[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6441-6443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 41

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 41, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve 
America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to 
provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged 
communications and attorney work product.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to 
health insurance and employment.


                                 S. 561

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to 
repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and 
adoption assistance programs.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as

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a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to protect the public health by providing 
the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate 
tobacco products.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mr. Levin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
667, a bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that 
increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and 
early identification of developmental and health delays, including 
potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor 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. 979

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill to establish a 
Vote by Mail grant program.


                                 S. 988

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 988, a bill to extend the 
termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the 
numerical limitations for temporary workers.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1120, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of graduate 
medical residents in preventive medicine and public health.


                                S. 1361

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-
year recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold 
improvements and to modify the depreciation rules relating to such 
leasehold improvements for purposes of computing earnings and profits.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) 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. 1760

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1760, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1963, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bonds guaranteed by 
the Federal home loan banks to be treated as tax exempt bonds.


                                S. 2130

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2130, a bill to express 
the sense of the Senate on the need for a comprehensive diplomatic 
offensive to help broker national reconciliation efforts in Iraq and 
lay the foundation for the eventual redeployment of United States 
combat forces.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified 
restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the 
depreciation deduction.


                                S. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems 
eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient 
property credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2577

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2577, a bill to 
establish background check procedures for gun shows.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) 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. 2619

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2619, a bill to protect 
innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from 
listed property under section 280F.


                                S. 2723

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) 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. 2738

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) were added as cosponsors of S. 2738, a bill to identify 
and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in 
the United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2766, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address certain 
discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) 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. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2836, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to include service

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after September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination 
of a reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired 
pay.


                                S. 2840

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2840, a bill 
to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite 
naturalization applications filed by members of the Armed Forces and to 
establish a deadline for processing such applications.


                                S. 2867

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2867, a bill to authorize 
additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of 
firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking 
organizations, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 510

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 510, a 
resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis 
Awareness Month.


                              S. RES. 518

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 518, a 
resolution designating the third week of April 2008 as ``National 
Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week''.

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