[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 24, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S75-S77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 20

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 20, a bill to protect 
American job creation by striking the job-killing Federal employer 
mandate.


                                 S. 84

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 84, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel 
excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
ambulance services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 490

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
490, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to preserve and 
protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 509

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 509, a bill to amend 
the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions 
to promote small business growth and economic development 
opportunities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to extend health 
information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, 
mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 672, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance 
credit.


                                 S. 704

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 704, a bill to provide for 
duty-free treatment of certain recreational performance outerwear, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 707

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 707, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to amend the Toxic 
Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are 
adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1035, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include automated fire sprinkler 
systems as section 179 property and classify certain automated fire 
sprinkler systems as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1354

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to 
authorize grants to promote media literacy and youth empowerment 
programs, to authorize research on the role and impact of depictions of 
girls and women in the media, to provide for the establishment of a 
National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. 
Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 1360, a bill to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization 
before a public company may

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make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1369, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from 
national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting 
requirements.


                                S. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill 
to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the 
prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to 
Lyme and other tick-borne disease, including the establishment of a 
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1435

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1435, a bill to amend 
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude child care 
from the determination of the 5-year limit on assistance under the 
temporary assistance for needy families program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1451

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1451, a bill to prohibit 
the sale of billfish.


                                S. 1576

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1576, a bill to 
measure the progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and 
development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 
2010, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1747

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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. 1781

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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 Nevada (Mr. Heller) 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. 1832

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1832, a bill to restore 
States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax 
laws, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 1850

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1850, a bill to expand and 
improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1868

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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. 1872

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE 
accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1884, a bill to provide States with 
incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to 
maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine at 
schools.


                                S. 1897

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1897, a bill 
to amend Public Law 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1911, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and 
retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1935

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1935, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and 
celebration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the March 
of Dimes Foundation.


                                S. 1947

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1947, a bill 
to prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1964

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1979

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1979, a bill to provide 
incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved 
communities and for other purposes.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2003, a bill to clarify that an authorization 
to use military

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force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not 
authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful 
permanent resident of the United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 2030

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2030, a bill to provide 
protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  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.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.J. RES. 34

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S.J. Res. 34, a joint resolution relating to the disapproval of the 
President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as 
submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on 
January 12, 2012.
  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as cosponsors of S.J. 
Res. 34, supra.


                              S. RES. 285

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 285, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of World Habitat Day, October 3, 2011.


                              S. RES. 352

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 352, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States 
should work with the Government of Haiti to address gender-based 
violence against women and children.

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