[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 146 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6049-S6051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to strengthen 
Federal consumer product safety programs and activities with respect to 
commercially-marketed seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to 
coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate 
Federal agencies to strengthen and coordinate those programs and 
activities.


                                 S. 102

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) 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. 381

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to amend the 
Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as 
curios or relics may be imported into the United

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States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the 
Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. McCain, his name 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. 542

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military 
aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member or former 
member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for 
age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents.


                                 S. 556

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to 
amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for 
shareholder registration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 566, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of the National Volcano Early Warning and 
Monitoring System.


                                 S. 570

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 570, a bill to prohibit the 
Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of 
multiple rifles and shotguns.


                                 S. 606

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 606, a bill to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review voucher 
incentive program relating to tropical and rare pediatric diseases.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to authorize the Administrator of General 
Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of 
Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History 
Museum.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to 
prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to 
campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and 
stalking.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) 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 names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) 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. 1214

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 1251, a bill to amend title 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and 
abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1301

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name 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. 1354

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1354, a bill to authorize grants to 
promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, to authorize 
research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the 
media, to provide for the establishment of a National Task Force on 
Girls and Women in the Media, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the 
Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 1500

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr.

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Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1500, a bill to give Americans 
access to affordable child-only health insurance coverage.


                                S. 1508

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 1513

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1513, a bill to amend 
title XII of the Social Security Act to extend the provision waiving 
certain interest payments on advances made to States from the Federal 
unemployment account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), 
the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper) 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. 1538

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to provide for a 
time-out on certain regulations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1540

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1540, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow credits for the purchase of 
franchises by veterans.


                                S. 1576

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1576, a bill to measure the 
progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and development efforts 
in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1578

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1578, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with 
respect to consumer confidence reports by community water systems.


                                S. 1583

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1583, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax deduction for the 
purchase, construction, and installation of a safe room or storm 
shelter, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1619

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Franken) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1619, a bill to provide for identification of 
misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1621

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to create 
livable communities through coordinated public investment and 
streamlined requirements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1623

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1623, a bill to provide 
a processing extension for emergency mortgage relief payments, and for 
other purposes.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 80, a resolution 
condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution 
of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 274

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 274, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for the 
Federal Pell Grant program should not be cut in any deficit reduction 
program.

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