[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5340-S5342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 48

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 202

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 202, a bill to require a full 
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States 
before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to enhance the roles and responsibilities of 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.


                                 S. 256

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax 
for equity investments in small business concerns.


                                 S. 274

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to medication therapy 
management services under the Medicare prescription drug program.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug 
Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and 
the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 
362, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a 
Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 364

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 364, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a new Small Business 
Savings Account.


                                 S. 374

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 374, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime 
limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare 
program.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors 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. 398

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) 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. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 418, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to 
improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 
12 students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 501

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) 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. 539

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to 
extend health information technology assistance eligibility to 
behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and 
facilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to establish 
an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have 
received significant capital from investors to establish a business in 
the United States.


                                 S. 569

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 569, a bill to 
provide for fairness for the Federal judiciary.


                                 S. 580

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 580, a bill to 
amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration 
Authorization Act of 1978 to require the appointment of a member of the 
Science Advisory Board based on the recommendation of the Secretary of 
Agriculture.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 584, a bill to establish the Social Work 
Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated 
with recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the 
profession of social work, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to prevent fraud in 
small business contracting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 643

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 643, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social 
Security Act to direct Medicaid EHR incentive payments to federally 
qualified health centers and rural health clinics.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Maryland

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(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 697, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a 
member of the Armed Services for a new State license or certification 
required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such 
member to another State.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name 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. 815

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to 
guarantee that military funerals are conducted with dignity and 
respect.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of 
receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward 
satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of 
skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 827

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to allow a State to 
combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement with the 
Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of students.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good 
articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that 
Act.


                                 S. 857

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 857, a bill 
to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to aid 
gifted and talented learners, including high-ability learners not 
formally identified as gifted.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 919

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 919, a bill to authorize 
grant programs to ensure successful, safe, and healthy students.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 1013

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1013, a bill to renew the 
authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve 
demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in State 
child welfare programs.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1045

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1045, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group 
and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide 
coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental 
deformity or disorder due to trauma, burns, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1094

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 1094, a 
bill to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
416).


                                S. 1132

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1132, a bill to establish 
programs to provide services to individuals with autism and the 
families of such individuals and for other purposes.


                                S. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1239, a bill to provide 
for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the 
memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women who 
perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on 
September 11, 2001.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1265, a bill to amend the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and 
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water 
conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future 
generations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1280

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1280, a bill to amend the 
Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response 
training, and the development of sexual assault protocol and 
guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment 
of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1299, a bill to require the Secretary of the

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Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the 
establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1316

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1316, a bill to prevent a 
fiscal crisis by enacting legislation to balance the Federal budget 
through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.


                                S. 1359

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1359, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass available at a 
discount to members of the Armed Forces and veterans.


                                S. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill to 
direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 
deceptive advertising of abortion services.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1376, a bill to conform income calculations for purposes of 
eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified 
health plan and for Medicaid to existing Federal low-income assistance 
programs.


                                S. 1392

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1392, a bill to provide additional time for the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue 
achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional 
boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to reduce 
preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and 
complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused 
by prematurity.


                                S. 1452

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1452, a bill to 
promote simplification and fairness in the administration and 
collection of sales and use taxes.


                                S. 1463

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1463, a bill to amend the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers and to 
provide for reasonable break time for nursing mothers.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) and the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as cosponsors of S. 1467, a 
bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect 
rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of 
specific items and services.


                                S. 1491

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1491, a bill to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to expand the electric 
rate-setting authority of States.


                                S. 1500

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to give 
Americans access to affordable child-only health insurance coverage.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor 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. RES. 251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 251, a resolution expressing 
support for improvement in the collection, processing, and consumption 
of recyclable materials throughout the United States.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, a resolution 
celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the United States-Philippines 
Mutual Defense Treaty.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 253, a resolution designating October 
26, 2011, as ``Day of the Deployed''.

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