[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8550-8551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 277

  At the request of Mr. Kaufman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.

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277, a bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 
expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Akaka, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
277, supra.


                                 S. 355

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 355, a bill 
to enhance the capacity of the United States to undertake global 
development activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) 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. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 476, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
reduce the minimum distance of travel necessary for reimbursement of 
covered beneficiaries of the military health care system for travel for 
specialty health care.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from South Dakota 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military 
retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to 
allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums.


                                 S. 493

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the 
establishment of ABLE accounts for the care of family members with 
disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 511, a bill to amend 
part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an 
exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare 
accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies 
to certain professionals.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 527, a bill to amend the 
Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that 
Act for certain emissions from agricultural production.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed 
services who have a service-connected disability to receive both 
disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation.


                                 S. 547

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 614, a bill to award 
a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots 
(``WASP'').


                                 S. 622

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill 
to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax 
credits provided on ethanol.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to provide for 
nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State 
background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care 
facilities or providers.


                                 S. 654

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services 
delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid 
beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                 S. 661

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 661, a bill to strengthen American 
manufacturing through improved industrial energy efficiency, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) 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. 671

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 671, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the 
coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health 
counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 676, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax 
rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 688

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 688 proposed 
to H.R. 1388, a bill to reauthorize and reform the national service 
laws.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 691

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 691 proposed to H.R. 1388, a bill 
to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 692

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 692 proposed to H.R. 1388, a bill to 
reauthorize and reform the national service laws.

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