible countries through the implementation of Child Protection 
Compacts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3234

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3234, a bill to improve employment, 
training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially 
those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3320

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3320, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3398

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3398, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to 
certain recently discharged veterans.


                                S. 3402

  At the request of Mr. LeMieux, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3402, a bill to 
encourage residential use of renewable energy systems by minimizing 
upfront costs and providing immediate utility cost savings to consumers 
through leasing of such systems to homeowners, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3442

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. LeMieux) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3442, a bill to promote the deployment of plug-in 
electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3447

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of S. 3447, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance 
for veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3466

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3466, a bill to 
require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3524

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3524, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement for 
a park headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 
to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of potential 
land acquisitions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3664

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3664, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain farmland from 
the estate tax, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3673

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr.

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Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3673, a bill to amend the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain 
limitations on tax health care benefits.


                                S. 3703

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3703, a bill to expand the 
research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health 
with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3751

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3751, a bill to amend the 
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005.


                                S. 3767

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3767, a bill to establish 
appropriate criminal penalties for certain knowing violations relating 
to food that is misbranded or adulterated.


                                S. 3772

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3772, a bill to amend the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3786

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3786, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury 
to issue prospective guidance clarifying the employment status of 
individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive 
assessments with respect to such clarifications.


                                S. 3804

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3804, a bill to combat online 
infringement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3816

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3816, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to 
prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.


                            S. CON. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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 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. CON. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 
71, a concurrent resolution recognizing the United States national 
interest in helping to prevent and mitigate acts of genocide and other 
mass atrocities against civilians, and supporting and encouraging 
efforts to develop a whole of government approach to prevent and 
mitigate such acts.


                              S. RES. 583

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 583, a resolution 
expressing support for designation of 2011 as ``World Veterinary Year'' 
to bring attention to and show appreciation for the veterinary 
profession on its 250th anniversary.


                              S. RES. 611

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 611, a resolution 
congratulating the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club on the 48th 
anniversary of the running of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra-Marathon.


                              S. RES. 631

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 631, a resolution 
designating the week beginning on November 8, 2010, as National School 
Psychology Week.

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