[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Pages 31374-31376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational 
assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed 
Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 67

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 67, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed 
Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel 
on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as 
retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such 
aircraft.


                                 S. 507

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 507, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 518

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 518, a bill to amend the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics 
Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary 
schools on such schools' athletic programs.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 578, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve 
requirements under the Medicaid program for items and services 
furnished in or through an educational program or setting to children, 
including children with developmental, physical, or mental health 
needs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 583, a bill to create a competitive 
grant program for States to enable the States to award salary bonuses 
to highly qualified elementary school or secondary school

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teachers who teach, or commit to teach, for at least 3 academic years 
in a school served by a rural local educational agency.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1164, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, 
and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the 
Medicare Program.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1382, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
establishment of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1394

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1394, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to exclude from gross 
income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness attributable 
to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations.


                                S. 1465

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1465, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the 
Medicare program of certain medical mobility devices approved as class 
III medical devices.


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs 
for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                S. 1534

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1534, a bill to 
hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its human rights record 
and to support a transition to democracy in Iran.


                                S. 1551

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1551, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the 
goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1679

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1679, a bill to provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor 
Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.
  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1679, supra.


                                S. 1734

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill to provide for 
prostate cancer imaging research and education.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to designate 
the Friday after Thanksgiving of each year as ``Native American 
Heritage Day'' in honor of the achievements and contributions of Native 
Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1858

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1858, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant 
programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and 
coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to 
reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for 
other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1858, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1858, supra.


                                S. 1943

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1943, a bill to 
establish uniform standards for interrogation techniques applicable to 
individuals under the custody or physical control of the United States 
Government.


                                S. 1958

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1958, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by 
establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals 
and related improvements under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1991

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1991, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
physicians.


                                S. 2071

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2071, a bill to enhance the ability to combat 
methamphetamine.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2123, a bill to provide 
collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by 
States or their political subdivisions.


                                S. 2136

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2136, a bill to address the 
treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill 
to ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by 
making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of 
independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers 
(including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in 
the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the 
National Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2257

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 2257, a bill to impose sanctions on officials of the 
State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of 
gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, to promote a coordinated 
international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and 
for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2257, supra.


                                S. 2278

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York

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(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2278, a bill to improve 
the prevention, detection, and treatment of community and healthcare-
associated infections (CHAI), with a focus on antibiotic-resistant 
bacteria.


                                S. 2303

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2303, a bill to amend 
section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the 
definition of economic hardship.


                                S. 2324

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Stevens) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2324, a bill to amend the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to enhance the Offices of the Inspectors 
General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2331

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2331, a bill to exclude 
from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the 
victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute & State University.


                                S. 2332

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2332, a bill to promote 
transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the 
Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent 
panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of 
women and minorities in broadcast media ownership.


                                S. 2340

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2340, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2347, a bill to restore and protect access to discount drug prices for 
university-based and safety-net clinics.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2347, supra.


                                S. 2348

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), 
the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2348, a bill to ensure control over the United States 
border and to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws.


                              S. RES. 273

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 273, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal 
Service should issue a semipostal stamp to support medical research 
relating to Alzheimer's disease.


                              S. RES. 356

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 356, a resolution 
affirming that any offensive military action taken against Iran must be 
explicitly approved by Congress before such action may be initiated.


                              S. RES. 358

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 358, a resolution 
expressing the importance of friendship and cooperation between the 
United States and Turkey.


                              S. RES. 376

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 376, a 
resolution providing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Commerce should declare a commercial fishery failure for the groundfish 
fishery for Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and 
immediately propose regulations to implement section 312(a) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3508

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3508 proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill 
to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal 
year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3544

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3544 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3545

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3545 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3615

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3615 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3616

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3616 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3625

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3625 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the continuation of 
agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3649

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3649 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2419, a bill to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for 
other purposes.

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