[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5903-S5904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 25

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 25, a bill to phase out the 
Federal sugar program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 28, a bill to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to provide public safety providers an 
additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to support a national, 
interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize the Federal 
Communications Commission to hold incentive auctions to provide funding 
to support such a network, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 102

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 102, a bill to provide an 
optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting 
rescission requests, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 277, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical services, and 
nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North 
Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to 
establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer 
mortality in a timely manner.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) 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. 889

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 889, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 1131

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut

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(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1131, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and 
public awareness program.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1280

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1280, supra.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) 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 person, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1460, a bill to grant the congressional gold medal, 
collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its 
superior service during World War II.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 1514, a 
bill to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the 
Congress to Elouise Pepion Cobell, in recognition of her outstanding 
and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the 
Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.


                                S. 1528

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 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. 1539

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1539, a bill to provide Taiwan with critically needed 
United States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-
defense capability against the increasing military threat from China.


                                S. 1542

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1542, a bill to amend 
part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the child and 
family services program through fiscal year 2016, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent the 
alternative simplified research credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1584

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1584, a bill to provide for 
additional quality control of drugs.


                                S. 1595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1595, a bill to prohibit funding for the United 
Nations in the event the United Nations grants Palestine a change in 
status from a permanent observer entity before a comprehensive peace 
agreement has been reached with Israel.
  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1595, supra.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) 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. CON. RES. 27

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 27, a 
concurrent resolution honoring the service of Sergeant First Class 
Leroy Arthur Petry, a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico and the second 
living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 232, a 
resolution recognizing the continued persecution of Falun Gong 
practitioners in China on the 12th anniversary of the campaign by the 
Chinese Communist Party to suppress the Falun Gong movement, 
recognizing the Tuidang movement whereby Chinese citizens renounce 
their ties to the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliates, and 
calling for an immediate end to the campaign to persecute Falun Gong 
practitioners.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 634

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of amendment No. 634 proposed to H.R. 2832, a bill to extend the 
Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 634 proposed to H.R. 2832, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 650

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 650 proposed to H.R. 2832, a bill to extend 
the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.

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