[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10143-10145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 144

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 144, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.


                                 S. 292

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 292, a bill to 
repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to 
vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage 
services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the 
general supervision of a physician.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to ensure the 
safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while using 
expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting 
United States military operations overseas.


                                 S. 386

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 386, a bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, 
securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related 
to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds 
lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 408

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 408, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services 
for children.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 428, a bill to allow travel between the United States 
and Cuba.


                                 S. 456

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 456, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to 
develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to 
manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early 
childhood education programs, to establish school-based food allergy 
management grants, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, 
transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in 
interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 468, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and 
the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency departments 
of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan 
commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of 
such services, by providing for additional payments for certain 
physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by 
establishing a Centers

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for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 476

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) 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 Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 535

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 538

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 538, a bill to 
increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school 
social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local 
educational agencies.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) 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. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to 
coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under 
the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose 
entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to repeal the 
sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on 
the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gains rates.


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for 
purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and 
the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 
children.


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to assist local 
communities with closed and active military bases, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 597, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, 
especially those serving in operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 614, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (``WASP'').


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh), the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S. 634, a 
bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
improve standards for physical education.


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 662

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 693

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide grants for the training of 
graduate medical residents in preventive medicine.


                                 S. 711

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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 names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 714, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice 
Commission.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to 
amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to meet special needs of 
eligible clients, provide for technology grants, improve corporate 
practices of the Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 727

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 727, a bill to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses 
for human consumption.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors 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. 772

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to enhance benefits 
for survivors of certain former members of the Armed Forces with a 
history of

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post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, to enhance 
availability and access to mental health counseling for members of the 
Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) 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. 781

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 790

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 790, a bill to improve 
access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban 
underserved areas in the United States by addressing the supply of 
health professionals and the distribution of health professionals to 
areas of need.


                                 S. 802

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 802, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to allow Indian tribes to transfer the credit for electricity produced 
from renewable resources.


                                 S. 809

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 809, a bill to establish 
a program to provide tuition assistance to individuals who have lost 
their jobs as a result of the economic downturn.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 816, a bill to 
preserve the rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution 
in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to 
reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 832

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 832, a bill to 
amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the 
Military Officers Association of America, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 84

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 84, a resolution 
urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt.

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