[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 190 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8490-S8491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 165

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 165, a bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to 
prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental 
activities.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 309, a bill to authorize 
the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
treatment) to the products of Moldova.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 420

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 420, a bill 
to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs 
using a network of public and private community entities to provide 
mentoring for children in foster care.


                                 S. 431

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 431, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th 
anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first Federal law 
enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to 
improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 513

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 513, a bill to amend 
the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for 
marketing controlled substances to minors.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 543, a bill to 
restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new 
discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.


                                 S. 609

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 609, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of 
certain Federal regulatory mandates.


                                 S. 707

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 707, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act 
to provide further protection for puppies.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 798, a bill to provide 
an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can 
register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and 
Transfer Record, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) 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. 979

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 979, a bill to designate as wilderness 
certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado 
Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the 
benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                S. 1231

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1231, a bill to reauthorize the 
Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1236

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1236, a bill 
to reduce the trafficking of drugs and to prevent human smuggling 
across the Southwest Border by deterring the construction and use of 
border tunnels.


                                S. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of the 
Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements with 
respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens.


                                S. 1537

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Kerry), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 1537, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Board of 
Directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World 
Trade Center Foundation, Inc., the donation of title to The National 
September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1568

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1568, a bill to 
amend section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 with regard to waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 1680

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1701

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1701, a bill to amend the Harmful 
Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1763

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1763, a bill to decrease the 
incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, to strengthen the 
capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign authority of Indian 
tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women, and 
to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian 
women are held accountable for that criminal behavior, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1773

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and 
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Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1773, 
a bill to promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1866

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1866, a bill 
to provide incentives for economic growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1868, a bill 
to establish within the Smithsonian Institution the Smithsonian 
American Latino Museum, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to improve transportation for seniors, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1957

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1957, a bill to provide 
taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, 
and areas for improvements for Government programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1959

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1959, a bill to require a report 
on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist 
organization and for other purposes.


                                S. 1961

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1961, a bill to provide 
level funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.


                                S. 1964

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1964, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax 
certain commercial cargo loaded or unloaded at United States ports in 
the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System.


                              S. RES. 252

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 252, a 
resolution celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the United States-
Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, supra.

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