[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 68 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3052-S3054]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 20

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 20, a bill to protect American 
job creation by striking the job-killing Federal employer mandate.


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 28, a bill to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide public safety providers 
an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to support a national, 
interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize the Federal 
Communications Commission to hold incentive auctions to provide funding 
to support such a network, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel 
excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit 
to certain recently discharged veterans.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 227

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to 
home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 258

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 258, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate oil and gas 
company preferences.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 425

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 468, a bill to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to

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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. 496

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to amend the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program 
relating to inspection and grading of catfish.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 501, a bill to 
establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide 
incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and 
communications technologies.


                                 S. 519

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to further allocate 
and expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover 
Dam, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to repeal 
the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of 
marriage.


                                 S. 606

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 606, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review 
voucher incentive program relating to tropical and rare pediatric 
diseases.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko 
County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of 
Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) 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. 690

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 690, a bill 
to establish the Office of the Homeowner Advocate.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to validate final 
patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to 
establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer 
mortality in a timely manner.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 792, a bill to authorize the waiver of 
certain debts relating to assistance provided to individuals and 
households since 2005.


                                 S. 855

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 855, a 
bill to make available such funds as may be necessary to ensure that 
members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, 
continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed 
when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year 
appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the 
furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government 
activities and services.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 951, a bill to improve the provision of Federal 
transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from 
Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 
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 Mr. Hoeven, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
953, supra.


                                 S. 954

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
954, a bill to promote the strengthening of the Haitian private sector.


                                 S. 955

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 955, a bill to 
provide grants for the renovation, modernization or construction of law 
enforcement facilities.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to 
children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.


                                 S. 963

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 963, a bill to 
reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency, and expand the use of 
renewable energy by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) and the Senator 
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of S. 982, a bill 
to reaffirm the authority of the Department of Defense to maintain 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a location for 
the detention of unprivileged enemy belligerents held by the Department 
of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 991, a bill to ensure 
efficient performance of agency functions.


                                 S. 996

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2016, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1002, a bill to prohibit theft of medical 
products, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 4, a 
concurrent

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resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on 
Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a 
memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died 
while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 174

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 174, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that effective sharing of passenger 
information from inbound international flight manifests is a crucial 
component of our national security and that the Department of Homeland 
Security must maintain the information sharing standards required under 
the 2007 Passenger Name Record Agreement between the United States and 
the European Union.


                              S. RES. 176

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 176, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the United States Postal Service should issue a semipostal 
stamp to support medical research relating to Alzheimer's disease.

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