[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5196-5197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 91

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 91, a bill to 
implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the 
Constitution for the right to life of each born and unborn human 
person.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambulance 
services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to improve and 
expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students 
in the United States by improving professional development programs for 
kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of 
higher education.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 881, a bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection 
Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase 
agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such 
agreements, to provide substantive rights to consumers under such 
agreements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 891

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 891, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of 
attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice 
patients.


                                S. 1244

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1244, a bill to provide for preferential duty 
treatment to certain apparel articles of the Philippines.


                                S. 1534

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1534, a bill to prevent 
identity theft and tax fraud.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) 
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. 1629

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1734

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1734, a bill to 
provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease 
products.


                                S. 1773

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1773, a bill 
to promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1850

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1850, a bill 
to expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1919

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1919, a bill 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female 
genital mutilation.


                                S. 2003

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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. 2066

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2066, a bill to 
recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting 
on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those 
activities.


                                S. 2112

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2112, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military 
aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member or former 
member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for 
age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents.


                                S. 2139

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the name of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2139, a bill to 
enhance security, increase accountability, and improve the contracting 
of the Federal Government for overseas contingency operations, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2146

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2146, a bill 
to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to create a 
market-oriented standard for clean electric energy generation, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2160

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, her name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 2160, a bill to improve the examination of depository 
institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2165

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2165, a bill to enhance strategic 
cooperation between the United States and Israel, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2185

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2185, a bill to authorize 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to 
award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to 
provide qualified sexual risk

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avoidance education to youth and their parents.


                                S. 2255

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2255, a bill to amend 
chapter 1 of title 36, United States Code, to add Welcome Home Vietnam 
Veterans Day as a patriotic and National observance.


                                S. 2295

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2295, a bill to permit 
manufacturers of generic drugs to provide additional warnings with 
respect to such drugs in the same manner that the Food and Drug 
Administration allows brand names to do so.


                                S. 2296

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2296, a bill to amend the 
Higher Education Opportunity Act to restrict institutions of higher 
education from using revenues derived from Federal educational 
assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes.


                              S. RES. 380

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 380, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing 
the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.


                              S. RES. 400

  At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 400, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and 
World Social Work Day.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1975

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1975 
intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and 
transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2031

  At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Manchin), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2031 
intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and 
transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2034

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the 
Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
2034 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, 
and transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2036

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2036 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2041

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2041 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, 
and transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2042

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2042 intended to be proposed to S. 
1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States 
Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2043

  At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the names of the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2043 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to 
improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2050

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2050 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, 
and transform the United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2056

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. 
Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2056 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2060

  At the request of Mr. Coburn, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2060 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the 
United States Postal Service.

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