[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10207-10209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 164

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) 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. 219

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


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) 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. 438

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 438, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to improve women's health by 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and 
other cardiovascular diseases in women.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take 
action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.


                                 S. 539

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 652

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland

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(Ms. Mikulski) 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 exemption from 
the alternative minimum tax treatment for certain tax-exempt bonds, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 672, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance 
credit.


                                 S. 705

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 705, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and 
infrastructure grants.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 800

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 800, a bill 
to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to reauthorize and improve the safe 
routes to school program.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 807, a bill to authorize the Department of Labor's 
voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more 
small businesses.


                                 S. 835

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 835, a bill to reform the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize 
firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 933

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 933, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and increase the exclusion for 
benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical 
responders.


                                 S. 959

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 959, a bill to improve 
outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools, to create 
a culture of recognizing, rewarding, and replicating educational 
excellence, to authorize school turnaround grants, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to provide for 
a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin 
(IVG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a 
demonstration project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and 
payment for items and services necessary to administer IVG in the home.


                                 S. 996

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax 
credit through 2016, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1002

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1002, a bill to prohibit 
theft of medical products, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1045

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1045, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that 
group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, burns, infection, 
tumor, or disease.


                                S. 1231

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1231, a bill to 
reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.


                                S. 1248

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1248, a bill to prohibit the consideration of any 
bill by Congress unless the authority provided by the Constitution of 
the United States for the legislation can be determined and is clearly 
specified.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1273, a bill to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act with regard to certain exemptions under 
that Act for direct care workers and to improve the systems for the 
collection and reporting of data relating to the direct care workforce, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1278

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1278, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on indoor tanning 
services.


                                S. 1280

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1280, a bill to amend the Peace Corps Act to require 
sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, and the 
development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the 
establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual 
Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to 
prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.


                              S.J. RES. 21

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 21, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relative to equal rights for men and women.


                              S. RES. 170

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 170, a resolution 
honoring Admiral Thad Allen of the United States Coast Guard (Ret.) for 
his lifetime of selfless commitment and exemplary service to the United 
States.


                              S. RES. 185

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin

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(Mr. Kohl) 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-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.

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