[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5646-5647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 260

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 260, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction 
of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' 
dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 319

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 319, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of 
prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 339, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule 
for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 366

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 366, a bill to 
require disclosure to the Securities and Exchange Commission of certain 
sanctionable activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to prohibit 
Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during 
Government shutdowns.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 411

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements with States and nonprofit 
organizations to collaborate in the provision of case management 
services associated with certain supported housing programs for 
veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 462

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 462, a bill to better protect, 
serve, and advance the rights of victims of elder abuse and 
exploitation by establishing a program to encourage States and other 
qualified entities to create jobs designed to hold offenders 
accountable, enhance the capacity of the justice system to investigate, 
pursue, and prosecute elder abuse cases, identify existing resources to 
leverage to the extent possible, and assure data collection, research, 
and evaluation to promote the efficacy and efficiency of the activities 
described in this Act.


                                 S. 463

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 463, a bill to 
amend part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to promote effective STEM teaching and learning.


                                 S. 483

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of S. 483, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of 
clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing 
clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 528

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 528, a bill 
to provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver 
licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements.


                                 S. 565

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to establish an 
employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have 
received significant capital from investors to establish a business in 
the United States.


                                 S. 570

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) 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. 623

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) 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. 706

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 706, a bill to 
stimulate the economy, produce domestic energy, and create jobs at no 
cost to the taxpayers, and without borrowing money from foreign 
governments for which our children and grandchildren will be 
responsible, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 724

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Baucus), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the 
Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator 
from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 
Coons), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 724, a bill to appropriate such funds as may be 
necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve 
components thereof, and supporting civilian and contractor personnel 
continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed

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when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full--year 
appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the 
furlough of non--emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government 
activities and services.
  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
724, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Warner, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
724, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
724, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Franken, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 724, supra.
  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 724, supra.


                                 S. 737

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 737, a bill to replace the 
Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with a 5-person 
Commission, to bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations 
process, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 740

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to revise and 
extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 80, a resolution 
condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution 
of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International 
Covenants on Human Rights.


                              S. RES. 135

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 135, a resolution remembering the 1 
year anniversary of the April 10, 2010, plane crash that claimed the 
lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 
others, while they were en route to memorialize those Polish officers, 
officials, and civilians who were massacred by the Soviet Union in 
1940.

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