[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12931-12932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to 
enhance the overseas stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of 
the United States Government, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 803

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to repeal 
a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child 
support incentive payments.


                                 S. 809

  At the request of Mr. Sununu, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to amend the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt qualified public housing agencies 
from the requirement of preparing an annual public housing agency plan.


                                 S. 901

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 901, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers 
program under section 330 of such Act.
  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
901, supra.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to 
emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care 
furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access 
hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors 
that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for 
additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such 
emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1311

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1311, a bill to 
permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian Basin 
Planning Area, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1410

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1410, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against 
income tax for the purchase of hearing aids.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to 
communicate United States travel policies and improve marketing and 
other activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 2279

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to combat 
international violence against women and girls.


                                S. 2504

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 2510

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2510, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality 
assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology 
preparations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2559

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2559, a bill to amend 
title II of the Social Security Act to increase the level of earnings 
under which no individual who is blind is determined to have 
demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for 
purposes of determining disability.


                                S. 2883

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2883, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centennial of the establishment of Mother's Day.


                                S. 2907

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2907, a bill to establish 
uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the 
enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
and similar statutes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Dole) 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. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2932, a bill to amend the 
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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. 3038

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3038, a bill to 
amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend the 
adoption incentives program, to authorize States to establish a 
relative guardianship program, to promote the adoption of children with 
special needs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3130

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3130, a bill to provide 
energy price relief by authorizing greater resources and authority for 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3133

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 3133, a 
bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual 
production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore 
land that is subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas 
under which production is not occurring, to authorize use of the fee 
for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3140

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3140, a bill to provide 
that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3144

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) were added as cosponsors of S. 3144, a 
bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay 
and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of 
durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies.


                              S.J. RES. 41

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of 
S.J. Res. 41, a joint resolution approving the renewal of import 
restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003.


                              S. RES. 440

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 
Res. 440, a resolution recognizing soil as an essential natural 
resource, and soils professionals as playing a critical role in 
managing our Nation's soil resources.


                              S. RES. 584

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 584, a resolution recognizing the historical significance of 
Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate that 
history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and 
solving the challenges of the future.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 584, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. 
Dorgan), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4979 intended to be proposed 
to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.

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