[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15123-15126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 82

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 82, a bill to repeal the 
sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 
with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption 
assistance programs, to repeal the sunset of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act with respect to increased dollar limitations for 
such credit and programs, and to allow the adoption credit to be 
claimed in the year expenses are incurred, regardless of when the 
adoption becomes final.


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) and the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) were added as cosponsors of S. 202, a bill to 
require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the 
United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 260

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from

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Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 260, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for 
reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by 
veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.


                                 S. 339

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 339, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule 
for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.


                                 S. 755

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) 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. 821

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 821, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                 S. 847

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to amend the 
Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are 
adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1042

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. Paul) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1042, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare 
payment option for patients and physicians or practitioners to freely 
contract, without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and 
services, while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare 
benefits.


                                S. 1171

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from 
gross income for employer-provided health coverage for employees' 
spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible 
dependent beneficiaries of employees.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1173, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for 
ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to provide for 
preferential duty treatment to certain apparel articles of the 
Philippines.


                                S. 1269

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1269, a bill to amend the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary 
of Education to collect information from coeducational secondary 
schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation 
evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans 
with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related 
to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1423

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1423, a bill to clarify the 
orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription 
pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers.


                                S. 1460

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1460, a bill to grant the congressional gold medal, 
collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its 
superior service during World War II.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application 
of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.


                                S. 1770

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1770, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster case placements based on 
the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any 
prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or 
gender identity of the child involved.


                                S. 1782

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1782, a bill to provide for 
the reduction in unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted 
infections, including HIV, and the promotion of healthy relationships, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1872

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of ABLE 
accounts established under State programs for the care of family 
members with disabilities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1880

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1880, a bill to repeal the health care 
law's job-killing health insurance tax.


                                S. 1916

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1916, a bill 
to exclude ecosystem component stocks of fish from certain annual catch 
limits and for other purposes.


                                S. 2124

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2124, a 
bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize 
and support the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and 
risk assessment materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the dissemination of such materials and resources by State 
educational agencies to identify more at-risk families.


                                S. 2189

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2189, a bill to amend the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify 
appropriate standards for Federal antidiscrimination and 
antiretaliation claims, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2259

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2259, a bill to provide for 
an increase, effective December 1, 2012, in the rates of compensation 
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity

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compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3243

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3243, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the low-
income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 
by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.


                                S. 3275

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator 
from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 3275, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership 
ownership structure to energy power generation projects and 
transportation fuels, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3338

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3338, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
make the provision of technical services for medical imaging 
examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and 
less costly.


                                S. 3394

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the names of the 
Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from 
New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 3394, a bill to address fee 
disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to 
amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information 
provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3407

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3407, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent 
faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic 
medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote 
education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the 
development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.


                                S. 3427

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3427, a bill to 
permanently extend the employer-provided child care credit under 
section 45F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


                                S. 3460

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3460, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for startup businesses to use 
a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll 
taxes.


                                S. 3477

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3477, a bill to ensure 
that the United States promotes women's meaningful inclusion and 
participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 
order to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict and implements 
the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.


                                S. 3494

  At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3494, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to qualify formerly homeless 
individuals who are full-time students for purposes of low income 
housing tax credit.


                                S. 3498

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3498, a bill to provide 
humanitarian assistance and support a democratic transition in Syria, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3526

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3526, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
protect the rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and 
chaplains of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3550

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3550, a bill to 
amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to protect students from 
deceptive practices and high-pressure sales by institutions of higher 
education, to provide a waiting period for students to make enrollment 
decisions, to guard against misrepresentation, to standardize and 
elevate institutional disclosures, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3565

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3565, a bill to eliminate 
discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by 
ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability 
to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition.


                                S. 3573

  At the request of Mr. Hoeven, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3573, a bill to recognize the primacy of States, 
provide for the consideration of the economic impact of additional 
regulations, and provide for standards and requirements relating to 
certain guidelines and regulations relating to health and the 
environment.


                                S. 3574

  At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3574, a bill to amend section 
403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve and clarify 
certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food 
establishments, and vending machines.


                                S. 3584

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3584, a bill to reauthorize 
the National Integrated Drought Information System, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3605

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3605, a bill to clarify Congressional intent 
regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable 
waters, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 19

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor 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. 45

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the names of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 45, a joint resolution amending title 
36, United States Code, to designate June 19 as ``Juneteenth 
Independence Day''.


                              S.J. RES. 50

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S.J. Res. 50, a joint resolution providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for 
Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human

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Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 
1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.


                              S. RES. 543

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 543, a 
resolution to express the sense of the Senate on international parental 
child abduction.


                              S. RES. 574

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 
were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 574, a resolution calling on the 
United Nations to take concerted actions against leaders in Iran for 
their statements calling for the destruction of another United Nations 
Member State, Israel.

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