[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Pages 25352-25354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 252

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department 
of Veterans

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Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care 
professionals, to improve the provision of health care veterans, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 306

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 306, a bill 
to promote biogas production, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 621

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 621, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to coordinate Federal congenital heart disease 
research efforts and to improve public education and awareness of 
congenital heart disease, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to designate as 
wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the 
Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for 
the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United 
States.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor 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. 827

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to 
establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed 
United States savings bonds.


                                 S. 831

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 831, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as 
service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age 
for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                 S. 886

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill to 
establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State 
catastrophe insurance programs to assist in the financial recovery from 
natural catastrophes.


                                 S. 945

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 945, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Robert M. 
La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the 
Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.


                                 S. 950

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) 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. 952

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 952, a bill to develop 
and promote a comprehensive plan for a national strategy to address 
harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through baseline research, forecasting 
and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities 
detect, control, and mitigate coastal and Great Lakes harmful algal 
blooms and hypoxia events.


                                 S. 964

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 964, a bill to authorize 
the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
to Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., in recognition of his important 
contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and 
the United States.


                                 S. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to 
protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child 
marriage, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1055

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1055, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the 100th Infantry Battalion 
and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army, in 
recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.


                                S. 1156

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Ensign) 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. 1413

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1413, a bill to 
amend the Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 to include the 
Quincy Homestead within the boundary of the Adams National Historical 
Park, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1442

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1442, a bill to amend the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the 
Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide 
service--learning opportunities on public lands, establish a grant 
program for Indian Youth Service Corps, help restore the Nation's 
natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic 
resources, train a new generation of public land managers and 
enthusiasts, and promote the value of public service.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care, medical 
services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp 
Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp 
Lejeune.


                                S. 1559

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1559, a bill to consolidate democracy and security in the Western 
Balkans by supporting the Governments and people of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina and Montenegro in reaching their goal of eventual NATO 
membership, and to welcome further NATO partnership with the Republic 
of Serbia, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to 
authorize

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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. 1728

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first--time homebuyer 
credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other 
Federal employees, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1731

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1731, a bill to require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, 
to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation 
programs, to create databases on foreclosures, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1743

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1743, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the 
rehabilitation credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1749

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1749, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use 
of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners.


                                S. 1772

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Voinovich), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Kyl), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1772, a bill to require that all 
legislative matters be available and fully scored by CBO 72 hours 
before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or 
on the floor of the Senate.


                              S.J. RES. 12

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 12, a joint 
resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the 
United States posthumously.


                              S. RES. 275

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 275, a 
resolution honoring the Minute Man National Historical Park on the 
occasion of its 50th anniversary.


                              S. RES. 312

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. Res. 312, a resolution expressing the sense 
of the Senate on empowering and strengthening the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID).


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2683

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2683 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 2847, a bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.

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