[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17033-17034]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 144, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed 
property under section 280F.


                                 S. 405

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 405, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to 
fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of 
literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the 
donor.


                                 S. 451

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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 name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor 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. 519

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to amend the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement 
pesticide-related obligations of the United States under the 
international conventions or protocols known as the PIC Convention, the 
POPs Convention and the LRTAP POPs Protocol.


                                 S. 588

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 588, a bill to amend 
title 46, United States Code, to establish requirements to ensure the 
security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 649

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 649, a bill to require an 
inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal 
Communications Commission.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) 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. 733

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 733, a bill to ensure the 
continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in 
the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and 
downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, 
core mission services, and emergency needs.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the availability of 
appropriated funds for international partnership contact activities 
conducted by the National Guard, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to improve 
access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban 
underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of 
health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to 
areas of need.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of

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S. 841, a bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to study and 
establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of 
alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation.


                                 S. 941

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to reform 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize 
firearm laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 994

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 1210

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to establish a 
committee under the National Science and Technology Council with the 
responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1257

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1273, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide for the establishment of permanent national surveillance 
systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other 
neurological diseases and disorders.


                                S. 1281

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1281, a bill to enhance 
after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by 
establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve 
rural after-school programs.


                                S. 1308

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1308, a bill to reauthorize the Maritime 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1375

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1375, a bill to 
amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State 
mediation programs.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to improve and 
expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 25

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 25, a concurrent resolution 
recognizing the value and benefits that community health centers 
provide as health care homes for over 18,000,000 individuals, and the 
importance of enabling health centers and other safety net providers to 
continue to offer accessible, affordable, and continuous care to their 
current patients and to every American who lacks access to preventive 
and primary care services.


                               S. RES. 71

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1408

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the 
Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1408 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 2892, a bill making appropriations for the Department 
of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 
for other purposes.

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