[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 164-166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 20

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 20, a bill to protect 
American job creation by striking the job-killing Federal employer 
mandate.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 
were added as cosponsors 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. 381

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 412

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 412, a bill to ensure 
that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for 
harbor maintenance.


                                 S. 418

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 506

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 547

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor 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. 567

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to amend the 
small, rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income 
school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to 
ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial 
forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against 
any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the 
deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 
camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs 
and survivors of such persons.


                                 S. 665

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 665, a bill to 
promote industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker 
training, retention, and advancement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 752

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) 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. 829

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) 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. 968

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, his name and the names of the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from New Hampshire 
(Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were withdrawn as 
cosponsors of S. 968, a bill to prevent online threats to economic 
creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Bennet, his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor 
of S. 968, supra.


                                S. 1018

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) 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. 1039

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to impose 
sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of 
Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation 
of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and 
lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other gross violations of human 
rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1241

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1241, a bill to 
amend title

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18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                S. 1245

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) 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. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as cosponsors of S. 1299, a bill to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1355

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1355, a bill to 
regulate political robocalls.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1591, a bill to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and 
heroic actions during the Holocaust.


                                S. 1597

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1597, a bill to 
provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of 
elementary school and secondary school buildings in public school 
districts and community colleges across the United States in order to 
support the achievement of improved educational outcomes in those 
schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1607

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1607, a bill to 
include shellfish to the list of crops eligible for the noninsured crop 
disaster assistance program and the emergency assistance for livestock 
program of the Department of Agriculture.


                                S. 1680

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of 
Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under 
the Medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1707

  At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1707, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain 
persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain 
purposes.


                                S. 1802

  At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1802, a bill 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs and 
activities that connect Americans, especially children, youth, and 
families, with the outdoors.


                                S. 1816

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1816, a bill to 
amend title 23, United States Code, to modify a provision relating to 
minimum penalties for repeat offenders for driving while intoxicated or 
driving under the influence.


                                S. 1845

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1845, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an energy investment 
credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1863

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1863, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative 
energy investments and job creation.


                                S. 1896

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1896, a bill to eliminate the 
automatic inflation increases for discretionary programs built into the 
baseline projections and require budget estimates to be compared with 
the prior year's level.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1930, a bill to prohibit earmarks.
  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1930, supra.


                                S. 1941

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1941, a bill to 
amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for 
shareholder registration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1963

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1963, a bill to revoke the charters for the 
Federal National Mortgage Corporation and the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation upon resolution of their obligations, to create a 
new Mortgage Finance Agency for the securitization of single family and 
multifamily mortgages, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1994

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1994, a bill to 
prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and 
the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 
2003, a bill to clarify that an authorization to use military force, a 
declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the 
detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent 
resident of the United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 2006

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2006, a bill to 
amend the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
of 1987 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to permit Federal 
regulation and review of tolls and toll increases on certain surface 
transportation facilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2010, a bill to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset 
and windfall elimination provisions.


                              S.J. RES. 29

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 29, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to 
affect elections.


                              S. RES. 232

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

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(Mr. Johnson) 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.


                              S. RES. 310

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, a 
resolution designating 2012 as the ``Year of the Girl'' and 
congratulating Girl Scouts of the USA on its 100th anniversary.
  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 310, supra.

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