[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12666-12668]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 48

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 48, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of 
pharmacists in National Health Services Corps programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 274

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 274, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to medication therapy 
management services under the Medicare prescription drug program.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, supra.


                                 S. 425

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 425, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of 
permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, 
Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders.


                                 S. 438

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 604

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of 
marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor 
services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 648

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 648, a bill to 
require the Commissioner of Social Security to revise the medical and 
evaluation criteria for determining disability in a person diagnosed 
with Huntington's Disease and to waive the 24-month waiting period for 
Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's Disease.


                                 S. 668

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Risch) 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 names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) 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 New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen 
and protect Medicare hospice programs.


                                 S. 735

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 735, a bill to reauthorize 
the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.


                                 S. 756

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to amend title 
XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the public availability of 
Medicare claims data.

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                                 S. 798

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor 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. 834

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 834, a bill to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to 
campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and 
stalking.


                                 S. 839

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 839, a bill to ban 
the sale of certain synthetic drugs.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1018, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 to provide for implementation of 
additional recommendations of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault 
in the Military Services.


                                S. 1019

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1019, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to support 
secondary school reentry programs.


                                S. 1048

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1094

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1094, a bill to reauthorize 
the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416).


                                S. 1107

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1107, a bill to authorize 
and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection, to 
express the sense of the Congress to encourage and leverage public and 
private investment in psoriasis research with a particular focus on 
interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between 
psoriasis and its comorbid conditions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1142

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1142, a bill to promote the 
mapping and development of the United States geothermal resources by 
establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration 
wells, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to 
improve geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of 
geothermal energy in large scale thermal applications, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1149

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1149, a bill to expand 
geothermal production, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1174

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1174, a bill to provide 
predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage 
investment.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1221, a bill to provide grants to better understand 
and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1245

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1245, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of 
Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia.


                                S. 1273

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 1280

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) 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. 1281

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1281, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation 
in a motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on top of one 
another.


                                S. 1316

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1316, a bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting 
legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of 
discretionary and mandatory spending.


                                S. 1324

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1324, a bill to amend 
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, 
exportation, transportation, and sale, receipt, acquisition, or 
purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any 
prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1368

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1368, a bill to amend 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions 
for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.


                                S. 1369

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1374

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1374, a bill 
to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting 
deceptive advertising of abortion services.


                                S. 1376

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to conform 
income calculations for purposes of eligibility for the refundable 
credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and for Medicaid to 
existing Federal low-income assistance programs.


                                S. 1378

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1378, a 
bill to ensure that Social Security and Tier 1

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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. 1413

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. 
Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1413, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to temporarily increase the investment 
tax credit for geothermal energy property.


                                S. 1431

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1431, a bill to amend section 
242 of the National Housing Act to extend the sunset provisions for the 
exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA programs of 
mortgage insurance for hospitals.


                                S. 1439

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1439, a bill to 
amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 
ready school needs reviews.

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