[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3541-S3543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 119

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) and the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 119, a bill 
to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards 
the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and 
federally funded construction projects.


                                 S. 164

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 164, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain 
payments made to vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 299, a bill to amend chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the 
executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint 
resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy efficiency of 
certain appliances and equipment, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 418, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air 
Patrol.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor 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. 603

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and

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modify the railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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. 758

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to establish a 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps 
program.


                                 S. 769

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 769, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to prevent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
from prohibiting the use of service dogs on Department of Veterans 
Affairs property.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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. 800

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill to amend 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school 
program.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of 
days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the 
minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services may retire for non-regular service.


                                 S. 868

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 868, a bill to restore the 
longstanding partnership between the States and the Federal Government 
in managing the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to 
amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary 
of Labor to provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 946

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to establish an 
Office of Rural Education Policy in the Department of Education.


                                 S. 949

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 949, a bill to amend the National 
Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 2000 to reauthorize and improve that 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 963

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 967

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 967, a bill to establish clear regulatory 
standards for mortgage servicers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 979, a bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal 
portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great 
Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and 
future generations of people in the United States.


                                 S. 996

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. Kyl, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire 
(Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to prohibit 
theft of medical products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1018, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of 
additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault 
in the Military Services.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to amend 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to support 
secondary school reentry programs.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1025, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through 
empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the 
National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1094

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 1094, a bill to reauthorize 
the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416).


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to improve 
national security letters, the authorities under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1145

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1145, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and expand Federal 
criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside 
the United States, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, a joint

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resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, supra.


                              S. RES. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 175, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to ongoing violations 
of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and the 
importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict within 
Georgia's internationally recognized borders.


                              S. RES. 185

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Bennet), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), 
the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 185, a resolution 
reaffirming the commitment of the United States to a negotiated 
settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-
Palestinian negotiations, reaffirming opposition to the inclusion of 
Hamas in a unity government unless it is willing to accept peace with 
Israel and renounce violence, and declaring that Palestinian efforts to 
gain recognition of a state outside direct negotiations demonstrates 
absence of a good faith commitment to peace negotiations, and will have 
implications for continued United States aid.


                              S. RES. 202

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 202, a resolution designating June 27, 2011, as 
``National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day''.

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