[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2501-S2502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 138

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 138, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or gender, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 169

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 189

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 189, a bill to 
establish an employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs 
who have received significant capital from investors to establish a 
business in the United States.


                                 S. 309

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Reed), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Levin), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) and the Senator from North Dakota 
(Ms. Heitkamp) 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. 316

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Cowan) were added as cosponsors of S. 316, a bill to recalculate and 
restore retirement annuity obligations of the United States Postal 
Service, to eliminate the requirement that the United States Postal 
Service prefund the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, to 
place restrictions on the closure of postal facilities, to create 
incentives for innovation for the United States Postal Service, to 
maintain levels of postal service, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 323

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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. 336

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor 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. 367

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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.

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                                 S. 380

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 380, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and update the National 
Child Traumatic Stress Initiative for grants to address the problems of 
individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress.


                                 S. 393

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to 
designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, in 
the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


                                 S. 407

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) 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. 423

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to 
amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend funding for family-
to-family health information centers to help families of children with 
disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about 
health care for their children.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to enhance 
the strategic partnership between the United States and Israel.


                                 S. 463

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 463, a bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 to modify the definition of the term ``biobased 
product''.


                                 S. 502

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 502, a bill to assist 
States in providing voluntary high-quality universal prekindergarten 
programs and programs to support infants and toddlers.


                                 S. 526

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 526, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for 
contributions of qualified conservation contributions, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 541, a bill to prevent human health threats posed by the 
consumption of equines raised in the United States.


                                 S. 548

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 548, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to improve and enhance the capabilities 
of the Armed Forces to prevent and respond to sexual assault and sexual 
harassment in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 554

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 554, a bill to provide for 
a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to 
enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.


                                 S. 557

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 562, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain 
persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain 
purposes.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 
579, a bill to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 
obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil 
Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 603

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 603, a bill to 
repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to provide 
humanitarian assistance and support a democratic transition in Syria, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent 
faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic 
medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote 
education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the 
development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, 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. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Schatz) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Cowan) 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.


                               S. RES. 70

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 70, a 
resolution designating the last full week of July 2013 as ``National 
Moth Week'', recognizing the importance of moths in the United States, 
and recognizing the value of National Moth Week for promoting the 
conservation of moths and increasing the awareness, study, and 
appreciation of moths, their incredible biodiversity, and their 
importance to ecosystem health.

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