[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3784-S3786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, 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.


                                 S. 67

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 67, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces 
who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on 
military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired 
members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.


                                 S. 210

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 210, a bill to amend title 44, 
United States Code, to eliminate the mandatory printing of bills and 
resolutions for the use of offices of Members of Congress.


                                 S. 262

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.

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262, a bill to repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special 
rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 649

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 649, a bill 
to expand the research and awareness activities of the National 
Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to scleroderma, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 705

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 705, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and 
carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary 
hypertension, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 821

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1167, 
a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis 
and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services 
delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid 
beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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. 1613

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1613, a bill to improve 
and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1880

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


                                S. 1935

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) 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. 1947

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1947, a bill to 
prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2030

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2030, a 
bill to provide protection for consumers who have prepaid cards, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2060

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2060, a bill to provide for the 
payment of a benefit to members eligible for participation in the Post-
Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for days of 
nonparticipation due to Government error.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) 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. 2143

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2143, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that paper which is 
commonly recycled does not constitute a qualified energy resource under 
the section 45 credit for renewable electricity production.


                                S. 2165

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) and the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 2165, a bill 
to enhance strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2167

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2167, a bill to increase the 
employment of Americans by requiring State workforce agencies to 
certify that employers are actively recruiting Americans and that 
Americans are not qualified or available to fill the positions that the 
employer wants to fill with H 2B nonimmigrants.


                                S. 2264

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2264, a bill 
to provide liability protection for claims based on the design, 
manufacture, sale, offer for sale, introduction into commerce, or use 
of certain fuels and fuel additives, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2325

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2325, a bill to 
authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile 
defense system.


                                S. 2371

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2371, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to 
their employees.


                                S. 3053

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor 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 names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from 
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Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors 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. 3085

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3085, a bill to provide for 
the expansion of affordable refinancing of mortgages held by the 
Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation.


                                S. 3203

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3203, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain 
costs of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3220

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3220, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective 
remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the 
basis of sex, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3221

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) 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. 3239

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3239, a bill 
to provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and 
treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3257

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3257, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the 
use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for 
the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.


                                S. 3261

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 3261, a bill 
to allow the Chief of the Forest Service to award certain contracts for 
large air tankers.


                              S.J. RES. 42

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 42, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relative to parental rights.


                              S. RES. 376

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 376, a 
resolution commemorating the 225th anniversary of the signing of the 
Constitution of the United States and recognizing the contributions of 
the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.


                              S. RES. 435

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. Res. 435, a resolution 
calling for democratic change in Syria, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 435, supra.

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