[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Pages 26688-26690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 229

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


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to 
allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


                                 S. 471

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 471, a bill to amend the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the Statistics 
Commissioner to collect information from coeducational secondary 
schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor 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. 557

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to encourage, 
enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, 
to authorize

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grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to strengthen 
the Nation's research efforts to identify the causes and cure of 
psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, expand psoriasis and psoriatic 
arthritis data collection, and study access to and quality of care for 
people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
619, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in 
the treatment of human and animal diseases.


                                 S. 621

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 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. 706

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 706, a bill to increase housing, 
awareness, and navigation demonstration services (HANDS) for 
individuals with autism spectrum disorders.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to amend the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to 
permit States to determine State residency for higher education 
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of 
status of certain alien students who are long-term United States 
residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 841

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of 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. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Graham) were added as cosponsors of S. 1056, a bill to establish a 
commission to develop legislation designed to reform tax policy and 
entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the 
United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1147

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1147, a bill to prevent 
tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1237

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for 
homeless veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans 
with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for 
reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with 
children, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1478

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Utah 
(Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1478, a bill to strengthen communities through 
English literacy and civics education for new Americans, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1547

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1547, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 
to enhance and expand the assistance provided by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1584

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1584, a bill to 
prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation 
or gender identity.


                                S. 1646

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1646, a bill 
to keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time 
compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to 
layoffs.


                                S. 1780

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1780, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 1823

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1823, a bill to renew the 
temporary suspension of duty on certain footwear.


                                S. 1833

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to 
amend the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act 
of 2009 to establish an earlier effective date for various consumer 
protections, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1859

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1859, a bill to 
reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive 
payments.


                                S. 1927

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1927, a bill to establish a 
moratorium on credit card interest rate increases, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2128

  At the request of Mr. LeMieux, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2128, a bill to provide for the 
establishment of the Office of Deputy Secretary for Health Care Fraud 
Prevention.


                                S. 2336

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2336, a bill to 
safeguard intelligence collection and enact a fair and responsible 
reauthorization of the 3 expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT 
Improvements and Reauthorization Act.


                              S. RES. 316

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 316, a 
resolution calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy 
of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity 
concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and 
genocide documented in the United

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States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other 
purposes.

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