[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16640-16642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish an 
Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in 
the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for 
other purposes.

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                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain 
costs of health care services under the health care programs of the 
Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1177

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1177, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air pollutant 
regulatory program for the electric generating sector.


                                S. 1201

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1201, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1437, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the semicentennial of the 
enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve the 
quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and 
quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of 
affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.


                                S. 1576

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1576, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.


                                S. 1581

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1581, a bill to 
establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification 
research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification 
program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1738, a bill to 
establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and 
Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to 
improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase 
resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other 
improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to 
investigate and prosecute predators.


                                S. 1846

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to improve defense 
cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1924, a bill to amend 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that 
a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty.


                                S. 2092

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2092, a bill to amend 
title 11, United States Code, to improve protections for employees and 
retirees in business bankruptcies.


                                S. 2173

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2173, a bill to amend 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards 
for physical education.


                                S. 2270

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to 
include health centers in the list of entities eligible for mortgage 
insurance under the National Housing Act.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2433, a bill to require 
the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to 
further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the 
reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, 
and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by 
one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who 
live on less than $1 per day.


                                S. 2458

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2458, a bill to promote and 
enhance the operation of local building code enforcement administration 
across the country by establishing a competitive Federal matching grant 
program.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2585, a bill to provide for the 
enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of 
Defense, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2609

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2609, a bill to establish a Global Service 
Fellowship Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2643

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2643, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to control hazardous air 
pollutant emissions from electric utility steam generating units.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2668, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 
280F.


                                S. 2708

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2708, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care 
professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality 
care to the growing population of older Americans.

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                                S. 2723

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2723, a bill to expand 
the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data 
reporting, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2839

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2839, a bill to provide emergency 
relief for United States businesses and industries currently employing 
temporary foreign workers and for other purposes.


                                S. 2851

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2851, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the penalty on the 
understatement of taxpayers' liability by tax return preparers.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2920, a bill to reauthorize and improve the financing 
and entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3108

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3108, a bill to require the 
President to call a White House Conference on Food and Nutrition.


                                S. 3140

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3140, a bill to provide that 
4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3198, a bill to amend 
title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation of 
submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality.


                                S. 3245

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3245, a bill to increase 
public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted 
racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.


                                S. 3257

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3257, a bill to extend 
immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3337

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3337, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out conservation reserve program 
notice CRP-598, entitled the ``Voluntary Modification of Conservation 
Reserve Program (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use''.


                              S.J. RES. 45

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 45, a 
joint resolution expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an 
inter-state compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes--St. 
Lawrence River Basin.


                              S. RES. 618

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 618, a resolution 
recognizing the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the United States 
embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and 
memorializing the citizens of the United States, Kenya, and Tanzania 
whose lives were claimed as a result of the al Qaeda led terrorist 
attacks.


                              S. RES. 624

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 624, a resolution 
designating August 2008 as ``National Truancy Prevention Month''.


                              S. RES. 625

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 625, a 
resolution designating August 16, 2008, as National Airborne Day.


                              S. RES. 627

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), 
the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 627, a resolution welcoming home Keith 
Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves, three citizens of the 
United States who were held hostage for over five years by the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after their plane crashed 
on February 13, 2003.

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