[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 21, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3970-S3972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 56

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to improve access to advanced practice 
nurses and physician assistants under the Medicaid Program.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Delaware

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(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend Title I 
of Pub. L. 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Palau, 
to approve the results of the 15-year review of the Compact, including 
the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of 
Free Association Section 432 Review, and to appropriate funds for the 
purposes of the amended Pub. L. 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or 
before September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements resulting from 
that review.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 462

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to better 
protect, serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and 
exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other 
qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders 
accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, 
pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to 
leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, 
and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities 
described in this Act.


                                 S. 528

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 528, a bill 
to provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver 
licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 541

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to 
increase implementation of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions 
and supports and early intervening services in order to improve student 
academic achievement, reduce disciplinary problems in schools, and to 
improve coordination with similar activities and services provided 
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to 
establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 679

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 679, a bill to reduce the number of executive 
positions subject to Senate confirmation.


                                 S. 726

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


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 769

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 778

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 778, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision 
of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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 Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 946

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 946, a bill to establish an Office of Rural 
Education Policy in the Department of Education.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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 Forces and veterans, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 1088

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr.

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Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1088, a bill to provide increased funding for the 
reinsurance for early retirees program.


                                S. 1094

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


                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, 
a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis 
and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1189

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. 
Blunt), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) were added as cosponsors of S. 1189, a bill to amend 
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to 
provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, consideration 
of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1211, a bill 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the 
effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment 
of human and animal diseases.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the use 
of Department of Defense funds and facilities for abortions.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1224, a bill to amend Public 
Law 106-392 to maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and 
San Juan fish recovery program through fiscal year 2023.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, a joint 
resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to 
prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 23

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, a concurrent 
resolution declaring that it is the policy of the United States to 
support and facilitate Israel in maintaining defensible borders and 
that it is contrary to United States policy and national security to 
have the borders of Israel return to the armistice lines that existed 
on June 4, 1967.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) 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. 211

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 211, a resolution observing the 
historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 405

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 440

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 440 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. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 476 
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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