[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 83 (Thursday, June 9, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3683-S3686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor 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. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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. 281

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 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 Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 453

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to 
improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 490

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 490, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for 
children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to preserve and 
protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the 
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Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal background 
checks for child care providers.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 672, supra.


                                 S. 700

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 737

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) 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. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 782

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 782, a bill to amend the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 798, a bill to provide an 
amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can 
register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and 
Transfer Record, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to prohibit the 
conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 815, a bill to guarantee that military funerals are 
conducted with dignity and respect.


                                 S. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to 
campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and 
stalking.


                                 S. 871

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 871, a bill 
to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.


                                 S. 876

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 876, a bill 
to amend title 23 and 49, United States Code, to modify provisions 
relating to the length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on 
Federal-aid highways, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 886

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill to 
amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of 
performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 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. 960

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to provide for 
a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin 
(IVG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a 
demonstration project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and 
payment for items and services necessary to administer IVG in the home.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to prevent 
online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual 
property, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 979

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1009

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1009, a bill to rescind 
certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use the 
funds to reduce the Federal debt.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1030

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1030, 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. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1048, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to amend the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear 
trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the 
polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973.


                                S. 1094

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1094, a bill to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-416).


                                S. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1147, a bill to 
amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs 
Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require 
the provision of chiropractic care and service to veterans at all 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to 
such care and services, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, a joint resolution approving the renewal 
of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy 
Act of 2003.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, supra.


                              S.J. RES. 18

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 18, a joint resolution 
prohibiting the deployment, establishment, or maintenance of a presence 
of units and members of the United States Armed Forces on the ground in 
Libya, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                              S. RES. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 180

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                              S. RES. 185

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 
185, supra.


                              S. RES. 202

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 202, a 
resolution designating June 27, 2011, as ``National Post-Traumatic 
Stress Disorder Awareness Day''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 389

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 389 proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that 
Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 390

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) and the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 390 proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 390 proposed to S. 782, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 405

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 405 proposed to S. 
782, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 406

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 406 
intended to be proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 407

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 407 proposed to 
S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 420

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 420 intended 
to be proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 428

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Durbin), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Franken) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 428 proposed to S. 
782, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 430

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 430 proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for 
other purposes.

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