[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2496-S2497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to reauthorize 
the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to 
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from 
chemicals are adequately understood and managed, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name 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. 941

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to strengthen 
families' engagement in the education of their children.


                                S. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to 
impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or 
death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the Russian 
Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent 
transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other gross 
violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1316

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1316, a bill to prevent a 
fiscal crisis by enacting legislation to balance the Federal budget 
through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.


                                S. 1575

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

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                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 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. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to 
provide additional time for compliance with, and coordinating of, the 
compliance schedules for certain rules of the Environmental Protection 
Agency.


                                S. 2051

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2076

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2076, a bill to 
improve security at State and local courthouses.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) 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. 2120

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2120, a bill 
to require the lender or servicer of a home mortgage upon a request by 
the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to 
allow the sale.


                                S. 2165

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


                                S. 2172

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2172, a bill to remove the 
limit on the anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the 
procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2205

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2205, a bill to prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms 
Trade Treaty that restricts the Second Amendment rights of United 
States citizens.


                                S. 2230

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2230, a bill 
to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for 
high-income taxpayers.


                                S. 2270

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 2277

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2277, a bill to respond to 
the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine 
beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a 
state of emergency and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to 
immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner 
provided in title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and 
for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 38

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 38, a joint 
resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor 
relating to the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or 
seasonal nonagricultural employment.


                              S. RES. 418

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 418, a resolution commending the 80 brave men 
who became known as the ``Doolittle Tokyo Raiders'' for outstanding 
heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States during the 
bombing of Tokyo and 5 other targets on the island of Honshu on April 
18, 1942, during the Second World War.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2003

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2003 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2004

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2004 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2005

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2005 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2008

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2008 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, 
and transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2011

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2011 
intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and 
transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2020

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2020 intended to be proposed to S. 
1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States 
Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2031

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 2031 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, 
a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal 
Service.

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