[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 1937-1938]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 400, a bill to amend the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a 
medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance 
coverage, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 430

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 430, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment 
of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the enhancement of the 
functions of the National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill to amend titles 
XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, 
including national criminal history background checks, of direct 
patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing 
facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to 
provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and 
State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term 
care facilities or providers.


                                S. 1627

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1627, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for 
businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or 
renewal communities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1734

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


                                S. 1738

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) 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. 1889

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1889, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to improve railroad safety by reducing 
accidents and to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous 
materials releases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill 
to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the 
eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces 
of the United States.


                                S. 2186

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2186, a bill to 
permit individuals who are employees of a grantee that is receiving 
funds under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act to enroll in 
health insurance coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Program.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to combat 
international violence against women and girls.


                                S. 2322

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2322, a bill to amend the International Center Act 
to authorize the lease or sublease of certain property described in 
such Act to an entity other than a foreign government or international 
organization if certain conditions are met.


                                S. 2347

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) 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.


                                S. 2389

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2389, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the alternative minimum tax 
credit amount for individuals with long-term unused credits for prior 
year minimum tax liability, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Biden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2433, a bill to require the President to develop

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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.
  At the request of Mr. Dodd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2433, supra.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 2550

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) and 
the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 2550, 
a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United 
States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result 
of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2560

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2560, a bill to create the income 
security conditions and family supports needed to ensure permanency for 
the Nation's unaccompanied youth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2568

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2568, a bill to amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit preleasing, leasing, and 
related activities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Sea Planning Areas 
unless certain conditions are met.


                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and 
validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the 
early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.


                                S. 2578

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2578, a bill to 
temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment 
rules for case management and targeted case management services.


                                S. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 2587

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2587, a bill 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a 
felony or 2 or more misdemeanors.


                                S. 2588

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2588, a bill 
to require that funds awarded to States and political subdivisions for 
the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program be distributed not later 
than 120 days after the last day of the annual application period.


                                S. 2596

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2596, a bill to rescind funds appropriated by the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, for the City of Berkeley, 
California, and any entities located in such city, and to provide that 
such funds shall be transferred to the Operation and Maintenance, 
Marine Corps account of the Department of Defense for the purposes of 
recruiting.


                                S. 2602

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2602, a bill to 
amend the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008, to terminate the authority of the Secretary 
of the Treasury to deduct amounts from certain States.


                              S. RES. 439

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 439, a 
resolution expressing the strong support of the Senate for the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan 
with Georgia and Ukraine.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3910

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3910 proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and 
streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3912

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3912 proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and 
streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3920

  At the request of Mr. Bond, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 3920 proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and 
streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3967

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3967 intended to be 
proposed to S. 2483, a bill to authorize certain programs and 
activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and 
the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.

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