[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4531-4532]
[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 Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) 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 of United 
States as the world leader in medical device innovation.


                                 S. 33

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 33, a bill to 
designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as 
wilderness.


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 146, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain 
recently discharged veterans.


                                 S. 216

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 216, a bill to increase 
criminal penalties for certain knowing and international violations 
relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the roles and 
responsibilities of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.


                                 S. 248

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 248, a bill to allow an earlier 
start for State health care coverage innovation waivers under the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


                                 S. 282

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 282, a bill to rescind 
unused earmarks.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) and the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 409

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 409, a bill to 
ban the sale of certain synthetic drugs.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to 
ambulance services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 453

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 453, a bill to 
improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 520

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 520, a bill to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise 
Tax Credit.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, 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. 540

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 540, a bill 
to prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 570

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 570, a bill to prohibit 
the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases 
of multiple rifles and shotguns.


                                 S. 575

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator 
from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 575, a bill to 
study the market and appropriate regulatory structure for electronic 
debit card transactions, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 584

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 584, a bill to 
establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide 
independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on policy issues associated with recruitment, retention, 
research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 593

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for excise tax on 
investment income of private foundations.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 595, a bill 
to amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to require the Secretary of Education to complete payments under 
such title to local educational agencies eligible for such payments 
within 3 fiscal years.


                                 S. 633

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 633, a bill to prevent fraud 
in small business contracting, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 183

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 183 
proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 197

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 197 proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve 
the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 241

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 241 intended to be 
proposed to S. 493, a bill to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes.

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