[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 175 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7613-S7614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 481

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 497

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa 
waiver program and for other purposes.


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 687, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year 
recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified 
restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are 
past-due.


                                S. 1034

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1034, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross 
income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for 
a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 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 Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) 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. 1176

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1176, a bill to 
amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, 
moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or 
donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human 
consumption, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1268

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1268, a bill to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the 
Government by providing for greater interagency experience among 
national security and homeland security personnel through the 
development of a national security and homeland security human capital 
strategy and interagency rotational service by employees, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) 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. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a 
bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules 
prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services.


                                S. 1610

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1610, a bill to provide additional time for the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate achievable standards for 
cement manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1610, supra.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) 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. 1756

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1756, a bill to extend HUBZone 
designations by 3 years, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1770

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as cosponsors of S. 1770, a 
bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster case placements 
based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of 
any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or 
gender identity of the child involved.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1838, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on service 
dog training therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1853

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico

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(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1853, a bill to recalculate 
and restore retirement annuity obligations of the United States Postal 
Service, eliminate the requirement that the United States Postal 
Service pre-fund the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, place 
restrictions on the closure of postal facilities, create incentives for 
innovation for the United States Postal Service, to maintain levels of 
postal service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1856

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1856, a bill to prohibit Federal funding for 
lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support the 
enforcement of Federal immigration laws.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce 
the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public 
health activities related to stillbirth.


                                S. 1866

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1866, a bill to provide incentives for economic 
growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1868, a bill to establish within the Smithsonian 
Institution the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 297

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 301

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 301, a resolution urging the people of the United 
States to observe October 2011 as Italian and Italian-American Heritage 
Month.


                              S. RES. 302

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor 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. 939

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 939 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 975

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 975 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 976

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 976 intended to be proposed to 
H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for energy and water 
development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 979

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 979 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 980

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 980 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1009

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1009 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for 
energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.

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