[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7679-7680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill 
to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the 
Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to 
resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder 
abuse,

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neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1715, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate discriminatory 
copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1942

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to amend 
part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to provide grants for the renovation of schools.


                                S. 2523

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 2551

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2551, a bill to provide for 
the safe development of a repository at the Yucca Mountain site in the 
State of Nevada, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2770

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2783

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2783, a bill to allow for 
additional flights beyond the perimeter restriction applicable to 
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.


                                S. 2836

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2836, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to include service after 
September 11, 2001, as service qualifying for the determination of a 
reduced eligibility age for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2895

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 2942

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2942, a bill to authorize 
funding for the National Advocacy Center.


                              S. RES. 548

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 548, a resolution recognizing the 
accomplishments of the members and alumni of AmeriCorps and the 
contributions of AmeriCorps to the lives of the people of the United 
States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4616

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4616 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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