[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6546-S6548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 166

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 166, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the 
charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.


                                 S. 306

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 306, a bill to establish the 
National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen 
and protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of 
comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and 
services in order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living 
with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, 
diagnosis, and care planning.


                                 S. 810

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 810, a bill to prohibit the 
conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to 
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from 
chemicals are adequately understood and managed, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 998

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 998, a bill to amend title IV of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by 
regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of 
monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1381

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) 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. 1423

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1423, a bill to clarify the 
orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription 
pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.


                                S. 1683

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1683, a bill to 
provide the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, and the Department of the Treasury with authority to more 
aggressively

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enforce trade laws relating to textile and apparel articles, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application 
of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.


                                S. 1796

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1796, a bill to make 
permanent the Internal Revenue Service Free File program.


                                S. 1840

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1840, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand and intensify 
programs of the National Institutes of Health with respect to 
translational research and related activities concerning Down syndrome, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1872

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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 care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 2189

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) 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. 2283

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2347, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access 
of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.


                                S. 2374

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2374, a bill to 
amend the Helium Act to ensure the expedient and responsible draw-down 
of the Federal Helium Reserve in a manner that protects the interests 
of private industry, the scientific, medical, and industrial 
communities, commercial users, and Federal agencies, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3079

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3079, a bill to make participation in the American Community Survey 
voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) 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. 3250

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), 
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3250, a bill to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 
to provide for Debbie Smith grants for auditing sexual assault evidence 
backlogs and to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3257

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3289

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) 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. 3338

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 
3338, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for 
medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, 
more accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 3341

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3341, a bill to require a 
quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3394

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the names of the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) 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.
  At the request of Mr. Akaka, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3394, supra.


                                S. 3430

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3430, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to foster more effective implementation and coordination of 
clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes.


                                S. 3444

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3444, a 
bill to require that textile and apparel articles acquired for use by 
executive agencies be manufactured from articles, materials, or 
supplies entirely grown, produced, or manufactured in the United 
States.


                                S. 3463

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 3463, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the 
incidence of diabetes among Medicare beneficiaries.


                                S. 3477

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3477, a bill to ensure that 
the United States promotes women's meaningful inclusion and 
participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 
order to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict and implements 
the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.


                                S. 3494

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from Michigan

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(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3494, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to qualify formerly homeless individuals who are full-time 
students for purposes of low income housing tax credit.


                                S. 3522

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3522, 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. 3525

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3525, a bill to protect 
and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and 
shooting, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3546

  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. 
3546, a bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to 
reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality 
of Native American languages.


                                S. 3551

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3551, a bill to require 
investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks 
on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3560

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 3560, a bill to 
provide for scientific frameworks with respect to recalcitrant cancers.


                                S. 3565

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3565, a bill to 
eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic 
security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers 
whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by 
pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.


                                S. 3567

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3567, a bill to establish the Commission 
to Study the Potential Creation of a National Women's History Museum, 
and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 41

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.J. Res. 41, a joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the nuclear program of the Government of the Islamic Republic 
of Iran.


                            S. CON. RES. 50

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor 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. 453

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 453, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that 
supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important 
responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach 
to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making 
long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in 
communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals 
with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.


                              S. RES. 543

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 543, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate on international parental child 
abduction.

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