[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11364-11366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 52

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 52, a bill to establish 
uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the 
enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
and similar statutes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a bill to amend 
title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the 
uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive 
both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of 
military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut

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(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 387, a bill to amend 
title 37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements 
for members of uniformed services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 672

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 672, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
railroad track maintenance credit.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were 
added as cosponsors 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 Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and 
protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 798, a bill to provide an amnesty period during which 
veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the 
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 835

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) 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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and 
the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 
866, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-
fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active 
service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve 
component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.


                                 S. 905

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 905, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for 
the purchase of hearing aids.


                                 S. 946

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


                                 S. 958

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) 
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. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1052, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to create a National Childhood Brain 
Tumor Prevention Network to provide grants and coordinate research with 
respect to the causes of and risk factors associated with childhood 
brain tumors, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1175

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1175, a bill to provide, 
develop, and support 21st century readiness initiatives that assist 
students in acquiring the skills necessary to think critically and 
solve problems, be an effective communicator, collaborate with others, 
and learn to create and innovate.


                                S. 1176

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1176, a bill to amend 
the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, 
moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or 
donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human 
consumption, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1297, a bill to preserve State 
and institutional authority relating to State authorization and the 
definition of credit hour.


                                S. 1301

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2012 to 2015 for the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat 
trafficking in persons, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1314

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1314, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to establish 
minimum funding levels for States for the support of disabled veterans' 
outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment 
representatives, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1333

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1333, a bill to provide 
for the treatment and temporary financing of short-time compensation 
programs.


                                S. 1349

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1349, a bill to amend the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 to clarify the effective date of policies covering 
properties affected by floods in progress.


                                S. 1354

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1354, a bill to authorize 
grants to promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, to 
authorize research on the role and impact of depictions of girls and 
women in the media, to provide for the establishment of a National Task 
Force on Girls and Women in the Media, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of 
silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination 
system permitting requirements.


                                S. 1372

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1372, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental 
education, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added

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as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a bill to ensure that Social Security and 
Tier 1 Railroad Retirement benefits are properly taken into account for 
purposes of determining eligibility for Medicaid and for the refundable 
credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.


                              S.J. RES. 6

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 6, a joint 
resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal 
Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and 
broadband industry practices.


                              S.J. RES. 17

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), and 
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as cosponsors of S.J. 
Res. 17, a joint resolution approving the renewal of import 
restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003.
  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 
the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), and the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, 
supra.


                              S.J. RES. 21

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors 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. 132

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


                              S. RES. 216

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 216, a resolution 
encouraging women's political participation in Saudi Arabia.


                              S. RES. 228

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), 
the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator 
from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall), the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator 
from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson), 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from New Hampshire 
(Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator 
from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), and the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Hoeven) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 228, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding coming together as a 
Nation and ceasing all work or other activity for a moment of 
remembrance beginning at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time on September 11, 
2011, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks 
committed against the United States on September 11, 2001.


                              S. RES. 232

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 232, a resolution 
recognizing the continued persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 
China on the 12th anniversary of the campaign by the Chinese Communist 
Party to suppress the Falun Gong movement, recognizing the Tuidang 
movement whereby Chinese citizens renounce their ties to the Chinese 
Communist Party and its affiliates, and calling for an immediate end to 
the campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 556

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment 
No. 556 proposed to H.R. 2055, a bill making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 
purposes.

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