[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6451-6452]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 146

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor 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. 164

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
164, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments 
made to vendors by government entities.


                                 S. 211

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to 
provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations 
process and to enhance oversight and performance of the Federal 
Government.


                                 S. 214

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 214, a bill 
to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require oil polluters to pay 
the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 215

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 215, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require oil polluters to 
pay the full cost of oil spills, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 219

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 219, a bill to require 
Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in 
electronic form.


                                 S. 253

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 253, a bill to 
establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of World War I, and to designate memorials to the service of 
men and women of the United States in World War I.


                                 S. 325

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 325, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral health 
services to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and 
fitness standards, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 384, a bill to amend 
title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United 
States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast 
cancer research.


                                 S. 490

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 490, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children 
eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 530

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 530, a bill to 
modify certain subsidies for ethanol production, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New York (Mr. 
Schumer) were added as cosponsors 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. 570

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 584

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 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. 587

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 587, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain exemption for hydraulic 
fracturing, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor 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. 596

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) 
and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 
596, a bill to establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex 
trafficking, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr.

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Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 657, a bill to encourage, enhance, 
and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to 
disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously 
injured or killed in the line of duty.


                                 S. 665

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 665, a bill to 
promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker 
training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 668, a bill to remove 
unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health 
decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.


                                 S. 712

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 712, a bill to repeal the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and 
protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                 S. 745

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 745, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to protect certain veterans who would otherwise 
be subject to a reduction in educational assistance benefits, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 747

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 747, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, 
with respect to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the Interstate 
System, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 752, a bill to establish a comprehensive 
interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely 
manner.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 755, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against 
income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial 
debts that are past due.


                                 S. 770

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 770, a bill to 
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ensure that employees are 
not misclassified as non-employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 778

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 778, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision 
of therapeutic hospital outpatient services.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of 
outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-
day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing 
facility services under Medicare.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 830

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 830, a bill to establish partnerships to create or 
enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century 
careers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good 
articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that 
Act.


                              S.J. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 4, a joint 
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States which requires (except during time of war and subject to 
suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the 
United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain 
revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not 
to exceed 20 per cent of the gross national product of the United 
States during the previous calendar year.


                               S. RES. 80

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) 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. 116

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 116, a 
resolution to provide for expedited Senate consideration of certain 
nominations subject to advice and consent.


                              S. RES. 144

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 144, a resolution supporting early 
detection for breast cancer.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 212

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 212 intended to be proposed to S. 493, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 299

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 299 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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