[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 95 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4418-S4419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors 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 the United States as the world 
leader in medical device innovation.


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to strengthen 
Federal consumer product safety programs and activities with respect to 
commercially marketed seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to 
coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate 
Federal agencies to strengthen and coordinate those programs and 
activities.


                                 S. 52

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 52, a bill to establish 
uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the 
enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
and similar statutes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 250

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 250, a bill to protect 
crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial backlog of DNA 
samples collected from crime scenes and convicted offenders, to improve 
and expand the DNA testing capacity of Federal, State, and local crime 
laboratories, to increase research and development of new DNA testing 
technologies, to develop new training programs regarding the collection 
and use of DNA evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA 
evidence to exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of 
counsel in State capital cases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 504

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 504, a bill to preserve 
and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                 S. 555

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 555, a bill to end 
discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
gender identity in public schools, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Services for a new 
State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change 
in the duty station of such member to another State.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of 
days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the 
minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services may retire for non-regular service.


                                 S. 886

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill 
to amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of 
performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to amend title 
9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                S. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1368

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1368, a bill to amend 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions 
for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.


                                S. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1880

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


                                S. 1882

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1882, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that valid generic drugs 
may enter the market.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to modify the 
Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as the program applies to 
units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain by 
implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1978

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1978, a bill to 
amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for community-
based job training grants, to provide Federal assistance for community 
college modernization, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1980, a bill to prevent, 
deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing 
through port State measures.


                                S. 2036

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2036, a bill to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 
National Baseball Hall of Fame.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) were added as

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cosponsors 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. Isakson) 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. 2168

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


                                S. 2173

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2173, a bill to preserve 
and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or 
assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.


                                S. 2179

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 2189

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2189, a bill to 
amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws 
to clarify appropriate standards for Federal antidiscrimination and 
antiretaliation claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2364

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2364, a bill to extend 
the availability of low-interest refinancing under the local 
development business loan program of the Small Business Administration.


                                S. 3234

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3234, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for 
contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell 
education savings accounts.


                                S. 3242

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3242, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare 
beneficiaries coordinated care and greater choice with regard to 
accessing hearing health services and benefits.


                                S. 3270

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3270, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were 
recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value 
when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3289

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3289, a bill to expand the 
Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to include young 
individuals who are in need of services that would otherwise be 
required to be provided through a psychiatric residential treatment 
facility, and to change references in Federal law to mental retardation 
to references to an intellectual disability.


                                S. 3322

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3322, a bill to 
strengthen enforcement and clarify certain provisions of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
Absentee Voting Act, and chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
and to reconcile, restore, clarify, and conform similar provisions in 
other related civil rights statutes, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 43

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added 
as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 43, a joint resolution approving the renewal 
of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy 
Act of 2003, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 48

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 48, a concurrent 
resolution recognizing 375 years of service of the National Guard and 
affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as 
a component of the Armed Forces.


                              S. RES. 493

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 493, a resolution 
recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African-American 
men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to 
address that health crisis by supporting education, awareness outreach, 
and research specifically focused on how prostate cancer affects 
African-American men.


                              S. RES. 494

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 494, a resolution condemning the Government of 
the Russian Federation for providing weapons to the regime of President 
Bashar al-Assad of Syria.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2455

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown), 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2455 proposed to S. 3240, an original bill 
to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2455 proposed to S. 3240, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2460

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2460 intended to be proposed to S. 3240, an original bill 
to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other 
purposes.

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