[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11153-11154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the humane 
slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 399

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 399, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for 
purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid program.


                                 S. 582

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor 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. 937

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
937, a bill to improve support and services for individuals with autism 
and their families.


                                 S. 970

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 970, a bill to impose 
sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in 
developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical 
services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy 
treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.


                                S. 1120

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 1183

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. 
Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 1183, a bill to enhance and 
further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the 
quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1204, a bill to enhance Federal 
efforts focused on public awareness and education about the risks and 
dangers associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. 1437, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the semicentennial of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


                                S. 1951

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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 Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) 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. 1995

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1995, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to 
its pre-1991 level.


                                S. 2042

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2042, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct 
activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, 
neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2162

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2162, a bill to improve the 
treatment and services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use 
disorders, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2173

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2173, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for 
physical education.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 2667

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2667, a bill to 
direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is 
Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in 
the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2682

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, her name 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. 2736

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2736, a bill to amend section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 to improve the program under such 
section for supportive housing for the elderly, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2760

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2760, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through 
empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the 
National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2818

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2818, a bill to amend 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for enhanced health insurance marketplace 
pooling and relating market rating.


                                S. 2858

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2858, a bill to 
establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide 
independent counsel

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to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy 
issues associated with recruitment, retention, research, and 
reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2932, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national 
media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison 
prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the 
public health of people of the United States.


                                S. 2990

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 2990, a 
bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries to intravenous immune globulins.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3070, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other proposes.


                              S. RES. 551

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Stevens), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 551, a resolution celebrating 75 years 
of successful State-based alcohol regulation.


                              S. RES. 572

  At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 572, a resolution 
calling upon the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of 
California to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of 
parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 580, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

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