[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2324-S2326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 17, a bill to repeal the job-killing tax on medical devices to 
ensure continued access to life-saving medical devices for patients and 
maintain the standing of United States as the world leader in medical 
device innovation.
  At the request of Mr. Alexander, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 17, supra.


                                 S. 154

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 154, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high 
schools and other dual enrollment programs.


                                 S. 219

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 219, a bill to 
require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports 
in electronic form.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill to 
establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of World War I, and to designate memorials to the service of 
men and women of the United States in World War I.


                                 S. 274

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to 
medication therapy management services under the Medicare prescription 
drug program.

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                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer 
produced domestically by certain small producers.


                                 S. 658

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 658, a bill to 
provide for the preservation by the Department of Defense of 
documentary evidence of the Department of Defense on incidents of 
sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's 
hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.


                                S. 1069

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1069, a bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1397, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment 
tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 1670

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1670, a bill to eliminate 
racial profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1821

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1821, a bill to prevent the termination of the 
temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts.


                                S. 1880

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


                                S. 1979

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 1981

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1981, a bill to provide that Members of 
Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in 
which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget 
and passed the regular appropriations bills.


                                S. 1984

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1984, a bill to establish a commission to develop a 
national strategy and recommendations for reducing fatalities resulting 
from child abuse and neglect.


                                S. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, his name 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.
  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1990, supra.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2003, a bill to clarify 
that an authorization to use military 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. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2051, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 
to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.


                                S. 2112

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2112, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military 
aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member or former 
member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for 
age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents.


                                S. 2121

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2121, a bill to 
modify the Department of Defense Program Guidance relating to the award 
of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence administrative absence 
days to members of the reserve components to exempt any member whose 
qualified mobilization commenced before October 1, 2011, and continued 
on or after that date, from the changes to the program guidance that 
took effect on that date.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2160, a bill to improve 
the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2165

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 2165, a 
bill to enhance strategic cooperation between the United States and 
Israel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2179, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve oversight of educational 
assistance provided under laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2206

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added

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as a cosponsor of S. 2206, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide 
educational counseling to individuals eligible for educational 
assistance under laws administered by the Secretary before such 
individuals receive such assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2219

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2219, a bill to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor 
organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2230

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2230, a bill to reduce the deficit by 
imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.


                                S. 2233

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2233, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to stimulate international tourism to 
the United States.


                                S. 2241

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2241, a 
bill to ensure that veterans have the information and protections they 
require to make informed decisions regarding use of Post-9/11 
Educational Assistance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2270

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to amend the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs.


                                S. 2274

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2274, a bill to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to establish a nonprofit corporation to be known as the 
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to amend 
the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 to provide additional 
protection for the R.M.S. Titanic and its wreck site, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2280

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2280, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act and the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain creditors to obtain 
certifications from institutions of higher education, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 21

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 21, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relative to equal rights for men and women.


                              S.J. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 39, a joint 
resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal 
rights amendment.


                              S. RES. 400

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 400, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and 
World Social Work Day.


                              S. RES. 413

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 413, a resolution 
supporting the designation of April 2012 as National Autism Awareness 
Month.

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