[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 183 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8149-S8151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take 
action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 606

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 606, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the priority review 
voucher incentive program relating to tropical and rare pediatric 
diseases.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) 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. 678

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to increase 
the penalties for economic espionage.


                                 S. 797

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) 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. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) were added as cosponsors of S. 834, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and 
prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating 
violence, and stalking.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend 
the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of 
the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all 
costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide substantive rights 
to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1122

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1122, a bill to 
amend title 23, United States Code, to establish standards limiting the 
amounts of arsenic and lead contained in glass beads used in pavement 
markings.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, regarding restrictions on the use 
of Department of Defense funds and facilities for abortions.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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 Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 1538

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1538, a bill to provide for 
a time-out on certain regulations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1544

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1544, a bill to amend the Securities Act of 
1933 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt a 
certain class of securities from such Act.


                                S. 1578

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1578, a bill to amend the Safe 
Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer confidence reports by 
community water systems.


                                S. 1733

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to establish the 
Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of 
the United States.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to rescind the 
3.8 percent tax on the investment income of the American people and to 
promote job creation and small businesses.


                                S. 1747

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1747, a bill 
to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to modify provisions 
relating to the exemption for computer systems analysts, computer 
programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers.


                                S. 1753

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1753, a bill to require 
operators of Internet websites that provide access to international 
travel services and market overseas vacation destinations to provide on 
such websites information to consumers regarding the potential health 
and safety risks associated with traveling to such vacation 
destinations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1792

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1792, a bill to clarify the authority of the United States Marshal 
Service to assist other Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies in the investigation of cases involving sex offenders and 
missing children.
  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1792, supra.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1816

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1816, a bill to amend title 
23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to minimum 
penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or driving 
under the influence.


                                S. 1866

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr.

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Begich) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1866, a bill to provide incentives for economic 
growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1871

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1871, a bill 
to prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic 
information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by 
Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1876

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1876, a bill to 
require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly 
Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security 
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.


                                S. 1886

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1886, a bill to prevent 
trafficking in counterfeit drugs.


                                S. 1894

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1894, a bill to deter 
terrorism, provide justice for victims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1900, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to urban 
Medicare-dependent hospitals.


                                S. 1903

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1903, a bill to 
prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic 
information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by 
Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1917

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1917, a bill to 
create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families 
and businesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1929

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1929, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
Mark Twain.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1930, a bill to prohibit 
earmarks.


                                S. 1932

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1932, a bill to 
require the Secretary of State to act on a permit for the Keystone XL 
pipeline.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 980

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the 
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) were added as cosponsors 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. 1024

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1024 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. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1114 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1120

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1120 proposed 
to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1125

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1125 proposed to S. 1867, an original 
bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1126

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Lee), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1126 
proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1145

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1145 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1152

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1152 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1182

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1182 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1202

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors 
of amendment No. 1202 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1202 proposed to S. 1867, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1206

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan

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(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1206 proposed 
to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1225

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1225 
intended to be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1257

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1257 proposed to S. 1867, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1294 
proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1401

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1401 intended to be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1414

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Franken), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), 
the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1414 proposed to S. 1867, an original 
bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1414 proposed to S. 1867, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1414 proposed to S. 1867, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
1451 intended to be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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