[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17394-17395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 42, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security 
benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional 
oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses 
of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, 
giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) 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. 457

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 457, a bill to 
establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide 
incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and 
communications technologies.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator 
from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) 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. 559

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to 
provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence 
program for

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certain periods before the implementation of the program.


                                 S. 629

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 629, a bill to facilitate 
the part-time reemployment of annuitants, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 694

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor 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. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of 
operating losses, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 891, a bill to 
require annual disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of 
activities involving columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, and wolframite 
from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 934

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 934, a bill to amend the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve the nutrition and health of 
schoolchildren and protect the Federal investment in the national 
school lunch and breakfast programs by updating the national school 
nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school 
meals to conform to current nutrition science.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to extend subsections 
(c) and (d) of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-173) to provide for regulatory 
stability during the development of facility and patient criteria for 
long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name 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. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1265, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 to provide members of the Armed Forces and their family 
members equal access to voter registration assistance, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1284

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1284, a bill to require the 
implementation of certain recommendations of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, to require the establishment of national 
standards with respect to flight requirements for pilots, to require 
the development of fatigue management plans, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1304, a bill to restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1415, a bill to 
amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure 
that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of 
their voting rights and have a genuine opportunity to register to vote 
and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) 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. 25

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor 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.

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