[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11956-11958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 302

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 302, a bill to 
establish a procedure to safeguard the Social Security Trust Funds.


                                 S. 368

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 368, a bill to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS 
ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance 
with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the 
State.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit and 
the low-income housing credit.


                                 S. 682

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 682, a bill to award a 
congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III in recognition of 
his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 879, a bill to amend 
the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.


                                 S. 991

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. 
Murray) were added as cosponsors of S. 991, a bill to establish the 
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation under the authorities of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income 
payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds 
at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such 
payments.


                                S. 1430

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1430, a bill to authorize 
State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent 
investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in 
Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1437

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1462

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1462, a bill to amend part 
E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of 
children with special needs.


                                S. 1715

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 1954

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 1980

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1980, a bill to improve the 
quality of, and access to, long-term care.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mr. Tester, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
2059, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to 
clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight 
crews.


                                S. 2166

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2166, a bill to provide for 
greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts 
owed to the United States and the international financial institutions 
by low-income countries, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2170

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified 
restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the 
depreciation deduction.

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                                S. 2479

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2479, a bill to catalyze 
change in the care and treatment of diabetes in the United States.


                                S. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2569

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2569, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and 
validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the 
early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) and 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) 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. 2668

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                S. 2708

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2708, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care 
workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population 
of older Americans.


                                S. 2821

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2821, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the limited 
continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to 
improve energy efficiency in order to prevent a downturn in these 
sectors that would result from a lapse in the tax law.


                                S. 2874

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) 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. 2888

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2888, a bill to protect 
the property and security of homeowners who are subject to foreclosure 
proceedings, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2920, a bill to reauthorize and 
improve the financing and entrepreneurial development programs of the 
Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2931

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2931, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation 
products and assistive technology products from the Medicare 
competitive acquisition program.


                                S. 2983

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2983, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to 
promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the 
reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority 
groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian 
American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native 
communities.


                                S. 3008

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3008, a bill to improve and enhance the mental health 
care benefits available to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, to 
enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of members 
of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3070

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. 
Cardin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Carper), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. 
Whitehouse), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 3073

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3073, a bill 
to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots 
of absent overseas uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3080

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3080, a bill to ensure 
parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits 
provided on ethanol.


                                S. 3098

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3098, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Bunning, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 3098, supra.


                                S. 3099

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3099, a bill to prohibit 
the use of funds by the Department of Defense for propaganda purposes 
within the United States not otherwise specifically authorized by law.

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                              S.J. RES. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 37, a joint 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should sign the Declaration of the Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions 
and future instruments banning cluster munitions that cause 
unaccapetable harm to civilians.


                              S. RES. 580

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) 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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