[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4674-S4675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) 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. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 387, a bill to amend title 
37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for 
members of uniformed services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to improve and 
expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students 
in the United States by improving professional development programs for 
kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of 
higher education.


                                 S. 693

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to establish a 
term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to 
provide conditions for continued operation of such enterprises, and to 
provide for the wind down of such operations and dissolution of such 
enterprises.


                                S. 1096

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1096, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and 
utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part 
B program by extending the minimum payment amount for bone mass 
measurement under such program through 2013.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary 
of Education to collect information from coeducational secondary 
schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) 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. 1809

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1809, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for viral 
hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent 
deaths from liver cancer, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1872

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE 
accounts established under State programs for the

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care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1880

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


                                S. 2050

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2050, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain provisions of the 
Creating Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2065

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2065, a bill to amend the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the 
discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting 
from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the 
pay freeze for Federal employees.


                                S. 2085

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2085, a bill to strengthen 
employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal 
Government.


                                S. 2165

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) 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. 2205

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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 names of the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. 
McCaskill) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2320

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to direct the 
American Battle Monuments Commission to provide for the ongoing 
maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the 
Philippines, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3049

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 3202

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3202, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to ensure that deceased veterans with no 
known next of kin can receive a dignified burial, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3204

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements 
under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3237, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.


                                S. 3274

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3274, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of other relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, to produce a report on enhancing the 
competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct 
investment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3320

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3320, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive 
the 30-day waiting period for flood insurance policies purchased for 
private properties affected by wildfire on Federal lands.


                                S. 3340

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3340, a bill to improve 
and enhance the programs and activities of the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding suicide prevention and 
resilience and behavioral health disorders for members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 48

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) 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. 490

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 490, a resolution 
designating the week of September 16, 2012, as ``Mitochondrial Disease 
Awareness Week'', reaffirming the importance of an enhanced and 
coordinated research effort on mitochondrial diseases, and commending 
the National Institutes of Health for its efforts to improve the 
understanding of mitochondrial diseases.

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