[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18197-18200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 17, a bill to repeal the job-
killing tax on medical devices to ensure continued access to life-
saving medical devices for patients and maintain the standing

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of United States as the world leader in medical device innovation.


                                 S. 50

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 50, a bill to strengthen 
Federal consumer product safety programs and activities with respect to 
commercially-marketed seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to 
coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission and other appropriate 
Federal agencies to strengthen and coordinate those programs and 
activities.


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely 
access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the 
Medicare program.


                                 S. 939

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 939, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume cap for 
private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the 
furnishing of water and sewage facilities.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1018, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of 
additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault 
in the Military Services.


                                S. 1095

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1095, a bill to 
include geriatrics and gerontology in the definition of ``primary 
health services'' under the National Health Service Corps program.


                                S. 1206

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1206, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug 
manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income 
individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill 
to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1440

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, a bill to 
reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related 
deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant 
mortality caused by prematurity.


                                S. 1578

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1578, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer confidence reports by 
community water systems.


                                S. 1680

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 1733

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to establish 
the Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility 
Structure of the United States.


                                S. 1742

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1742, a bill to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit fraudulently representing a product to 
be maple syrup.


                                S. 1798

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill 
to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an open burn 
pit registry to ensure that members of the Armed Forces who may have 
been exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes caused by open burn pits 
while deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding 
such exposure, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1822

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1822, a bill to provide 
for the exhumation and transfer of remains of deceased members of the 
Armed Forces buried in Tripoli, Libya.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1862, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the health of children and reduce 
the occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death and to enhance public 
health activities related to stillbirth.


                                S. 1866

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1866, a bill to 
provide incentives for economic growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1871

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) were added as cosponsors of S. 1871, a bill to prohibit 
commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic information 
relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by Members and 
employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1876

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1876, a bill to require the establishment of a 
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living 
increases for Social Security benefits under title II of the Social 
Security Act.


                                S. 1885

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1885, a bill 
to provide for a temporary extension of unemployment insurance, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1901

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1901, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on 
the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject 
to a qualified conservation easement.


                                S. 1903

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1903, a bill to 
prohibit commodities and securities trading based on nonpublic 
information relating to Congress, to require additional reporting by 
Members and employees of Congress of securities transactions, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1911

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1911, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for 
volunteer emergency service workers.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of

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S.J. Res. 29, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and 
expenditures intended to affect elections.


                              S. RES. 301

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 301, a resolution 
urging the people of the United States to observe October 2011 as 
Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, a resolution 
designating 2012 as the ``Year of the Girl'' and congratulating Girl 
Scouts of the USA on its 100th anniversary.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1066

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1066 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1107 proposed to S. 1867, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1114

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1114 proposed 
to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1120

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1120 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1121

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1121 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1133

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1133 proposed to S. 1867, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1137

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1137 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1138

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1138 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1139

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1139 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1140

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1140 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1145

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1145 intended to be proposed to S. 1867, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1154

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1154 proposed to S. 1867, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1155

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1155 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1164

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1164 
intended to be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1174

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Manchin), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr.

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Rockefeller), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator 
from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 1174 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1182

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1182 
proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1202

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
1202 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1204 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1206

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 1206 proposed to S. 1867, an original 
bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1208

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1208 intended to be 
proposed to H.R. 2354, a bill making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1209

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb), the 
Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1209 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1217

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1217 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1225

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1225 intended to be proposed to S. 
1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1233

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1233 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1239

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1239 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1253

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1253 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1279

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1279 intended to be proposed to S. 
1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1287

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1287 proposed to 
S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1294

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors 
of amendment No. 1294 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1330

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1330 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

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