[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17626-17628]
[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 Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 259

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 259, a bill to establish a grant program to provide 
vision care to children, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 469

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 469, a bill to 
amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to modify the 
computation for part-time service under the Civil Service Retirement 
System.


                                 S. 525

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 525, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of 
prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Tester) 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. 584

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to ensure that 
all users of the transportation system, including pedestrians, 
bicyclists, transit users, children, older individuals, and individuals 
with disabilities, are able to travel safely and conveniently on and 
across federally funded streets and highways.


                                 S. 653

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) 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 New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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 Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) 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. 727

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 727, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use 
of horses for human consumption.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) 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. 825

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

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(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 825, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore, increase, and make permanent 
the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified 
group legal services plans.


                                 S. 832

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 832, a bill 
to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to 
the Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 864

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 864, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free 
distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable 
purposes.


                                 S. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration 
of the establishment of the Medal of Honor in 1861, America's highest 
award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed 
upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States, 
to honor the American military men and women who have been recipients 
of the Medal of Honor, and to promote awareness of what the Medal of 
Honor represents and how ordinary Americans, through courage, 
sacrifice, selfless service and patriotism, can challenge fate and 
change the course of history.


                                 S. 889

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 889, a bill to amend the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
determine the price of all milk used for manufactured purposes, which 
shall be classified as Class II milk, by using the national average 
cost of production, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 950

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 950, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical 
therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without a 
requirement for a physician referral, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), 
the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. 
Levin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 951, a bill to authorize 
the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the historic 
and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold medals on 
behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, the first 
human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. ``Buzz'' Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of 
the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; Michael 
Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; and, 
the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn, Jr.


                                S. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1065, a bill to authorize State and local 
governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, 
companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy 
sector, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1157

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) 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. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of 
prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1253

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1253, a bill to address reimbursement of 
certain costs to automobile dealers.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator 
from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 1304

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as 
cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) were 
added as cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 14

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


                              S. RES. 161

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 161, a resolution 
recognizing June 2009 as the first National Hereditary 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. 1478

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1478 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1480

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Ensign) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1480 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year

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2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1487

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1487 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1491 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.

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