[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8414-S8415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely 
access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to amend subtitle B 
of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide 
education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 678

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


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to replace the 
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a 5-person 
Commission, to bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations 
process, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) 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. 1281

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1281, a bill to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses 
in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing two or more 
levels stacked on top of one another.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill to establish 
a smart card pilot program under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1692

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1692, a bill 
to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, to provide full funding for the Payments in 
Lieu of Taxes program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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.


                                S. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1781, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts 
received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination 
and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received 
on account of such claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Montana (Mr. Tester) 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. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1821, a bill to prevent 
the termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain 
judicial districts.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1822, a bill to provide for 
the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the Armed 
Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.


                                S. 1882

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota

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(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that valid generic drugs 
may enter the market.


                                S. 1886

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


                                S. 1903

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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. 1904

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1904, a bill to provide 
information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to 
provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall 
spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to 
reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1944

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1944, a bill to create jobs by providing payroll tax 
relief for middle class families and businesses, and for other 
purposes.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, a resolution 
designating 2012 as the ``Year of the Girl'' and Congratulating Girl 
Scouts of the USA on its 100th anniversary.

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