[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 26 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S850-S852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 102

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 102, a bill to 
provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when 
submitting rescission requests, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 418, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air 
Patrol.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) 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. 648

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the

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medical and evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person 
diagnosed with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting 
period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by 
Huntington's Disease.


                                 S. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to 
prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 905

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 905, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1086, a bill to reauthorize the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, to provide assistance to Best Buddies to 
support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1161

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1161, a bill to amend the 
Food Security Act of 1985 to restore integrity to and strengthen 
payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits.


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to reauthorize 
and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.


                                S. 1503

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1503, a bill to 
decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, 
and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian 
real property, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1526

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1526, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive 
for the installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property.


                                S. 1773

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1773, a 
bill to promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1787

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1787, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain 
trading transactions.


                                S. 1796

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


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to modify 
the Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as the program applies 
to units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain 
by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women 
Act of 1994.


                                S. 1971

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1971, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of 
certain Federal regulatory mandates and to provide for relief from 
those mandates, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2017

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2017, a bill to secure the 
Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration.


                                S. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to close 
unjustified corporate tax loopholes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2099

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the names of the 
Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Menendez) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection.


                                S. 2104

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2104, a bill to amend the 
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and 
require applied water supply research regarding the water resources 
research and technology institutes established under that Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1516

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1516 
intended to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1520

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1520 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1549

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1549 intended to be proposed 
to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1562 intended to be proposed 
to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1613

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1613 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1625

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1625 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize

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Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1649

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1649 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1652 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1661

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1661 intended to be proposed to S. 
1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, and for other purposes.

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