[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 57 (Monday, May 2, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2581-S2583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 44

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 44, a bill 
to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D 
drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 146, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently 
discharged veterans.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 146, supra.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to provide for 
the safe and responsible redeployment of United States combat forces 
from Afghanistan.


                                 S. 214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 214, a bill to amend the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay the full cost 
of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to pay the full 
cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 245

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 245, a bill to 
reduce Federal spending in a responsible manner.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical 
services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp 
Lejeune, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 328

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 328, a bill to amend 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that countervailing 
duties may be imposed to address subsidies relating to fundamentally 
undervalued currency of any foreign country.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 344, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a 
service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either 
retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-
Related Special Compensation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 350

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 350, a bill to require 
restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) 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. 383

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 383, a bill to 
promote the domestic production of critical minerals and materials, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to 
amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for 
breast cancer research.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 384, supra.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 412, a bill to ensure that 
amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for 
harbor maintenance.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 431, 
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 Federal law enforcement agency, the United States 
Marshals Service.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, 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. 435

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 435, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for employer-
provided dependent care assistance.


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 481, 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. 486

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added

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as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act to enhance protections for members of the uniformed services 
relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take 
action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 507

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 507, a bill to 
provide for increased Federal oversight of prescription opioid 
treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, 
and deaths.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 534, 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. 536

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 536, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide that utilization of survivors' 
and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to the 48-
month limitation on the aggregate amount of assistance utilizable under 
multiple veterans and related educational assistance programs.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 557, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual 
retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill 
to amend the small, rural school achievement program and the rural and 
low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 657, a bill 
to encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the 
United States in order to disseminate information when a law 
enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 668, a bill to 
remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal 
health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.


                                 S. 671

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 671, a bill to authorize the 
United States Marshals Service to issue administrative subpoenas in 
investigations relating to unregistered sex offenders.


                                 S. 685

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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 names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 696

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as 
Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or 
allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 699

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 699, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to demonstrate the 
commercial application of integrated systems for long-term geological 
storage of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the treatment 
of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property 
for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 701

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 701, a bill to 
amend section 1120A(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to assure comparability of opportunity for educationally 
disadvantaged students.


                                 S. 702

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 702, a bill to 
authorize funding for, and increase accessibility to, the National 
Missing and Unidentified Persons System, to facilitate data sharing 
between such system and the National Crime Information Center database 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide incentive grants to 
help facilitate reporting to such systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 720

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 720, a bill to repeal the 
CLASS program.


                                 S. 726

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 726, a bill to rescind $45 
billion of unobligated discretionary appropriations, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 731, a bill to amend title 
37, United States Code, to provide travel and transportation allowances 
for members of the reserve components for long distance and certain 
other travel to inactive duty training.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 752, a bill to establish a comprehensive 
interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely 
manner.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research 
and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary 
hypertension, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 778

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 778, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician 
supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                 S. 780

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 780, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt reimbursements of 
expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from 
determinations of annual income with respect to pensions for veterans 
and surviving spouses and children of veterans, and for other purposes.

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                                 S. 797

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, 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. 815

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
815, a bill to guarantee that military funerals are conducted with 
dignity and respect.
  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 815, supra.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, 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. 829

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 863

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 863, a bill to amend title XVI of the Social 
Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial 
arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the 
supplemental security income program.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 80, a 
resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the 
International Covenants on Human Rights.


                               S. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 
87, a resolution designating the year of 2012 as the ``International 
Year of Cooperatives''.


                              S. RES. 132

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 132, a 
resolution recognizing and honoring the zoos and aquariums of the 
United States.


                              S. RES. 133

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 133, a resolution to 
require that new war funding be offset.


                              S. RES. 148

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 148, a 
resolution calling on the President to submit to Congress a detailed 
description of United States policy objectives in Libya, both during 
and after Muammar Qaddafi's rule, and a plan to achieve them, and to 
seek congressional authorization for the use of military force against 
Libya.


                              S. RES. 152

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 152, a resolution 
designating April 30, 2011, as ``Dia de los Ninos: Celebrating Young 
Americans''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 293

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 293 
intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve 
the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 299

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 299 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 299 
intended to be proposed to S. 493, supra.

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