[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1710-S1711]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 54

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 54, a bill to increase public safety by punishing 
and deterring firearms trafficking.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill 
to enhance the safety of America's schools.


                                 S. 170

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 170, a bill to recognize the 
heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on 
Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those 
activities.


                                 S. 177

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 177, a bill to repeal the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 entirely.


                                 S. 183

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 183, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fairness in 
hospital payments under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 185

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 185, a bill to eliminate the 
automatic inflation increases for discretionary programs built into the 
baseline projections and require budget estimates to be compared with 
the prior year's level.


                                 S. 193

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Kaine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 193, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for startup businesses to use 
a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll 
taxes.


                                 S. 210

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 210, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to fraudulent 
representations about having received military declarations or medals.


                                 S. 218

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 218, a bill to ensure 
that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for 
harbor maintenance.


                                 S. 226

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 226, a bill to 
amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave because 
of the death of a son or daughter.

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                                 S. 289

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 289, a bill to extend the 
low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development 
Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration.


                                 S. 290

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 290, a bill to reduce 
housing-related health hazards, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Heinrich), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 309, a bill to award a Congressional 
Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.


                                 S. 323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 323, 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. 338

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Mr. King) and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 338, a bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and 
for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize 
the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 382

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 382, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and 
clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and 
pulmonary rehabilitation programs.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 407, a bill to provide funding 
for construction and major rehabilitation for projects located on 
inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 411

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Ms. Hirono, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 461, a bill to exempt 
children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical 
limitations on immigrant visas and for other purposes.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as cosponsors of S. 462, a bill 
to enhance the strategic partnership between the United States and 
Israel.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to declare 
English as the official language of the United States, to establish a 
uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid 
misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the 
United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general 
welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of 
naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.


                                 S. 470

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 470, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that 
the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new 
Distinguished Warfare Medal.
  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 470, supra.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 65, a resolution strongly 
supporting the full implementation of United States and international 
sanctions on Iran and urging the President to continue to strengthen 
enforcement of sanctions legislation.

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