[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14465-14467]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in 
accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed 
firearms in the State.


                                 S. 439

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, 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.


                                 S. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 442, a bill to provide for loan 
repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and 
the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 453, a bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.


                                 S. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 522, a bill to safeguard the 
economic health of the United States and the health and safety of the 
United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, and 
effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property 
rights enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to improve Medicare 
beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold 
used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an 
inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 556

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to reauthorize the 
Head Start Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 644

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 644, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title 
certain educational assistance programs for members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, to improve such programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 673

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 673, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide credits for the installation of wind energy 
property, including

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by rural homeowners, farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 674

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 674, a bill to 
require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for 
personnel performing private security functions under Federal 
contracts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to establish 
a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical 
education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public 
health practice and biomedical research.


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 773, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 819

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to facilitating the 
development of microbicides for preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS and 
other diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 825

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
825, a bill to provide additional funds for the Road Home Program.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 911, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure 
patients and families have access to the current treatments and 
information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based 
national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of 
pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 912

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 912, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and 
renovation of public schools.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 935, a bill to repeal the requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other 
purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
935, supra.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to amend the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the 
prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 969

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 969, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to modify the definition of supervisor.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were added as cosponsors of S. 970, a bill 
to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran 
in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 975

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 975, a bill 
granting the consent and approval of Congress to an interstate forest 
fire protection compact.


                                 S. 986

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 986, a bill to expand 
eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by the 
uniformed services in order to permit certain additional retired 
members who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
that disability and Combat-Related Special Compensation by reason of 
that disability.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 999, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1113

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1113, a bill to 
facilitate the provision of care and services for members of the Armed 
Forces for traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1181

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1181, a bill to 
amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with 
an advisory vote on executive compensation.


                                S. 1224

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1224, a bill to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill 
to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny 
the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives 
licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the 
Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties 
for certain violators, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1263

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to 
protect the welfare of consumers by prohibiting price gouging with 
respect to gasoline and petroleum distillates during natural disasters 
and abnormal market disruptions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1323

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1323, a bill 
to prevent legislative and regulatory functions from being usurped by 
civil liability actions brought or continued against

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food manufacturers, marketers, distributors, advertisers, sellers, and 
trade associations for claims of injury relating to a person's weight 
gain, obesity, or any health condition associated with weight gain or 
obesity.


                                S. 1337

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1337, a bill to 
amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal 
coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health 
Insurance Program.


                                S. 1345

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to affirm that 
Federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.


                                S. 1363

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1363, a bill to improve 
health care for severely injured members and former members of the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1364

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1364, a bill to amend titles 
XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the State Children's 
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP 
and Medicaid, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide the establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral 
Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a 
bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of 
full-service community schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1395

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1395, a bill to prevent 
unfair practices in credit card accounts, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1415, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to improve 
screening and treatment of cancers, provide for survivorship services, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to provide 
assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in 
developing countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1442

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1442, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to establish new units of Customs Patrol 
Officers.


                                S. 1450

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1450, a bill to authorize appropriations for the 
Housing Assistance Council.


                                S. 1457

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), 
the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1457, a bill to provide for 
the protection of mail delivery on certain postal routes, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1496

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1496, a bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to 
include pollinators in certain conservation programs.


                                S. 1498

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1498, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the import, export, 
transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate 
or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife 
species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1502

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1502, a bill to 
amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators 
of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make 
their land available for access by the public under programs 
administered by States and tribal governments.


                               S. RES. 85

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 85, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the creation of refugee 
populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf 
region as a result of human rights violations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1151

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1151 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1179

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1179 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1182

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1182 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1348, a bill to provide for comprehensive immigration 
reform and for other purposes.

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