[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10928-10930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 119

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. 119, a bill to preserve open 
competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor 
relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally 
funded construction projects.


                                 S. 344

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) 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.


                                 S. 362

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 362, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a Pancreatic Cancer 
Initiative, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax 
on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.


                                 S. 818

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 818, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of

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the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient 
observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day 
inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility 
services under Medicare.


                                S. 1173

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) were added as cosponsors 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. 1221

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to provide 
grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 1397

  At the request of Mr. Carper, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1397, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment tax 
credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind.


                                S. 1578

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1578, a bill to amend the 
Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to consumer confidence reports by 
community water systems.


                                S. 1728

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the 
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator 
from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Wicker), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from 
Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), 
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. 
Johanns), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. 
Ayotte) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1728, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
establish a criminal offense relating to fraudulent claims about 
military service.


                                S. 1796

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1796, a bill to make 
permanent the Internal Revenue Service Free File program.


                                S. 1838

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1838, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on 
service dog training therapy, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1935

  At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1935, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 75th 
anniversary of the establishment of the March of Dimes Foundation.


                                S. 2078

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2078, a bill 
to enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the 
credit needs of the Nation's home builders, and to provide liquidity 
and ensure stable credit for meeting the Nation's need for new homes.


                                S. 2189

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 2237

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2237, a bill to provide a 
temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus 
depreciation for an additional year, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2320

  At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2320, a bill to direct the 
American Battle Monuments Commission to provide for the ongoing 
maintenance of Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Republic of the 
Philippines, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2374

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2374, a bill to amend 
the Helium Act to ensure the expedient and responsible draw-down of the 
Federal Helium Reserve in a manner that protects the interests of 
private industry, the scientific, medical, and industrial communities, 
commercial users, and Federal agencies, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2620

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2620, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of the 
Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and the increased payments 
under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.


                                S. 3199

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3199, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to stimulate 
international tourism to the United States and for other purposes.


                                S. 3204

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the 
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors of S. 3204, a bill to address 
fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 3236

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 3236, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to improve the protection and enforcement of employment and 
reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3237

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3237, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of 
Breast Cancer.

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                                S. 3267

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3267, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American 
Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3280

  At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3280, a bill to preserve the 
companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay 
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.


                                S. 3302

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3302, a bill to establish an 
air travelers' bill of rights, to implement those rights, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3308

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3308, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the furnishing of benefits for homeless 
veterans who are women or who have dependents, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3318

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3318, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI 
Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or 
endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3326

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3326, a bill to amend the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric 
program and to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for 
designation under that Act, to make technical corrections to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile 
and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican Republic-Central America-
United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import 
restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 43

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 43, a joint resolution approving 
the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 429

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 429, a resolution 
supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day.


                              S. RES. 448

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 448, a 
resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of Hadassah, the Women's 
Zionist Organization of America, Inc.


                              S. RES. 513

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 513, a 
resolution recognizing the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, which 
was fought between the United States of America and Great Britain 
beginning on June 18, 1812, in response to British violations of 
neutral rights of the United States, seizure of ships of the United 
States, restriction of trade between the United States and other 
countries, and the impressment of sailors of the United States into the 
Royal Navy.

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