[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 39 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1892-S1894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 19

   At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 19, a bill to amend the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of 
certain settlements.


                                 S. 169

   At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 169, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-
educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 210

   At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 217

   At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 217, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary 
of Education to collect information from coeducational elementary 
schools and secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 234

   At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 234, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 289

   At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan) 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. 309

   At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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. 313

   At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 313, 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. 336

   At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Ms. Hirono) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 336, a bill to restore States' sovereign rights to 
enforce State and local sales and use tax laws, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 338

   At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 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

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fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 345

   At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill to 
reform the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 370

   At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, 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. 381

   At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 381, a bill to award a Congressional 
Gold Medal to the World War II members of the ``Doolittle Tokyo 
Raiders'', for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the 
United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo.


                                 S. 407

   At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 420

   At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 420, 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. 462

   At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) 
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 Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) 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. Tester, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) were added as cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 480

   At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 480, a bill to improve the effectiveness of 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System by clarifying 
reporting requirements related to adjudications of mental incompetency, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 490

   At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 490, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel 
excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.


                                 S. 500

   At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply payroll taxes to remuneration 
and earnings from self-employment up to the contribution and benefit 
base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.


                                 S. 505

   At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to prohibit the 
use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United 
States.


                                 S. 512

   At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 512, a bill to 
amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to aid gifted 
and talented and high-ability learners by empowering the Nation's 
teachers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 536

   At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 536, a bill to require a 
study and report by the Comptroller General of the United States 
regarding the costs of Federal regulations.


                                 S. 557

   At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to medication 
therapy management under part D of the Medicare program.


                                 S. 565

   At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 565, a bill to provide for the safe and reliable 
navigation of the Mississippi River, and for other purposes.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

   At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United 
States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or 
to any similar agreement on the arms trade.


                               S. RES. 65

   At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name was added as a cosponsor 
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.
   At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Shelby), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 65, supra.


                               S. RES. 75

   At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 75, a resolution condemning the 
Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i 
minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on 
Human Rights.

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                            AMENDMENT NO. 55

   At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 55 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other 
departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 
and for other purposes.


                            AMENDMENT NO. 72

   At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 72 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes.


                            AMENDMENT NO. 79

   At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 79 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes.


                            AMENDMENT NO. 80

   At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 80 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes.


                            AMENDMENT NO. 81

   At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 81 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments 
and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 107

   At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 107 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
other departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 111

   At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 111 intended to be proposed to H.R. 933, a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and other departments and agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

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