[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10293-10295]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 263

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 263, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 306

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


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for

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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 South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) 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 name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
386, supra.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added as cosponsors of S. 423, a 
bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize advance 
appropriations for certain medical care accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs by providing two-fiscal year budget authority, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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. 482

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 482, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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 New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) 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. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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. 540

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability 
under State and local requirements respecting devices.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to 
revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along Lake 
Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa 
National Forest, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 559, a bill to provide 
benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program 
for certain periods before the implementation of the program.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) 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 South 
Carolina (Mr. DeMint) 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. 611

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to 
provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other 
sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 614

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 614, 
a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce 
Service Pilots (``WASP'').


                                 S. 621

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) 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. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 660

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 660, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to help individuals with functional 
impairments and their families pay for services and supports that they 
need to maximize their functionality and independence and have choices 
about community participation, education, and employment, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to 
modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer 
services, provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 729

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 769

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from

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South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 769, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, 
and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the 
Medicare part B program.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 781, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 
collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 812

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) 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. 814

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 814, a bill to 
provide for the conveyance of a parcel of land held by the Bureau of 
Prisons of the Department of Justice in Miami Dade County, Florida, to 
facilitate the construction of a new educational facility that includes 
a secure parking area for the Bureau of Prisons, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 815, a bill to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt surviving spouses 
of United States citizens from the numerical limitations described in 
section 201 of such Act.


                                 S. 816

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. 837

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 837, a bill to require 
that North Korea be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism, to ensure 
that human rights is a prominent issue in negotiations between the 
United States and North Korea, and for other purposes.

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