[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7968-S7971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 325

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
325, a bill to amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, 
relating to explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption 
authority.


                                 S. 446

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 446, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court 
proceedings.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 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. 1216

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1216, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Product Safety Act to require residential carbon monoxide 
detectors to meet the applicable ANSI/UL standard by treating that 
standard as a consumer product safety rule, to encourage States to 
require the installation of such detectors in homes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1547, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 
to enhance and expand the assistance provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1548

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1548, a bill to improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of 
musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries, to conduct a 
longitudinal study on aging, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) 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 Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) 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. 1695

  At the request of Mr. Burris, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1695, a bill to 
authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point 
Marines of World War II.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to 
amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.


                                S. 1859

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


                                S. 2740

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2740, a bill to establish 
a comprehensive literacy program.


                                S. 2747

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 3036

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


                                S. 3181

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3181, a bill to 
protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and 
repair their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3183

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3183, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the nonbusiness energy property 
credit to roofs with pigmented coatings which meet Energy Star program 
requirements.


                                S. 3234

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3260

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3260, a bill to 
enhance and further research into the prevention and treatment of 
eating disorders, to improve access to treatment of eating disorders, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3320

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) 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. 3329

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3329, a bill to 
provide triple credits for renewable energy on brownfields, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3390

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3390, a bill to end the 
discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3398

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 3424

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


                                S. 3642

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3642, a bill to 
ensure that the underwriting standards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 
facilitate the use of property assessed clean energy programs to 
finance the installation of renewable energy and energy efficiency 
improvements.


                                S. 3678

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3678, a bill to 
improve mental health services for members of the National Guard and 
Reserve deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3695

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3695, a bill to fight 
criminal gangs.


                                S. 3706

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3706, a bill to 
extend unemployment insurance benefits and cut taxes for businesses to 
create hiring incentives, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3709

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3709, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to 
extend health information technology assistance eligibility to 
behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and 
facilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3727

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3727, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, with respect to the offense of stalking.


                                S. 3735

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3735, a bill to amend the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use 
of certain registered pesticides.


                                S. 3739

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3739, a bill to amend the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act to include bullying and harassment 
prevention programs.


                                S. 3813

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3813, a bill to amend the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable 
electricity standard, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 3829

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3829, a bill to 
repeal the CLASS Act.


                                S. 3833

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3833, a bill to 
amend the National Environmental Education Act to update, streamline, 
and modernize that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3842

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3842, a bill to protect crime 
victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA samples 
collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve and 
expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing 
technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA 
evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of 
counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3846

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3846, a bill to establish a temporary 
prohibition on termination coverage under the TRICARE program for age 
of dependents under the age of 26 years.


                                S. 3865

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3865, a bill 
to facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax 
assistance for low-income and underserved populations, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3874

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3874, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Act 
to reduce lead in drinking water.


                                S. 3881

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3881, a bill to 
require the Secretary of State to identify individuals responsible for 
the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky or for the 
conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate 
profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, 
and to impose a visa ban and certain financial measures with respect to 
such individuals, until the Russian Federation has thoroughly 
investigated the death of Sergei Magnitsky and brought the Russian 
criminal justice system into compliance with international legal 
standards, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3901

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3901, a bill to promote 
enforcement of immigration laws and for other purposes.


                                S. 3914

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3914, a bill to amend title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary 
of Education to complete payments under such title to local educational 
agencies eligible for such payments within 3 fiscal years.


                                S. 3923

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3923, a bill to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to clarify the authority 
of States to adopt renewable energy incentives.


                                S. 3924

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) and 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3924, a bill to promote transparency and accountability concerning the 
implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 3925

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3925, a bill to amend the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act to improve the energy efficiency of, and standards 
applicable to, certain appliances and equipment, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3928

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3928, a bill to strengthen Federal consumer product 
safety programs and activities with respect to commercially-marketed 
seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate with the 
Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate Federal agencies to 
strengthen and coordinate those programs and activities.


                                S. 3932

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3932, a bill 
to provide comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3942

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3942, a bill to amend the Arms Export 
Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics 
may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without 
obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department 
of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3946

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3946, 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 Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 676

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 676, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month.


                              S. RES. 677

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 677, a 
resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance 
of recycling and the inception of recycling on the National Mall.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4618

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 
Landrieu) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 4618 intended to be proposed to S. 3454, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.

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