[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 172 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7368-S7369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 33

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 33, a bill 
to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
wilderness.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal 
background checks for child care providers.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 883

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to 
authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on 
Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and 
slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during 
the American Revolution.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to 
provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1039, a bill to impose sanctions on persons 
responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for 
the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate 
profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, 
and for other gross violations of human rights in the Russian 
Federation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1196

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1196, a bill to expand the use of E-Verify, to hold employers 
accountable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 1350

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1350, a bill to expand the 
research, prevention, and awareness activities of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health 
with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1541

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 1585

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 1651

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) and the 
Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1651, a bill to provide for greater transparency and honesty in the 
Federal budget process.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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                                S. 1741

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1741, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment tax credit 
for community wind projects having generation capacity of not more than 
20 megawatts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1762

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 1762, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes 
of determining eligibility for certain healthcare--related programs.


                                S. 1769

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1769, a bill 
to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing 
America.


                                S. 1776

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1776, a bill to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to expand the Operation Hero Miles program to include the 
authority to accept the donation of travel benefits in the form of 
hotel points or awards for free or reduced--cost accommodations.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 1791, a bill to amend 
the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain 
crowdfunded securities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an open burn pit 
registry to ensure that members of the Armed Forces who may have been 
exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits while 
deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such 
exposure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1804

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1804, a bill to amend title IV 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the 
continuation of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1824

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1824, a bill to amend the 
securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder 
registration under that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1833, a bill to provide additional time for 
compliance with, and coordinating of, the compliance schedules for 
certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.


                                S. 1836

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1836, a bill to amend the 
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to clarify that the Act applies to certain 
incidents that occur in water beyond the exclusive economic zone of the 
United States.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 
29, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended 
to affect elections.


                              S. RES. 241

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) 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 California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 927

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of amendment 
No. 927 proposed to H.R. 674, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain 
payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the 
calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of 
determining eligibility for certain healthcare--related programs, and 
for other purposes.

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