[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10183-10184]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 11

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 11, a bill to provide 
liability protection to volunteer pilot nonprofit organizations that 
fly for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such nonprofit 
organizations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 38

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 38, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for 
the provision of readjustment and mental health services to veterans 
who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide 
diabetes screening tests under the Medicaid program for adult enrollees 
with diabetes risk factors, to ensure that States offer a comprehensive 
package of benefits under that program for individuals with diabetes, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 777, a bill to repeal the 
imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                S. 1108

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1108, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a special enrollment period 
for individuals who qualify for an income-related subsidy under the 
Medicare prescription drug program and to provide funding for the 
conduct of outreach and education with respect to the premium and cost-
sharing subsidies under such program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1210

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to 
extend the grant program for drug-endangered children.


                                S. 1233

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1233, a bill to 
provide and enhance intervention, rehabilitative treatment, and 
services to veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1259

  At the request of Mr. Casey, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1259, a bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide 
assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education 
and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all 
developing countries as an objective of United States foreign 
assistance policy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1384

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1384, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal authority for adjustments 
to per diem payments to homeless veterans service centers for receipt 
of other sources of income, to extend authorities for certain programs 
to benefit homeless veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
pharmacies under part D.


                                S. 2063

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2063, a bill to establish a 
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to assure the 
economic security of the United States, and to expand future prosperity 
and growth for all Americans.


                                S. 2161

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 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. 2303

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2303, a bill to amend section 
435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of 
economic hardship.


                                S. 2369

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to amend 
title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning 
inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2408

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2408, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require physician utilization of 
the Medicare electronic prescription drug program.


                                S. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 2504, a bill to amend title 36, United States 
Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers Association 
of America, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2511

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2511, a bill to amend the 
grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver 
of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal 
hardship.


                                S. 2565

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2565, a bill to establish 
an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of 
duty by Federal law enforcement officers.

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                                S. 2619

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


                                S. 2666

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2666, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage investment in affordable 
housing, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) and the Senator from West Virginia 
(Mr. Rockefeller) were added as cosponsors of S. 2668, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                S. 2766

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer) were added as cosponsors 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. 2827

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2827, a bill to repeal a 
requirement with respect to the procurement and acquisition of 
alternative fuels.


                                S. 2828

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2828, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins commemorating the 
100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2844

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 3040

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3040, a bill to 
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the exposure of 
children, workers, and consumers to toxic chemical substances.


                              S. RES. 569

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 569, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
earthquake that struck Sichuan Province of the People's Republic of 
China on May 12, 2008.

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