[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 23, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3516-S3517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 845

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
845, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
the logical flow of return information between partnerships, 
corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals to better enable each 
party to submit timely, accurate returns and reduce the need for 
extended and amended returns, to provide for modified due dates by 
regulation, and to conform the automatic corporate extension period to 
longstanding regulatory rule.


                                 S. 930

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 930, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same capital gains 
treatment for art and collectibles as for other investment property and 
to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed 
for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or 
scholarly compositions created by the donor.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from 
gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' 
spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible 
dependent beneficiaries of employees.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 2076

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2076, a bill to improve security at State and local courthouses.


                                S. 2134

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2168

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2168, a bill to 
amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of 
supervisor.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 2250

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 
and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 2250, a bill to prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on 
forgiven mortgage loan debt.


                                S. 2257

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2257, a 
bill to increase access to community behavioral health services for all 
Americans and to improve Medicaid reimbursement for community 
behavioral health services.


                                S. 2276

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and 
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Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2276, 
a bill to permit Federal officers to remove cases involving crimes of 
violence to Federal court.


                                S. 2288

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2288, a bill to amend title 
XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and 
employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.


                                S. 2554

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2554, a bill to amend title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through 
fiscal year 2017.


                                S. 2620

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) 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. 3049

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3049, a bill to amend title 
39, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran 
for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 3083

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Ayotte), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Paul), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3083, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to require certain nonresident aliens to provide valid 
immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax 
credit.


                                S. 3205

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3205, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that persons renouncing 
citizenship for a substantial tax avoidance purpose shall be subject to 
tax and withholding on capital gains, to provide that such persons 
shall not be admissible to the United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3221

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3221, a bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit 
employers to pay higher wages to their employees.


                              S.J. RES. 40

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2117

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2117 
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 New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2119 
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. 2146

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 2146 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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