[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14538-14540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone 
service for information and referral on human services and volunteer 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 244

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a bill to expand programs of 
early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child 
abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental 
and health

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delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 292

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 292, a bill to 
repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to 
vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for 
certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by 
providing two-fiscal year budget authority, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 486

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to 
achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all 
Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery 
through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health 
Service Corps programs.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to 
provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy.


                                 S. 660

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 660, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 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. 797

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 797, a bill to amend the 
Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Act, the 
Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of 2000, and 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve the 
prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 801

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 801, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to waive charges for humanitarian care 
provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to family members 
accompanying veterans severely injured after September 11, 2001, as 
they receive medical care from the Department and to provide assistance 
to family caregivers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 843

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 843, a bill to 
establish background check procedures for gun shows.


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax 
exclusion for assistance provided to participants in State student loan 
programs for certain health professionals.


                                 S. 910

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 910, a bill to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
2008, to provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program.


                                 S. 968

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to award 
competitive grants to eligible partnerships to enable the partnerships 
to implement innovative strategies at the secondary school level to 
improve student achievement and prepare at-risk students for 
postsecondary education and the workforce.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution 
of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 999

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to 
increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals 
(including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health 
care to children and adolescents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1071

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1071, a bill to protect the 
national security of the United States by limiting the immigration 
rights of individuals detained by the Department of Defense at 
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to 
establish a voluntary program in the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration to encourage consumers to trade-in older vehicles for 
more fuel efficient vehicles, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to 
improve end-of-life care.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1157, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access 
of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1196

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1196, a bill to 
amend the Small Business Act to improve the Office of International 
Trade, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1204, a bill to amend 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act 
of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to 
veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1214

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1214, a bill to 
conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through 
partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the 
quality of life for the people of the United States, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1219

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1219, a bill to amend subtitle A 
of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement

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and Reform Act of 2004 to extend the operation of such subtitle for a 
1-year period ending June 22, 2010.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate 
payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare 
Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to 
wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 11, a 
concurrent resolution condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and 
reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special 
Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 24

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 24, a concurrent resolution to 
direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation 
Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that 
slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol, 
and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 65

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 65, a resolution 
honoring the 100th anniversary of Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin.


                               S. RES. 81

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 81, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of World Water Day.


                              S. RES. 176

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 176, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on United States policy during the 
political transition in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1268

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1268 intended to 
be proposed to H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the 
Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain 
modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement 
System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other 
purposes.

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