[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3813-S3815]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS ON JUNE 14, 2011


                                 S. 48

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 48, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
pharmacists in National Health Services Corps programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 80

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 80, a bill to provide a 
permanent deduction for State and local general sales taxes.


                                 S. 89

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 89, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                 S. 201

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 201, a bill to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and 
Reservoir, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 260

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 260, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction 
of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 394

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


                                 S. 395

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 395, a bill to repeal certain 
amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to 
lighting energy efficiency.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 510

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


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, a bill to facilitate 
efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects and new 
job creation through the establishment of an American Infrastructure 
Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the exemption from 
the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 665

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 665, a bill to 
promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker 
training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) 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. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 687, a bill to amend the 
Internal

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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. 726

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


                                 S. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 906

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) 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. 933

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the 
exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency 
medical responders.


                                 S. 949

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor 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. 958

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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. 964

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 964, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to clarify the applicability of such Act 
with respect to States that have right to work laws in effect.


                                 S. 972

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 972, 
a bill to amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to establish 
procedures to advance the use of cleaner construction equipment on 
Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects, to 
make the acquisition and installation of emission control technology an 
eligible expense in carrying out such projects, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 975

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 975, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical 
therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1009

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) 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. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to authorize 
the President to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end 
within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years 
the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) 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.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1056, a bill to ensure 
that all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, 
bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals 
with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and 
across federally funded streets and highways.


                                S. 1105

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1105, a bill to provide a 
Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to authorize 
Department of Defense support for programs on pro bono legal assistance 
for members of the Armed Forces.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1181, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers 
of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of the founding of the 
National Future Farmers of America Organization.


                                S. 1185

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 1185, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 
variable VEETC rate based on the price of crude oil, and for other 
purposes.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 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. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) 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. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor 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.

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  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 185, 
supra.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 185, supra.


                              S. RES. 199

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 199, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of ``Crohn's and Colitis Awareness 
Week''.


                              S. RES. 202

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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 name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor 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. 405

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Ayotte) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) 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. 423

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 423 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. 436

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 436 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. 460

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 460 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.

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