[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3423-S3424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 557

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 577

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the child tax 
credit.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 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. 865

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 865, a bill to provide 
grants to promote financial literacy.


                                S. 1281

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1281, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit 
the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor 
vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1454, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of 
Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant 
patients and other renal dialysis provisions.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the 
availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 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. 1734

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill to 
provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease 
products.


                                S. 1880

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


                                S. 1904

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1904, a bill 
to provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare 
programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an 
overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.


                                S. 1935

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to revoke 
the charters for the Federal National Mortgage Corporation and the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation upon resolution of their 
obligations, to create a new Mortgage Finance Agency for the 
securitization of single family and multifamily mortgages, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1979

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 2032

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2032, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of 
higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers.


                                S. 2076

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


                                S. 2112

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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. 2148

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2148, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substance Control Act relating to lead-based paint renovation and 
remodeling activities.


                                S. 2156

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 2160

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) 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 name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2165, a bill to enhance 
strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2194

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr.

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Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2194, a bill to award grants in 
order to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings 
online platforms for low-income students.


                                S. 2205

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) 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. 2239

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2239, a bill to 
direct the head of each agency to treat relevant military training as 
sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for 
Federal licenses.


                                S. 2282

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2282, a bill to extend the 
authorization of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands 
conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act through fiscal year 2017.


                                S. 2296

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2296, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Opportunity Act to restrict institutions of higher 
education from using revenues derived from Federal educational 
assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2347, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of 
Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.


                                S. 2371

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 2371, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay 
higher wages to their employees.


                                S. 2620

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2620, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of 
the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased 
payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.


                                S. 3053

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3053, a bill to require Regional Administrators of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to be appointed by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.


                                S. 3078

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3078, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the 
World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or 
an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt 
prayed with the United States on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.


                                S. 3210

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3210, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the treatment under 
contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for small businesses owned by veterans of small businesses after the 
death of a disabled veteran owner, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 40

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 40, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rules submitted by the Department 
of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service relating to the 
reporting requirements for interest that relates to the deposits 
maintained at United States offices of certain financial institutions 
and is paid to certain nonresident alien individuals.


                              S. RES. 455

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 455, a resolution 
designating June 27, 2012, as ``National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
Awareness Day''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2107

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2107 
intended to be proposed to S. 3187, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs 
for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2108

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2108 
intended to be proposed to S. 3187, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs 
for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2118

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2118 
intended to be proposed to S. 3187, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for 
prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish user-fee programs 
for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes.

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