[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5257-S5259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 102

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 102, a bill to provide an optional fast-track 
procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 202, a bill to require a full 
audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the 
Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States 
before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend Title I 
of PL 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Palau, 
to approve the results of the 15-year review of the Compact, including 
the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following the Compact of 
Free Association Section 432 Review, and to appropriate funds for the 
purposes of the amended PL 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or before 
September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements resulting from that 
review.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 845

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S.

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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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 896

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend the 
Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the 
Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide 
service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's 
natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic 
resources; train a new generation of public land managers and 
enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the 
exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency 
medical responders.


                                 S. 996

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit 
through 2016, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1368

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 1372

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1372, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental 
education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 1806

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1806, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate 
overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans 
assistance fund.


                                S. 1832

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1832, a bill to 
restore States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and 
use tax laws, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1843

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1843, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to provide for appropriate designation of 
collective bargaining units.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1911, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and 
retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.


                                S. 1929

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) 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. 1956

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1956, a bill to prohibit 
operators of civil aircraft of the United States from participating in 
the European Union's emissions trading scheme, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2093

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2093, a 
bill to establish pilot programs to encourage the use of shared 
appreciation mortgage modifications, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2201

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2201, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the renewable energy 
credit.


                                S. 2283

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2283, a bill to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster 
or emergency declaration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2342

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2342, a bill to reform the 
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2620

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 3248

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3248, a bill to designate the North American bison as 
the national mammal of the United States.


                                S. 3290

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3290, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or gender, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3325

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3325, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to 
carry out a 5-year demonstration program to fund mental health first 
aid training programs at 10 institutions of higher education to improve 
student mental health.


                                S. 3352

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3352, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to improve and extend certain energy-related tax 
provisions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3372

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Akaka), the Senator from Montana

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(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), 
the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Reid), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), 
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), and the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 3372, a bill to amend 
section 704 of title 18, United States Code.


                                S. 3392

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3392, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, to require the disclosure of the total number of the 
domestic and foreign employers of issuers.


                                S. 3394

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the names of the 
Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), and the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors 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. RES. 494

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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.

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