[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5387-S5388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to amend 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program 
relating to inspection and grading of catfish.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to authorize the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods 
of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with 
access to economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed 
housing, and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning 
services, educational opportunities, public assets, public 
transportation, and improved access to jobs.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to 
ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial 
forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against 
any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 
camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs 
and survivors of such persons.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 829

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 891, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of 
attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice 
patients.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 968, a bill to prevent online threats to 
economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 986

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 986, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to regulate the subsidies paid to rum 
producers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) 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. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1048, supra.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to modify the 
definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act with regard to certain exemptions under that Act 
for direct care workers and to improve the systems for the collection 
and reporting of data relating to the direct care workforce, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1308, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and 
child exploitation offenses.


                                S. 1356

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1356, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to 
increase generic drug utilization under Medicaid, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of 
silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination 
system permitting requirements.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill to 
provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, 
education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other 
tick-borne disease, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne 
Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to ensure 
that all Americans have access to waivers from the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act.


                                S. 1427

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1427, a bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 to authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits 
and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm.


                                S. 1438

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1438, a bill to provide that no agency may take any significant 
regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 
7.7 percent.

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                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1454, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage 
of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other 
renal dialysis provisions.


                                S. 1463

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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 name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1508, a bill to extend loan limits for 
programs of the Federal Housing Administration, the government-
sponsored enterprises, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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 name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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.J. RES. 25

  At the request of Mr. Risch, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.J. Res. 25, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the 
President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as 
submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on 
August 2, 2011.


                              S. RES. 132

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Res. 132, a resolution recognizing and honoring the zoos and 
aquariums of the United States.

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