[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16243-16245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 144, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 
280F.
  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 144, supra.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to 
amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that 
funds received as universal service contributions and the universal 
service support programs established pursuant to that section are not 
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly 
known as the Antideficiency Act.


                                 S. 391

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 391, a bill to provide 
affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans 
healthier and can never be taken away.


                                 S. 417

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 417, a bill to enact a 
safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 451, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States 
of America.


                                 S. 461

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator 
from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 461, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 475, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel 
with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 515

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend title 
35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor 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. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 592

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 592, a bill to implement 
the recommendations of the Federal Communications Commission report to 
the Congress regarding low-power FM service.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend title 
31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller 
General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are 
reported, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 624

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to provide 
100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and 
sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of 
the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 686

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to establish the 
Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with 
the profession of social work, to authorize the Secretary to make 
grants to support recruitment for, and retention, research, and 
reinvestment in, the profession, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), 
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) were added as cosponsors of S. 694, a bill to 
provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and 
development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 846

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor

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of S. 846, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad 
Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global 
poverty.


                                 S. 855

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 855, a bill 
to establish an Energy Assistance Fund to guarantee low-interest loans 
for the purchase and installation of qualifying energy efficient 
property, idling reduction and advanced insulation for heavy trucks, 
and alternative refueling stations, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) 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. 909

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 909, a bill to provide 
Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to 
prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to support 
research and public awareness activities with respect to inflammatory 
bowel disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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. 994

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 994, 
a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase awareness of 
the risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young 
women diagnosed with breast cancer.


                                S. 1012

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1012, 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. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1035

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1035, a bill to enhance 
the ability of drinking water utilities in the United States to develop 
and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1048, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food labeling 
requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to 
enable customers to make informed choices about the nutritional content 
of standard menu items in large chain restaurants.


                                S. 1064

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1064, a bill to 
amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide for 
enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted under such 
Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1131

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1131, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost 
Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with 
access to coordinated, primary care medical services in lower cost 
treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care 
developed by a team of qualified and experienced health care 
professionals.


                                S. 1150

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


                                S. 1233

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1233, a bill to reauthorize and improve 
the SBIR and STTR programs and for other purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1257, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to build on the aging network to establish long-
term services and supports through single-entry point systems, evidence 
based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced 
nursing home diversion programs.


                                S. 1280

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1280, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to delegate management 
authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program, to require the establishment of a trust to manage 
assets of certain designated TARP recipients, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, 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. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 1304, a 
bill to restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to amend 
title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for grants to 
promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1318

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1318, a bill to prohibit 
the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is 
being carried out using those funds.


                                S. 1319

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning) and the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 1319, a 
bill to require Congress to specify the source of authority under the 
United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1344

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1344, a bill to temporarily protect the solvency of 
the Highway Trust Fund.


                                S. 1345

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs.

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Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1345, a bill to aid and support 
pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, a joint 
resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 11

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a 
concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                              S. RES. 199

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 199, a resolution 
recognizing the contributions of the recreational boating community and 
the boating industry to the continuing prosperity of the United States.
  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 199, supra.

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