[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2929-S2931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 277

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug 
Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to authorize 
the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in 
and from the western portion of the Coastal Plain of the State of 
Alaska without surface occupancy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 352

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 352, a bill to authorize 
the exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically 
feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the 
Coastal Plain in Alaska.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 425

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 425, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of 
permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, 
Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders.

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                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to require certain 
mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a grant 
program for State and local government mediation programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill 
to prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
543, a bill to restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a 
new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to establish 
the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel 
to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy 
issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and 
reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 603, a bill to modify the 
prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights 
relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and 
evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed 
with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for 
Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 658

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 658, a bill to 
provide for the preservation of the Department of Defense of 
documentary evidence of the Department of Defense on incidents of 
sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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. 737

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 737, a bill to replace the Director of the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a 5-person Commission, to 
bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations process, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 742

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 742, a bill 
to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to set the 
age at which Members of Congress are eligible for an annuity to the 
same age as the retirement age under the Social Security Act.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are 
past-due.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the 
definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002.


                                 S. 824

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to 
provide for enhanced mortgage-backed and asset-backed security investor 
protections, to prevent foreclosure fraud, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good 
articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that 
Act.


                                 S. 890

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 890, a bill to establish the supplemental fraud 
fighting account, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 906

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 906, a bill to 
prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience 
protections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 931

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the rules relating to 
fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap 
for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for 
the furnishing of water and sewage facilities.


                                 S. 940

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 940, a bill to 
reduce the Federal budget deficit by closing big oil tax loopholes, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 947

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 947, a bill to provide end user exemptions from 
certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to repeal a prohibition on allowing 
States to use toll revenues as State matching funds for Appalachian 
Development Highway projects.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to improve the 
provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and 
unemployment benefits to members of the Armed

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Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 952

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 952, a bill to authorize 
the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien 
students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the 
United States as children and for other purposes.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) 
and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 953, a bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease sales in the 
Outer Continental Shelf, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
to modify the requirements for exploration, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
953, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 953, supra.


                              S. RES. 180

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 180, a resolution expressing support for 
peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms in Syria and condemning 
the human rights violations by the Assad regime.
  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 180, supra.

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