[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8860-8862]
[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 Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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. 76

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor 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. 119

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the 
Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 119, a bill to preserve open competition 
and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of 
Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded 
construction projects.


                                 S. 186

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 186, a bill to provide for 
the safe and responsible redeployment of United States combat forces 
from Afghanistan.


                                 S. 192

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 192, a bill to repeal the 
job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.


                                 S. 195

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 195, a bill to 
reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive 
payments.


                                 S. 196

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 196, a bill to amend the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation 
in the Exchange of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, 
political appointees, and congressional staff.


                                 S. 299

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 299, a bill to 
amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major 
rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a 
joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.


                                 S. 353

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 353, a bill to provide for 
improvements to the United States Postal Service, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic 
Cancer Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 366

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name 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. 381

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 381, a bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to 
provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be 
imported into the United States by a licensed importer without 
obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department 
of Defense, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 384

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) 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. 393

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 393, a bill to aid and 
support pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) 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. 470

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 470, a bill to establish 
an Early Learning Challenge Fund to support States in building and 
strengthening systems of high-quality early learning and development 
programs and for other purposes.


                                 S. 556

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 556, a bill to 
amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for 
shareholder registration, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to 
repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State 
regulation of marriage.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, a bill to 
facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure 
projects and new job creation through the establishment of an American 
Infrastructure Financing Authority, to provide for an extension of the 
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minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) 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. 697

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Services for a new 
State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change 
in the duty station of such member to another State.


                                 S. 722

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor 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 Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) 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 name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 752, a bill to 
establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer 
mortality in a timely manner.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 792, a bill to authorize the waiver of certain debts 
relating to assistance provided to individuals and households since 
2005.


                                 S. 815

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 815, 
a bill to guarantee that military funerals are conducted with dignity 
and respect.


                                 S. 824

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 824, a bill to 
provide for enhanced mortgage-backed and asset-backed security investor 
protections, to prevent foreclosure fraud, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 829

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) 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. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances 
Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately 
understood and managed, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 855

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 855, a bill to 
make available such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of 
the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to 
receive pay and allowances for active service performed 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.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 891, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of 
attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice 
patients.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1025, a bill 
to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense 
through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions 
of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military 
coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1027

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1027, a bill to 
provide for the rescission of certain instruction memoranda of the 
Bureau of Land Management, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide 
for the determination of the impact of proposed policy modifications, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1030

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1030, 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. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) and 
the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1048, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1096

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1096, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, 
and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare 
part B program by extending the minimum payment amount for bone mass 
measurement under such program through 2013.


                                S. 1125

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1125, a bill to improve 
national security letters, the authorities under the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, a 
joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained 
in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.


                             S. CON. RES. 7

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent 
resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.


                              S. RES. 175

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor 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. 185

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. Res. 185, a resolution reaffirming the commitment of the United 
States to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-

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Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, 
reaffirming opposition to the inclusion of Hamas in a unity government 
unless it is willing to accept peace with Israel and renounce violence, 
and declaring that Palestinian efforts to gain recognition of a state 
outside direct negotiations demonstrates absence of a good faith 
commitment to peace negotiations, and will have implications for 
continued United States aid.
  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) 
and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 185, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 390

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 390 
proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 392

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 392 proposed to S. 782, a bill to amend the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that 
Act, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 406

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added 
as cosponsors of amendment No. 406 intended to be proposed to S. 782, a 
bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes.

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