[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7329-7331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 89

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 89, a bill to repeal 
the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by 
government entities.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and 
Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.


                                 S. 468

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 468, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the authority 
of the Administrator to disapprove specifications of

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disposal sites for the discharge of, dredged or fill material, and to 
clarify the procedure under which a higher review of specifications may 
be requested.


                                 S. 547

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 547, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
Education to establish an award program recognizing excellence 
exhibited by public school system employees providing services to 
students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 579, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide 
members of the Individual Ready Reserve, Individual Mobilization 
Augmentees, and inactive members of the National Guard who served in 
Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 618

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
618, a bill to promote the strengthening of the private sector in Egypt 
and Tunisia.


                                 S. 641

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 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. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 707

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 707, a bill to 
amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide further protection for puppies.


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and protect Medicare hospice 
programs.


                                 S. 738

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 738, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive 
Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and services in 
order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living with 
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, 
diagnosis, and care planning.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 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. 815

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 815, a bill to guarantee that military funerals are conducted with 
dignity and respect.


                                 S. 838

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name 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. 871

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Corker), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the 
Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 871, a bill to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit.


                                 S. 906

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 906, a bill to prohibit taxpayer 
funded abortions and to provide for conscience protections, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to establish an 
Office of Rural Education Policy in the Department of Education.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to 
improve the provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, 
vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces 
and veterans, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 953

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 953, a bill to authorize the 
conduct of certain lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf, to amend 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to modify the requirements for 
exploration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 958, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the program of payments to children's hospitals that 
operate graduate medical education programs.


                                 S. 964

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 964, a bill to amend 
the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the applicability of such 
Act with respect to States that have right to work laws in effect.


                                 S. 967

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 967, a bill to establish 
clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 973

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to create the 
National Endowment for the Oceans to promote the protection and 
conservation of the United States ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 
ecosystems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 982

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 982, a bill to reaffirm the authority of the 
Department of Defense to maintain United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a location for the detention of unprivileged 
enemy belligerents held by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 993

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 993, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the extension of the tax collection 
period merely because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who 
is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries.


                             S. CON. RES. 4

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were 
added as

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cosponsors 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. CON. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Webb) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 17, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded 
observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization 
(ICAO).


                              S. RES. 132

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 132, a 
resolution recognizing and honoring the zoos and aquariums of the 
United States.


                              S. RES. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. Res. 175, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the territorial integrity 
and sovereignty of Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just 
resolution to the conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized 
borders.


                              S. RES. 180

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 180, a 
resolution expressing support for peaceful demonstrations and universal 
freedoms in Syria and condemning the human rights violations by the 
Assad regime.

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