[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 143 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5945-S5947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to 
provide for the affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae 
and Freddie Mac.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal 
law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.

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                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to prevent 
online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual 
property, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 996

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2016, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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 Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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 name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1094, a bill to reauthorize 
the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416).


                                S. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1133, a bill to 
prevent the evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1203

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 1280

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) 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. 1392

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1421, a bill to authorize the Peace Corps 
Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the 
District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill to establish a 
smart card pilot program under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1584

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


                                S. 1585

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1585, a bill to prohibit 
the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1588, a bill to protect the right of individuals to 
bear arms at water resources development projects administered by the 
Secretary of the Army, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1595

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) 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.


                                S. 1597

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1597, a bill to 
provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of 
elementary school and secondary school buildings in public school 
districts and community colleges across the United States in order to 
support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those 
schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1606, a bill to reform the process by which Federal 
agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1616, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States 
real property interests, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name 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.


                              S. RES. 241

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 241, a resolution 
expressing support for the designation of November 16, 2011, as 
National Information and Referral Services Day.


                              S. RES. 251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 253

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
designating

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October 26, 2011, as ``Day of the Deployed''.

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