[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 134 (Monday, September 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5499-S5500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 164

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Portman) 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. 227

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 265

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 265, a bill to 
authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at Champion Hill, 
Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to Vicksburg National Military 
Park.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 560

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 560, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful 
benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 576

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for 
physical education.


                                 S. 633

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


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen 
and protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                 S. 743

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 743, a bill to amend chapter 
23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of 
information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve the business 
and industry direct and guaranteed loan program of the Department of 
Agriculture.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to amend the Toxic 
Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are 
adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 for the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat 
trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1392

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 1438

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, the name of the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Moran) 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.


                                S. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1465

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1465, a bill to 
authorize a pilot program on enhancements of Department of Defense 
efforts on mental health in the National Guard and Reserves through 
community partnerships, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1506, a bill to prevent the 
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the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements 
with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1507, a bill to provide protections from workers with 
respect to their right to select or refrain from selecting 
representation by a labor organization.


                                S. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 1527

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1527, a bill to authorize 
the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines 
of World War II.


                                S. 1528

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1528, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in 
which that dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, to 
establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient 
air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1530

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1530, a bill to amend 
chapter 8 of title 15, United States Code, to provide for congressional 
review of agency guidance documents.


                                S. 1531

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1531, a bill to provide a 
Federal regulatory moratorium, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 248

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 248, a resolution supporting 
the goals and ideals of National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
designating October 26, 2011, as ``Day of the Deployed''.

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