[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15543-15545]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective 
bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of 
certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 510, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.


                                 S. 515

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend title 
35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.


                                 S. 984

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public 
health, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1203

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 
2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified 
research credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1235

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that 
group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or 
disease.


                                S. 1348

  At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1348, a bill to 
recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for 
continued hunting on Federal public land.


                                S. 1501

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1501, a bill to 
provide a Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1553

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1553, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National Future Farmers 
of America Organization and the 85th anniversary of the founding of the 
National Future Farmers of America Organization.


                                S. 1617

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1617, a bill to 
require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award 
of grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and 
medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce 
clean energy technology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill 
to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.


                                S. 1709

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1709, a bill to amend the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 to establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, 
implement, and sustain veterinary services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2827

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2827, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the military housing 
allowance exclusion for purposes of determining area gross income in 
determining whether a residential rental property for purposes of the 
exempt facility bond rules.


                                S. 2882

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2882, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the 
treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 2888

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2888, a bill to amend 
section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualifying law 
school students participating in legal clinics from the application of 
the general conflict of interest rules under such section.


                                S. 2925

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2925, a bill to establish a grant program to benefit 
victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3036

  At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3036, a bill to establish the 
Office of the National Alzheimer's Project.


                                S. 3257

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3257, a bill to authorize the Department of Labor's 
voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more 
small businesses.


                                S. 3320

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were

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added as cosponsors of S. 3320, a bill to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3328

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3328, a bill to examine and 
improve the child welfare workforce, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3339

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of S. 3339, a 
bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced 
rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small 
producers.


                                S. 3345

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3345, a bill to 
amend title 46, United States Code, to remove the cap on punitive 
damages established by the Supreme Court in Exxon Shipping Company v. 
Baker.


                                S. 3398

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3398, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit 
to certain recently discharged veterans.


                                S. 3409

  At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3409, a bill to make certain adjustments to the price analysis of 
propane prepared by the Secretary of Commerce.


                                S. 3424

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3424, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                S. 3437

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3437, a bill to amend the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act to establish grant programs for the development and 
implementation of model undergraduate and graduate curricula on child 
abuse and neglect at institutions of higher education throughout the 
United States and to assist States in developing forensic interview 
training programs, to establish regional training centers and other 
resources for State and local child protection professionals, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3447

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 3447, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve educational assistance for veterans who 
served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3466

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3466, a bill to require 
restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3474

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3474, a bill to provide an optional fast-track 
procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3479

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3479, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish and 
implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public 
awareness program.


                                S. 3560

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3560, a bill 
to instruct the Secretary of State to designate the Pakistani Taliban 
as a foreign terrorist organization.


                                S. 3572

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of S. 3572, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation's first law 
enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.


                                S. 3578

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3578, a bill to repeal the 
expansion of information reporting requirements for payments of $600 or 
more to corporations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3621

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3621, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide for an exclusion for assistance provided to 
participants in certain veterinary student loan repayment or 
forgiveness programs.


                                S. 3653

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3653, a bill to 
remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal 
health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.


                                S. 3719

  At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3719, a bill to establish a 
grant program for first responder agencies that experience an 
extraordinary financial burden resulting from the deployment of 
employees.


                                S. 3744

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3744, a bill to 
establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of California as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3751

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 3751, a bill to amend the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005.


                            S. CON. RES. 39

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 63

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 63, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan 
should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO).


                              S. RES. 586

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 586, a resolution supporting democracy, human 
rights, and civil liberties in Egypt.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 4596

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator 
from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina 
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
4596 proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending 
Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, and for other purposes.

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