[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15808-15810]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 594

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 594, a bill to limit the 
use, sale, and transfer of cluster munitions.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to reduce the eligibility age for receipt 
of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the Ready 
Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for significant 
periods.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to optimize 
the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care 
workforce.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to amend the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service Act to set 
standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish a program 
for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the 
prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the 
risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-
based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1276

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1276, a bill to establish 
a grant program to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor 
electronic logbook systems, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax 
refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug discount 
program under section 340B of such Act to improve the provision of 
discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers.


                                S. 1588

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1588, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group 
and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide 
coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental 
deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.


                                S. 1850

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1850, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of Indian 
tribal governments as State governments for purposes of issuing tax-
exempt governmental bonds, and for other purposes.

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                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 1907

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1907, a bill to 
amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health 
problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2035, a bill to maintain the free flow of 
information to the public by providing conditions for the federally 
compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with 
the news media.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to 
rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular 
disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2505

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2505, a bill to 
allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive 
payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an 
individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 2510, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality 
assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology 
preparations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2785, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' 
services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2799

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2799, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care 
services available to women veterans, especially those serving in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2836, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 
2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a reduced 
eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                S. 2908

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2908, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the display of Social 
Security account numbers on Medicare cards.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3070, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy 
Scouts of America, and for other proposes.


                                S. 3073

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3073, a bill to amend the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the 
collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas 
uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3155, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3199

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3199, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain shipping from 
the harbor maintenance tax.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 3237, a 
bill to assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous 
rise in fuel prices.


                                S. 3277

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3277, a bill to 
amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal 
children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the 
President's budget.


                                S. 3302

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3302, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State 
foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration and protection services.


                              S.J. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 44, a joint 
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule set forth as requirements 
contained in the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from 
the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the State Health 
Official Letter 08-003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center.


                            S. CON. RES. 60

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 60, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress relating to negotiating a 
free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan.


                            S. CON. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 80, a concurrent 
resolution urging the President to designate a National Airborne Day in 
recognition of persons who are serving or have served in the airborne 
forces of the Armed Services.


                              S. RES. 300

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 300, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (FYROM) should stop the utilization of materials that violate 
provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between 
FYROM and Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and 
should work with the United Nations and Greece to achieve longstanding 
United States and United Nations policy goals of finding a mutually-
acceptable official name for FYROM.

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                              S. RES. 331

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 331, a resolution expressing the 
sense of the Senate that Turkey should end its military occupation of 
the Republic of Cyprus, particularly because Turkey's pretext has been 
refuted by over 13,000,000 crossings of the divide by Turkish-Cypriots 
and Greek Cypriots into each other's communities without incident.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 580, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a 
nuclear weapons capability.

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