[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 151 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6390-S6392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to provide for 
a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government.


                                 S. 260

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 260, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of 
survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 438

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by prevention, 
diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other 
cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 481, a bill to enhance 
and further research into the prevention and treatment of eating 
disorders, to improve access to treatment of eating disorders, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 587

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 587, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain 
exemption for hydraulic fracturing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 596, a bill to establish a grant 
program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 648

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and 
evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed 
with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for 
Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                 S. 649

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 649, a bill 
to expand the research and awareness activities of the National 
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 838

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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. 939

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for 
private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the 
furnishing of water and sewage facilities.


                                 S. 986

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. Johanns, his name 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 Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 1049

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire 
(Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1049, a bill to lower 
health premiums and increase choice for small business.


                                S. 1211

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1358, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because of the 
death of a son or daughter.


                                S. 1468

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1468, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes 
educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, 
including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1507

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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 name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor 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 Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) 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. 1541

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1541, a 
bill to revise the Federal charter for the Blue Star Mothers of 
America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility requirements for 
membership.


                                S. 1567

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1567, a bill to amend title 
II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1568

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1568, a bill to amend 
section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with 
regard to waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase

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and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1600

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1600, a bill to enhance the 
ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their 
communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1633

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1633, a bill to amend 
chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the basis 
utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance 
for members of the Selected Reserve.


                                S. 1634

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1634, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the approval and disapproval of 
programs of education for purposes of educational benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1651, a bill to provide for greater 
transparency and honesty in the Federal budget process.


                                S. 1668

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to provide that 
the Postal Service may not close any post office which results in more 
than 10 miles distance (as measured on roads with year-round access) 
between any 2 post offices.


                                S. 1671

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1671, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
temporary dividends received deduction for dividends received from a 
controlled foreign corporation.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 703

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
703 intended to be proposed to S. 1619, a bill to provide for 
identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the 
misalignment, and for other purposes.

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