[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10861-10863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 182

  At the request of Mr. Burris, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
182, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 
more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of 
wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 423

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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.

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                                 S. 475

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) 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. 518

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 518, a bill to establish the Star-Spangled Banner 
and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 527

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) 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. 535

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors 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.
  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as cosponsors of S. 
535, supra.


                                 S. 541

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to increase 
the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 559

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 561

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 561, a bill to authorize a 
supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire 
suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National 
Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management 
strategy, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 599

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 599, a bill to amend chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or 
death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any 
certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's 
duty.


                                 S. 614

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


                                 S. 645

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) 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. 658

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 658, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 663

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors 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. 700

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 700, a bill to 
amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month 
waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare 
benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-
threatening conditions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to establish the 
National Criminal Justice Commission.


                                 S. 731

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Burris), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 731, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to provide for continuity of TRICARE Standard 
coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the 
terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs 
to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive 
rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) 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. 795

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 795, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by 
ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to 
prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, 
neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 828

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 828, a bill to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide loan guarantees for projects to 
construct renewable fuel pipelines, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 831

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 831, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to include service after September 11, 2001, as 
service qualifying for the determination of a reduced eligibility age 
for receipt of non-regular service retired pay.


                                 S. 832

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) 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.

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                                 S. 835

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 835, a bill to require 
automobile manufacturers to ensure that not less than 80 percent of the 
automobiles manufactured or sold in the United States by each such 
manufacturer to operate on fuel mixtures containing 85 percent ethanol, 
85 percent methanol, or biodiesel.


                                 S. 886

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 886, a bill to 
establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State 
catastrophe insurance programs to assist in the financial recovery from 
natural catastrophes.


                            S. CON. RES. 14

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 14, a 
concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

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