[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 164 (Monday, October 31, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6917-S6919]
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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 52

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 52, a bill to 
establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and 
penalties for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 75

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 75, a bill to restore 
the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, 
distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the 
manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman 
Act.


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 202, a bill to require a full audit of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks 
by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 384, a bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the 
authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to 
raise funds for breast cancer research.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 418, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on 
collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding 
compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other 
than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, a bill to 
facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure 
projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American 
Infrastructure Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the 
exemption from the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-
exempt bonds, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 720

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 720, a bill to 
repeal the CLASS program.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 933

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for 
benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical 
responders.


                                 S. 936

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 936, a bill to 
establish the American Infrastructure Investment Fund and other 
activities to facilitate investments in infrastructure projects that 
significantly enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States 
by improving economic output, productivity, or competitive commercial 
advantage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to provide for a 
study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVG) 
for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration 
project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for 
items and services necessary to administer IVG in the home.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 1016

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1016, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently modify the 
limitations on the deduction of interest by financial institutions 
which hold tax-exempt bonds, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1106

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to 
authorize Department of Defense support for programs on pro bono legal 
assistance for members of the Armed Forces.


                                S. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1181, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers 
of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of the founding of the 
National Future Farmers of America Organization.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a 
bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational 
diabetes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1265, a bill to amend the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and 
reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water 
conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future 
generations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) 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. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding school 
libraries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1335, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) 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. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to reduce 
preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and 
complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused 
by prematurity.


                                S. 1444

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1444, a bill to provide for 
the presentation of a United States flag on behalf of Federal civilian 
employees who are killed while performing official duties or because of 
their status as Federal employees.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1467, a bill to amend the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to

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protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage 
of specific items and services.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1591, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his 
achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) 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. 1627

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1627, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1647

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1647, a bill to repeal the sunset 
on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the 
taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates.


                                S. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to provide 
for greater transparency and honesty in the Federal budget process.


                                S. 1684

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1684, a bill to amend the 
Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1707

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1707, a bill to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may 
be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 1718, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to 
the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.


                                S. 1727

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1727, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy to conduct a review 
of military service records of Jewish American veterans of World War I, 
including those previously awarded a military decoration, to determine 
whether any of the veterans should be posthumously awarded the Medal of 
Honor, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1734

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill to provide 
incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease 
products.


                              S. RES. 251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 297

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. 
Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 297, a resolution 
congratulating the Corporation for Supportive Housing on the 20th 
anniversary of its founding.


                              S. RES. 302

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of 
S. Res. 302, a resolution expressing support for the goals of National 
Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national 
awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating 
children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people 
of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for 
all children.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 873

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 873 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2012, and for other purposes.

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