[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 109 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5212-S5213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 19, a bill to restore American's 
individual liberty by striking the Federal mandate to purchase 
insurance.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
ambulance services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal 
background checks for child care providers.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 657, a bill to encourage, 
enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in 
order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is 
seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 687

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1167

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1381, a bill 
to provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the 
prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to 
Lyme and other tick-borne disease, including the establishment of a 
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Special Service 
Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.


                                S. 1555

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1555, a bill 
to authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the 
Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make permanent 
the alternative simplified research credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1744

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1744, a 
bill to provide funding for State courts to assess and improve the 
handling of proceedings relating to adult guardianship and 
conservatorship, to authorize the Attorney General to carry out a pilot 
program for the conduct of background checks on individuals to be 
appointed as guardians or conservators, and to promote the widespread 
adoption of information technology to better monitor, report, and audit 
conservatorships of protected persons.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) 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. 1929

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1929, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
Mark Twain.


                                S. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1990, a bill to require the 
Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.


                                S. 2137

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2137, a bill to prohibit the 
issuance of a waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed 
Forces for any individual convicted of a felony sexual offense.


                                S. 2205

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) 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. 2253

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2253, a bill to require 
individuals who file under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to 
disclose any financial accounts that are or have been deposited in a 
country that is a tax haven.


                                S. 2264

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2264, a bill to 
provide liability protection for claims based on the design,

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manufacture, sale, offer for sale, introduction into commerce, or use 
of certain fuels and fuel additives, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2620

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 3280

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3280, a bill to preserve the 
companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay 
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.


                                S. 3332

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3332, a bill to provide for the establishment of 
nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing 
discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the 
navigable waters of the United States.


                                S. 3340

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) 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. 3356

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3356, a bill 
to strengthen the role of the United States in the international 
community of nations in conserving natural resources to further global 
prosperity and security.


                                S. 3366

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3366, a bill to 
designate the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization.


                                S. 3394

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3394, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the 
Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3397

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3397, a bill to prohibit waivers 
relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of 
block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and 
for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 42

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) 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.J. RES. 43

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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.J. RES. 45

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 45, a joint 
resolution amending title 36, United States Code, to designate June 19 
as ``Juneteenth Independence Day''.


                              S.J. RES. 46

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 46, 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 deposits maintained 
at United States offices of certain financial institutions and is paid 
to certain nonresident alien individuals.


                            S. CON. RES. 50

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 50, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the 
multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived.


                              S. RES. 494

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2556

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2556 intended to be proposed to S. 3364, a bill to 
provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.

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