[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 22 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S495-S496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 316

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to ensure 
that the victims and victims' families of the November 5, 2009, attack 
at Fort Hood, Texas, receive the same treatment, benefits, and honors 
as those Americans who have been killed or wounded in a combat zone 
overseas and their families.


                                 S. 376

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 376, a bill to amend title 
5, United States Code, to provide that persons having seriously 
delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for Federal employment.


                                 S. 402

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 402, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a 
military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served 
honorably during the Cold War, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 412, a bill to ensure that 
amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for 
harbor maintenance.


                                 S. 555

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 555, a bill to end discrimination based on actual or 
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill to provide 
100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and 
sanitation on a sustainable basis within six years by improving the 
capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator 
Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.


                                 S. 704

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 1164

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1164, a bill to empower States with 
authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass 
transit programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary 
of Education to collect information from coeducational secondary 
schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1315

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1315, a bill to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend 
public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1460, a bill to grant the congressional gold 
medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition 
of its superior service during World War II.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) 
and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 1467, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for 
coverage of specific items and services.


                                S. 1575

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1575, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation recovery 
period for energy-efficient cool roof systems.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) 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. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1676, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for taxpayers making donations 
with their returns of income tax to the Federal Government to pay down 
the public debt.


                                S. 1734

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill 
to provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious 
disease products.


                                S. 1770

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1770, a 
bill to prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster case placements 
based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of 
any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or 
gender identity of the child involved.


                                S. 1796

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


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1945

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1945, a bill to permit 
the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.


                                S. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri

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(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1990, a bill to require the 
Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.


                                S. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) and 
the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of S. 2043, 
a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide 
religious conscience protections for individuals and organizations.


                                S. 2053

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2053, a bill to 
encourage transit-oriented development, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to 
reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-
income taxpayers.


                                S. 2062

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2062, a bill to amend the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 to repeal certain provisions relating to 
criminal penalties and violations of foreign laws, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the 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 North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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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