[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 153 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6506-S6507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 35

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 35, a bill to establish 
background check procedures for gun shows.


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel 
excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.


                                 S. 306

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 306, a bill to establish the 
National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to improve and 
expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students 
in the United States by improving professional development programs for 
kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of 
higher education.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Army to study the feasibility of the 
hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River 
Basins.


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 545

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 545, a bill to 
amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act of 2000 to strengthen the quality control measures in place for 
part B lung disease claims and part E processes with independent 
reviews.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 595, a bill to 
amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to require the Secretary of Education to complete payments under such 
title to local educational agencies eligible for such payments within 3 
fiscal years.


                                 S. 596

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 707

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 707, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare 
Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, a bill to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies 
to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of 
sex, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 877

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to prevent 
taxpayer-funded elective abortions by applying the longstanding policy 
of the Hyde amendment to the new health care law.


                                S. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1107, a bill to 
authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data 
collection, to express the sense of the Congress to encourage and 
leverage public and private investment in psoriasis research with a 
particular focus on interdisciplinary collaborative research on the 
relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1241

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1241, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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. 1487

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, his name was withdrawn as 
a cosponsor of S. 1487, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to establish a 
program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel 
Cards, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to reauthorize 
and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.


                                S. 1514

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 1541

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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. 1675

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to improve 
student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics subjects.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of S. 1676, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for taxpayers making donations 
with their returns of income tax to the Federal Government to pay down 
the public debt.


                                S. 1680

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of

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the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare 
beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the 
Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1694

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1694, a bill to 
limit the use of cost-type contracts by the Department of Defense for 
major defense acquisition programs.


                              S. RES. 291

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 291, a resolution recognizing the religious and historical 
significance of the festival of Diwali.

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