[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 12876-12878]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to prohibit 
the use of funds to transfer detainees of the United States at Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the United States or 
to construct any facility for such detainees in the United States, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through

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2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food 
security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency 
response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 408

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 408, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement 
in emergency medical services for children.


                                 S. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 476, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum distance of travel 
necessary for reimbursement of covered beneficiaries of the military 
health care system for travel for specialty health care.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 546, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a 
service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either 
retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-
Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 558, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act with respect to nutrition labeling of food offered for 
sale in food service establishments.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 565, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for 
immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare 
Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to 
coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 572, a bill to provide 
for the issuance of a ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of the 
brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the 
Purple Heart.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care 
services available to women veterans, especially those serving in 
operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 608

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 608, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to exclude secondary 
sales, repair services, and certain vehicles from the ban on lead in 
children's products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots 
(``WASP'').


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
bicentennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of 
certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable 
reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation 
Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the 
United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and 
the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.


                                 S. 696

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 696, a bill to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a definition of fill 
material.


                                 S. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 711, a bill to require mental health 
screenings for members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in 
connection with a contingency operation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 793

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 793, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a scholarship program for 
students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual 
impairment and orientation and mobility.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule 
for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to amend the 
Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts 
with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.


                                 S. 924

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 924, a bill to 
ensure efficient performance of agency functions.


                                 S. 942

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to prevent the 
abuse of Government charge cards.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research 
and public health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to establish 
a National Foreign Language Coordinator Council.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were added as cosponsors of S. 1023, 
a bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United 
States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and 
scholarly travel to the United States.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi

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(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 71, a resolution condemning the Government of 
Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran 
and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human 
Rights.


                              S. RES. 141

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 141, a 
resolution recognizing June 2009 as the first National Hemorrhagic 
Telangiecstasia (HHT) month, established to increase awareness of HHT, 
which is a complex genetic blood vessel disorder that affects 
approximately 70,000 people in the United States.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1079

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1079 proposed to 
H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair 
and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an 
open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1129

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1129 intended to be proposed to H.R. 627, a bill to amend the Truth in 
Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the 
extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for 
other purposes.

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