[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 24]
[Senate]
[Pages 33057-33058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 619

  At the request of Mr. Specter, 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. 891

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 987

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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. 1076

  At the request of Mr. Specter, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1076, a bill to improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) 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. 1927

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1939

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1939, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to 
the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2781

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2781, a bill to change references in 
Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual 
disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded individual 
to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.

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                                S. 2787

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. LeMieux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, a bill to repeal the 
authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program.


                                S. 2847

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, his name was added as a 
cosponsor of S. 2847, a bill to regulate the volume of audio on 
commercials.


                                S. 2862

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2862, a bill to amend the 
Small Business Act to improve the Office of International Trade, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2917

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2917, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to modify the penalty for failure to disclose certain reportable 
transactions and the penalty for submitting a bad check to the Internal 
Revenue Service, to modify certain rules relating to Federal vendors, 
and for other purposes.


                            S. CON. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 39, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and 
affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy 
for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency 
virus, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing 
adequate funding for the development of housing as a response to the 
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic.


                              S. RES. 158

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 158, a 
resolution to commend the American Sail Training Association for 
advancing international goodwill and character building under sail.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2995

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2995 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of 
members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 3218

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3218 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 3590, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes.

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