[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4489-4490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 76

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 76, a bill 
to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, including in 
infants and children.


                                 S. 227

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 228

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 228, a bill to preempt 
regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases 
under Federal and common law on enactment of a Federal policy to 
mitigate climate change.


                                 S. 262

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 262, a bill to 
repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers.


                                 S. 350

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 350, a bill to require 
restitution for victims of criminal violations of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 387, a bill to amend title 37, United States 
Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of 
uniformed services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator 
from Colorado (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 398, a bill to 
amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy 
efficiency of certain appliances and equipment, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 412, a bill to ensure that amounts credited to the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.


                                 S. 414

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 414, a bill to protect 
girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 418, a bill to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air 
Patrol.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to improve 
and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 
students in the United States by improving professional development 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through 
institutions of higher education.


                                 S. 437

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 437, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to provide each individual taxpayer a receipt for an 
income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is 
allocable to various Government spending categories.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 464, a bill to establish a 
grant program to enhance training and services to prevent abuse in 
later life.


                                 S. 474

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to reform the 
regulatory process to ensure that small businesses are free to compete 
and to create jobs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 486

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors 
of S. 486, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to 
enhance protections for members of the uniformed services relating to 
mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to require 
certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a 
grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to amend the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program 
relating to inspection and grading of catfish.


                                 S. 533

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 533, a bill to 
amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve 
attorney accountability, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 539, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to 
extend health information technology assistance eligibility to 
behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and 
facilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 542

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 542, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for members of 
the reserve components, a member or former member of a reserve 
component who is eligible for retired pay but for age, widows and 
widowers of retired members, and dependents.


                                 S. 550

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 550, a bill to improve the 
provision of assistance to fire departments, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to amend the 
small, rural school achievement program and

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the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


                                 S. 578

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 578, a bill to 
amend title V of the Social Security Act to eliminate the abstinence-
only education program.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to include neurologists as primary 
care physicians for purposes of incentive payments for primary care 
services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 600

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to promote 
the diligent development of Federal oil and gas leases, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 623, a bill to 
amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery 
information in civil actions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 626, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping 
investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive 
to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to 
amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 
extend the authorized period for rebuilding of certain overfished 
fisheries, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 633, a bill to prevent fraud in small 
business contracting, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to ensure 
that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for 
claims brought by United States citizens and others against any 
railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 
camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs 
and survivors of such persons.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 641, a bill to provide 100,000,000 
people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on 
a sustainable basis within six years by improving the capacity of the 
United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005.


                             S. CON. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 4, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site on 
Chaplains Hill in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a 
memorial marker to honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died 
while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States.


                               S. RES. 87

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 87, a resolution designating the year of 2012 as the 
``International Year of Cooperatives''.


                               S. RES. 99

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 99, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of 
children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal 
rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the 
United States and the several States, and that, because the use of 
international treaties to govern policy in the United States on 
families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and 
federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the 
Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the 
United States regarding parents and children, the President should not 
transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 161

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 161 
proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 183

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 183 proposed to S. 493, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes.

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