[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 45 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2047-S2048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 281

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 281, a bill to delay the 
implementation of the health reform law in the United States until 
there is a final resolution in pending lawsuits.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to provide 
for the coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health 
programs and private health insurance.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 339, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 382, a bill to 
amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional 
recreational uses of National Forest System land that is subject to ski 
area permits, and for other permits.


                                 S. 393

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to aid and 
support pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                                 S. 410

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 410, a bill 
to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 468, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the authority of the 
Administrator to disapprove specifications of disposal sites for the 
discharge of, dredged or fill material, and to clarify the procedure 
under which a higher review of specifications may be requested.


                                 S. 474

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 474, a bill to reform the regulatory process to ensure 
that small businesses are free to compete and to create jobs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 494

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 494, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a national screening program at 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to provide States the option to increase 
screening in the United States population for the prevention, early 
detection, and timely treatment of colorectal cancer.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 527, a bill to 
amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate the 
authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance 
under the Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving 
assistance to homeowners who were already extended an offer to 
participate in the Program, either on a trial or permanent basis.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 595, 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 672, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance 
credit.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 676, 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. 680

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to 
authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of 
real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the 
establishment of a National Women's History Museum.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 685, a bill to repeal the 
Federal sugar program.


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi

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(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 687, 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. RES. 99

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 99, 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. 197

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 197 proposed to S. 493, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 211

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 211 intended to be 
proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes.

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