[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 14 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S163-S165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and 
Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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. 414

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 414, a bill to protect 
girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 593

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for 
excise tax on investment income of private foundations.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to 
repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State 
regulation of marriage.


                                 S. 704

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 704, a bill to provide for duty-free treatment of 
certain recreational performance outerwear, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to 
amend title

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XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of 
comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and 
services in order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living 
with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, 
diagnosis, and care planning.


                                 S. 750

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to reform the 
financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 816, a bill to 
facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance 
for low-income and underserved populations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 835

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 835, a bill to reform the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize 
firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to authorize 
the President to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end 
within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years 
the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by 
podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to 
appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                S. 1368

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1368, a bill to amend the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions for 
medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.


                                S. 1486

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1486, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to clarify and expand on criteria applicable to 
patient admission to and care furnished in long-term care hospitals 
participating in the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1591, a bill to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his 
achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.


                                S. 1600

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1600, a bill to enhance 
the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve 
their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1606, a bill to 
reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new 
regulations and guidance documents.


                                S. 1629

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1629, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify 
presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in 
the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1629, supra.


                                S. 1755

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1755, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary 
travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain 
disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities 
rehabilitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1796

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1796, a bill to make permanent 
the Internal Revenue Service Free File program.


                                S. 1832

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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. 1880

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1880, a bill to repeal the 
health care law's job-killing health insurance tax.


                                S. 1882

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1903

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 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. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 1930, a bill to 
prohibit earmarks.
  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1930, supra.


                                S. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2010, a bill to amend title II of the 
Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and 
windfall elimination provisions.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the

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Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the 
physical desecration of the flag of the United States.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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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