[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17805-17808]
[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 West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 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. 211

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, 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. 229

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 229, a bill to empower women in 
Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 251

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 251, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to permit targeted interference with mobile 
radio services within prison facilities.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to prohibit 
the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to 
foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of 
assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of 5 United 
States Army Five-Star Generals, George Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, 
Dwight Eisenhower, Henry ``Hap'' Arnold, and Omar Bradley, alumni of 
the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort 
Leavenworth, Kansas, to coincide with the celebration of the 132nd 
Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command and 
General Staff College.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. 
Enzi) 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. 497

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase 
the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Pryor) were added as cosponsors of S. 535, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to repeal requirement for reduction of survivor 
annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and 
indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 547

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 547, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of 
prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations 
by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to 
such organizations.


                                 S. 572

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) 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 withdrawn 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) 
and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) 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 name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 628

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico

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(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 628, a bill to provide 
incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved 
communities.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 645, a bill to 
amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense 
share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment 
system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for 
Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified health 
centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to account for 
expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally qualified 
health centers since the inclusion of such services for coverage under 
the Medicare program.


                                 S. 660

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


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) 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. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 714

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to establish 
the National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to improve 
and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 
students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 812, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified 
conservation contributions.


                                 S. 823

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 883

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 931

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to 
amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration.


                                 S. 934

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 951

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) 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. 968

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 1026

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1026, a bill to amend the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve 
procedures for the collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots 
of absent overseas uniformed service voters, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1065

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) 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.

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                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to support 
stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected 
by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional 
strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect 
civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army 
and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, 
reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1090

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1090, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax credit parity for 
electricity produced from renewable resources.


                                S. 1091

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1091, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy 
investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1097

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1097, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, 
to establish a program to provide for workforce training and education, 
at community colleges, in sustainable energy.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to require the provision of medical and dental 
readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and 
Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1156

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1156, a bill to amend the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe routes to school 
program.


                                S. 1158

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1158, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct 
activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, 
neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1197

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to 
establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in 
elementary and secondary schools.


                                S. 1201

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1201, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include costs incurred by the 
Indian Health Service, a Federally qualified health center, an AIDS 
drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical 
manufacturer patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs 
toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D of the Medicare 
program.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) 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 Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) 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. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1297, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed 
lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life 
insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a 
portion of such payments.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) 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 name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1304, a bill to restore the 
economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1362

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1362, a bill to provide 
grants to States to ensure that all students in the middle grades are 
taught an academically rigorous curriculum with effective supports so 
that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high 
school and postsecondary endeavors, to improve State and district 
policies and programs relating to the academic achievement of students 
in the middle grades, to develop and implement effective middle grades 
models for struggling students, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1389

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1389, a bill 
to clarify the exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance 
policies from Federal regulation under the Securities Act of 1933.


                                S. 1399

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1399, a bill to 
amend the Commodity Exchange Act to establish a market for the trading 
of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1400

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1400, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the depreciation 
classification of motorsports entertainment complexes.


                                S. 1415

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), 
the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) 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. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1445, a bill to

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amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children 
and reduce the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to 
enhance public health activities related to stillbirth.


                              S. RES. 155

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 155, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of the People's 
Republic of China should immediately cease engaging in acts of 
cultural, linguistic, and religious suppression directed against the 
Uyghur people.


                              S. RES. 200

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 200, a 
resolution designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood 
Cancer Awareness Day''.


                              S. RES. 210

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 210, a resolution 
designating the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School 
Psychology Week.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1478

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 1484

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1484 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. 1487

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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 Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1513

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1513 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. 1515

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the 
Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1515 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. 1516

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Feingold) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1516 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. 1534

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1534 
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. 1538

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment 
No. 1538 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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