[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 477-478]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 165

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 165, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Services Act to prohibit certain abortion-
related discrimination in governmental activities.


                                 S. 376

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 376, a bill to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to provide that persons having seriously delinquent 
tax debts shall be ineligible for Federal employment.


                                 S. 595

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 595, a bill to amend title 
VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
the Secretary of Education to complete payments under such title to 
local educational agencies eligible for such payments within 3 fiscal 
years.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to authorize 
the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 
property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment 
of a National Women's History Museum.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to authorize 
the President to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end 
within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years 
the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1034

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1034, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and 
transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-
living adjustment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1051

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1051, a bill to impose 
sanctions on individuals who are complicit in human rights abuses 
committed against nationals of Vietnam or their family members, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1265

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1265, a bill to 
amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide 
consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land 
and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund 
for future generations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1277

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1277, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the incentives for 
the production of biodiesel.


                                S. 1309

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1309, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services 
delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid 
beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care.


                                S. 1454

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1454, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of 
Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant 
patients and other renal dialysis provisions.


                                S. 1467

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1467, a bill to amend 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of 
conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items 
and services.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1616

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1616, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate 
investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States 
real property interests, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1622

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1622, a bill 
to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to 
Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1629

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Oregon

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(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1629, a bill to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain 
veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1884, a bill to provide States with 
incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to 
maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine at 
schools.


                                S. 1983

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1983, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-
based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for 
family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1989

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1989, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings 
and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings.


                                S. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1990, a bill to require the Transportation Security Administration to 
comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights 
Act.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 2010

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of S. 2043, a bill to 
amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to provide religious 
conscience protections for individuals and organizations.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1470

  At the request of Mr. Begich, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1470 proposed to S. 2038, an original bill to prohibit 
Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic 
information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, 
and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1470 proposed 
to S. 2038, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Heller, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 1470 proposed to S. 2038, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1471

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Coburn), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) and the Senator 
from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1471 
proposed to S. 2038, an original bill to prohibit Members of Congress 
and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from 
their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1472

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1472 
proposed to S. 2038, an original bill to prohibit Members of Congress 
and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from 
their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1476

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1476 proposed to 
S. 2038, an original bill to prohibit Members of Congress and employees 
of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their 
official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.

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