[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15384-15385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 581

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 581, a bill to amend the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 to require criminal background checks for child 
care providers.


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to reauthorize 
the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are 
adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 887

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to 
increase the portion of community block grants that may be used to 
provide public services, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1102

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1102, a bill to amend title 11, 
United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in 
bankruptcy.


                                S. 1231

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1231, a bill to reauthorize the 
Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1251, a bill to 
amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to curb waste, 
fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


                                S. 1281

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1281, a bill to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate 
transportation in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked 
on top of one another.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1358

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1358, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 to provide leave because of the death of a son or daughter.


                                S. 1452

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1452, a bill to promote simplification and fairness in 
the administration and collection of sales and use taxes.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to grant the 
congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Special Service 
Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.


                                S. 1472

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1472, a bill to 
impose sanctions on persons making certain investments that directly 
and significantly contribute to the enhancement of the ability of Syria 
to develop its petroleum resources, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1506

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), 
the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Inhofe), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1506, a bill to prevent the Secretary of 
the Treasury from expanding United States bank reporting requirements 
with respect to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens.


                                S. 1541

  At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1541, a bill to revise the Federal charter for the 
Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to reflect a change in eligibility 
requirements for membership.


                                S. 1569

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1569, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide State 
educational agencies and

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local educational agencies with flexible Federal education funding that 
will allow such State and local educational agencies to fund locally 
determined programs and initiatives that meet the varied and unique 
needs of individual States and localities.


                                S. 1600

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1600, a bill to enhance the 
ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their 
communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1616, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States 
real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1676

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mr. Burr), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from 
Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats), 
the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from 
South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the 
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 1676, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for taxpayers making 
donations with their returns of income tax to the Federal Government to 
pay down the public debt.


                                S. 1679

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the 
Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Kirk), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Paul) were added as cosponsors of S. 1679, a bill to ensure effective 
control over the Congressional budget process.


                                S. 1680

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve 
access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care 
providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 6

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 6, a joint 
resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and 
broadband industry practices.


                              S. RES. 253

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 253, a resolution 
designating October 26, 2011, as ``Day of the Deployed''.

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