[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6358-6360]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 648

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to establish 
kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance 
payments for children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 901, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional 
authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under 
section 330 of such Act.

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                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 911, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, 
ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and 
information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based 
national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of 
pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 963

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 963, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to educational 
organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and rehabilitation.


                                S. 1051

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1051, a bill to authorize 
National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land 
in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved 
to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, 
and justice for all during the American Revolution.


                                S. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1445, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, 
promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical 
management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection.


                                S. 1556

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1556, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income 
for employer-provided health coverage to designated plan beneficiaries 
of employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1605, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1693

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1693, a bill to 
enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information 
technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of 
health care in the United States.


                                S. 1779

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1779, a bill to establish a program for tribal 
colleges and universities within the Department of Health and Human 
Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to 
authorize the provision of grants and cooperative agreements to tribal 
colleges and universities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill to 
require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast 
of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or 
image may be considered indecent.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1951, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals 
eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program continue to 
have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2035

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2059, supra.


                                S. 2279

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


                                S. 2465

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2465, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to include all public clinics for the 
distribution of pediatric vaccines under the Medicaid program.


                                S. 2569

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2687

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2687, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary 
protections under parts C and D of the Medicare program.


                                S. 2689

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to amend 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under 
such section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2744

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2744, a bill to amend the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to increase the Nation's 
competitiveness and enhance the workforce investment systems by 
authorizing the implementation of Workforce Innovation in Regional 
Economic Development plans, the integration of appropriate programs and 
resources as part of such plans, and the provision of supplementary 
grant assistance and additional related activities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2755

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2755, a bill to 
provide funding for summer youth jobs.


                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from

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Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2770, a bill to 
amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to strengthen the food safety 
inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of 
nonambulatory livestock.


                                S. 2774

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) 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. 2817

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2817, a bill to establish 
the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2819, a bill to preserve access to Medicaid 
and the State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic 
downturn, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 506

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 506, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding provided by 
the United States to the Government of Iraq in the future for 
reconstruction and training for security forces be provided as a loan 
to the Government of Iraq.


                              S. RES. 515

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 515, a resolution commemorating the life and work 
of Dith Pran.

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