[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16704-16706]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane 
slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 886

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill to 
amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as 
the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the 
consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against 
disclosure of Presidential records.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1204, a bill to enhance Federal 
efforts focused on public awareness and education about the risks and 
dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome.


                                S. 1243

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1243, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military 
retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of 
age.


                                S. 1270

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1270, a bill to amend title 
IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots 
who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the 
actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity 
commencing at age 60.


                                S. 1681

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1681, a bill to provide for 
a paid family and medical leave insurance program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1865

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1865, a bill to 
provide for mandatory availability of life insurance that does not 
preclude future lawful travel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2227

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.

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2227, a bill to provide grants to States to ensure that all students in 
the middle grades are taught an academically rigorous curriculum with 
effective supports so that students complete the middle grades prepared 
for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve 
State and district policies and programs relating to the academic 
achievement of students in the middle grades, to develop and implement 
effective middle school models for struggling students, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to amend the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs 
on certain footwear.


                                S. 2453

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2453, a bill to amend 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify requirements 
relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of national origin.


                                S. 2505

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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 name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) 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. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the 
Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2579, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition and celebration of the establishment of the United States 
Army in 1775, to honor the American soldier of both today and 
yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to commemorate the traditions, 
history, and heritage of the United States Army and its role in 
American society, from the colonial period to today.


                                S. 2639

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2639, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an assured 
adequate level of funding for veterans health care.


                                S. 2689

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2689, a bill to amend section 
411h of title 37, United States Code, to provide travel and 
transportation allowances for family members of members of the 
uniformed services with serious inpatient psychiatric conditions.


                                S. 2774

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2774, a bill to provide for 
the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2776

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2776, a bill to provide 
duty-free treatment for certain goods from designated Reconstruction 
Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2868

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2868, a bill to amend title II of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the diversity visa 
lottery program with a program that issues visas to aliens with an 
advanced degree.


                                S. 2942

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2942, a bill to 
authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center.


                                S. 3038

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3038, a bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social 
Security Act to extend the adoption incentives program, to authorize 
States to establish a relative guardianship program, to promote the 
adoption of children with special needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3061

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 3061, a bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3073

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor 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. 3142

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3142, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public 
health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant 
death.
  At the request of Mr. Bayh, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3142, supra.


                                S. 3198

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Biden) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 3271

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3271, a bill to amend the 
definition of commercial motor vehicle in section 31101 of title 49, 
United States Code, to exclude certain farm vehicles, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3299

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Craig) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3299, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to extend the demonstration project on adjustable 
rate mortgages and the demonstration project on hybrid adjustable rate 
mortgages.


                                S. 3310

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3310, a bill to provide 
benefits under the Post-Development/Mobilization Respite Absence 
program for certain periods before the implementation of the program.


                                S. 3323

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3323, a bill to provide 
weatherization and home heating assistance to low income households, 
and to provide a heating oil tax credit for middle income households.


                                S. 3351

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3351, a bill to 
enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony for 
operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel 
without nationality and on an international voyage.


                              S. RES. 615

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 615, a resolution 
urging the Government of Turkey to respect the rights and religious 
freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Christian 
Church.

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                              S. RES. 618

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors 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. 625

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator 
from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 625, a resolution designating August 16, 2008, as National 
Airborne Day.


                              S. RES. 626

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 626, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of 
the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 
(2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a 
child.


                              S. RES. 627

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5063

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5063 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5131

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Wicker) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 5131 intended to be 
proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to 
prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 5249

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5249 
intended to be proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity 
Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to 
energy commodities, and for other purposes.

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