[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7416-7417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 329

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 329, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for cardiac 
rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to 
prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt 
collection companies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to amend 
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate 
misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, 
to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy 
Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with 
respect to currency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to 
repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity 
compensation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the 
risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-
based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1340

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1340, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to 
geriatric assessments and chronic care coordination services, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1366

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1366, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the consolidation of life 
insurance companies with other companies.


                                S. 1998

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1998, a bill to reduce child marriage, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2056, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore financial 
stability to Medicare anesthesiology teaching programs for resident 
physicians.

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                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2161, a bill to ensure 
and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the 
antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent 
pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including 
health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same 
manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) 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. 2536

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2536, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts to the 
United States in the case of veterans who die as a result of a service-
connected disability incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat 
zone, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2575

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2575, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to remove certain limitations on 
the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under 
Montgomery GI Bill, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2682

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2682, a bill to 
direct United States funding to the United Nations Population Fund for 
certain purposes.


                                S. 2704

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2704, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of 
services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the 
general supervision of a physician.


                                S. 2705

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2705, a bill to 
authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed 
Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as 
nurses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 2774

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and 
the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2774, a bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal 
circuit and district judges, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2775

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 2777

  At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2777, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, in 
recognition of his courageous and unwavering commitment to democracy, 
human rights, and peaceful change in Cuba.


                                S. 2785

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 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. 2812

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2812, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of 
telehealth services under the Medicare program.


                                S. 2822

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2822, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal a section of that Act relating to 
exportation or importation of natural gas.


                                S. 2867

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) 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. 2928

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2928, a bill to 
ban bisphenol A in children's products.


                                S. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2934, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain 
veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.


                                S. 2935

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2935, a bill 
to prevent the destruction of terrorist and criminal national instant 
criminal background check system records.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4579

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4579 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and 
capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4582

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4582 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for 
fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and 
capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4584

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4584 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation 
Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation 
safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national 
aviation system, and for other purposes.

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