[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 38 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1540-S1541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) 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. 687

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 687, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year 
recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified 
restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to ban the 
sale of certain synthetic drugs.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend 
the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of 
the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all 
costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide substantive rights 
to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 922

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 922, a bill to amend 
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of 
Labor to provide grants for Urban Jobs Programs, and for other 
purposes.

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                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to prohibit theft of 
medical products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1086

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 1148

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of 
assistance to homeless veterans, to improve the regulation of 
fiduciaries who represent individuals for purposes of receiving 
benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1283

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1283, a bill to amend the 
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a 
same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, 
grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1673

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1673, a bill to 
establish the Office of Agriculture Inspection within the Department of 
Homeland Security, which shall be headed by the Assistant Commissioner 
for Agriculture Inspection, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1880

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


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1915

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1915, a bill to amend the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 
1999 to provide clarification regarding the applicability of exemptions 
relating to the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm 
supplies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1935

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to prohibit 
operators of civil aircraft of the United States from participating in 
the European Union's emissions trading scheme, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2027

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2027, a bill to improve 
microfinance and microenterprise, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2103, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the 
District of Columbia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2134, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements 
relating to the retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military 
working dogs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2150

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2150, a bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to 
clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are 
not to be considered available resources under the supplemental 
security income program.


                                S. 2156

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2156, a bill to amend 
the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to permit the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Commission, to set prices for Federal Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp 
requirements for certain users.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1589

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1589 proposed to S. 1813, a bill to 
reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1617

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1617 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. 1818

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1818 
proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of amendment No. 1822 proposed to S. 1813, a bill to 
reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs, and for other purposes.

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