[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6640-6642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 351

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 351, a bill to 
amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family 
planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs 
abortions.


                                 S. 400

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) 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. 522

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 522, a bill to safeguard 
the economic health of the United States and the health and safety of 
the United States citizens by improving the management, coordination, 
and effectiveness of domestic and international intellectual property 
rights enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 582, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year 
property for purposes of depreciation.


                                 S. 605

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 605, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied 
health professions.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 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. 678

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to ensure air passengers have access to 
necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not 
unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 771

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 771, a bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
to improve the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by updating the 
definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to 
current nutrition science and to protect the Federal investment in the 
national school lunch and breakfast programs.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) 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.

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                                 S. 989

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 989, a bill to amend title 
XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain 
funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available 
resources under the supplemental security income program.


                                S. 1605

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 1675

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1675, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                S. 1694

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1694, a bill to authorize resources for sustained research and 
analysis to address colony collapse disorder and the decline of North 
American pollinators.


                                S. 1760

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1760, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 2069

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2069, a bill to increase 
the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote 
economic opportunities for women in developing countries.


                                S. 2314

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 2320

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement 
to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries 
under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and 
whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2444

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2444, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Education to provide grants to establish and evaluate 
sustainability programs, charged with developing and implementing 
integrated environmental, economic, and social sustainability 
initiatives, and to direct the Secretary of Education to convene a 
summit of higher education experts in the area of sustainability.


                                S. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2523, a bill to establish the 
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United 
States to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, and 
preservation of decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income 
families.


                                S. 2533

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2533, a bill to enact a 
safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act.


                                S. 2585

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 2702

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase 
utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part 
B Program.


                                S. 2715

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2715, a bill to 
amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the national 
language of the Government of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2775

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2775, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to 
treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing 
services under contract with the United States Government as American 
employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits.


                                S. 2786

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2786, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care 
under the Medicare program for beneficiaries residing in rural areas.


                                S. 2819

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Obama) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) 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. 2829

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2829, a bill to make 
technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special 
immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2840

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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. 2844

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2844, a bill 
to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify provisions 
relating to beach monitoring, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2860

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2860, a bill to diminish 
predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, to 
improve appraisal oversight, to ensure mortgage appraiser independence, 
to provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement, and for other 
purposes.

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                                S. 2871

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2871, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recodify as part of that title chapter 1607 
of title 10, United States Code, to enhance the program of educational 
assistance under that chapter, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Craig), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors of S. 2874, a bill 
to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the 
fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from 
the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the 
Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member 
who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or 
mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, 
because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a 
result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in 
action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2890

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2890, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a highway fuel 
tax holiday.


                                S. 2892

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2892, a bill to 
promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United 
States by suspending the statute of limitations during times when 
Congress has authorized the use of military force.


                                S. 2895

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island 
(Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2895, a bill to amend 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to maintain eligibility, for Federal 
PLUS loans, of borrowers who are 90 or more days delinquent on mortgage 
loan payments, or for whom foreclosure proceedings have been initiated, 
with respect to their primary residence.


                                S. 2899

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2899, a 
bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on 
suicides among veterans.


                              S. RES. 482

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 482, a resolution designating July 26, 2008, as 
``National Day of the American Cowboy''.


                              S. RES. 515

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 515, a 
resolution commemorating the life and work of Dith Pran.


                              S. RES. 524

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 524, a resolution 
honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of the owners of small business 
concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, 
beginning April 21, 2008.

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