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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 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3204, a bill to address fee 

disclosure requirements under the 

Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3208

At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the 

name of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3208, a bill to reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 

Semipostal Stamp, and for other purposes. 

S. 3237

At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) 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. 

S. 3340

At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3340, a bill to improve and enhance the programs and activities of 

the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding 

suicide prevention and resilience and 

behavioral health disorders for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, 

and for other purposes. 

S. 3354

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 3354, a bill to authorize the Transition Assistance Advisor program of 

the Department of Defense, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3402

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3402, a bill to require the 

Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers 

that relocate a call center overseas, to 

make such companies ineligible for 

Federal grants or guaranteed loans, 

and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes. 

S. 3418

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3418, a bill to amend title 

10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to use only 

human-based methods for training 

members of the Armed Forces in the 

treatment of severe combat injuries. 

S. 3435

At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

the name of the Senator from New 

York (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3435, a bill to designate 

the facility of the United States Postal 

Service located at 26 East Genesee 

Street in Baldwinsville, New York, as 

the ‘‘Corporal Kyle Schneider Post Office Building’’. 

S. 3457

At the request of Mr. NELSON of Florida, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 3457, a bill to require 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs corps, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3471

At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the 

names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. HOEVEN) and the Senator 

from Massachusetts (Mr. BROWN) were 

added as cosponsors of S. 3471, a bill to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to eliminate the tax on Olympic 

medals won by United States athletes. 

S. 3520

At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the 

name of the Senator from Rhode Island 

(Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3520, a bill to require a 

portion of closing costs to be paid by 

the enterprises with respect to certain 

refinanced mortgage loans, and for 

other purposes. 

S.J. RES. 45

At the request of Mrs. HUTCHISON, the 

name of the Senator from Colorado 

(Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor 

of S.J. Res. 45, a joint resolution 

amending title 36, United States Code, 

to designate June 19 as ‘‘Juneteenth 

Independence Day’’. 

S. RES. 385

At the request of Mr. VITTER, the 

name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 

MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

Res. 385, a resolution condemning the 

Government of Iran for its continued 

persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the 

charge of apostasy. 

S. RES. 543

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 

name of the Senator from Missouri 

(Mr. BLUNT) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. Res. 543, a resolution to express 

the sense of the Senate on international parental child abduction. 

AMENDMENT NO. 2780

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2780 intended to be proposed to S. 3457, a bill 

to require the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 

corps, and for other purposes. 

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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS 

SENATE RESOLUTION 548—DESIGNATING THE WEEK BEGINNING 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012, AS ‘‘NATIONAL DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION WEEK’’ 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: 

S. RES. 548 

Whereas direct support professionals, direct care workers, personal assistants, personal attendants, in-home support workers, 

and paraprofessionals (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘direct support professionals’’) are 

the primary providers of publicly funded 

long term supports and services for millions 

of individuals with disabilities; 

Whereas a direct support professional must 

build a close, trusted relationship with an individual with disabilities; 

Whereas a direct support professional assists an individual with disabilities with the 

most intimate needs on a daily basis; 

Whereas direct support professionals perform a broad range of activities for individuals with disabilities, including preparing 

meals, managing medications, bathing, 

dressing, helping with mobility, providing 

transportation to school, work, and religious 

and recreational activities, and helping with 

general daily affairs; 

Whereas a direct support professional provides essential support to help keep an individual with disabilities connected to the 

family and community of the individual; 

Whereas direct support professionals enable individuals with disabilities to live 

meaningful, productive lives; 

Whereas direct support professionals are 

the key to allowing an individual with disabilities to live successfully in the community and avoid more costly institutional 

care; 

Whereas the majority of direct support 

professionals are female, and many are the 

sole breadwinners of their families; 

Whereas, although direct support professionals work and pay taxes, many are impoverished and are eligible for the same Federal 

and State public assistance programs that 

individuals with disabilities depend on; 

Whereas Federal policies, State policies, 

and the opinion of the Supreme Court in 

Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) assert the 

right of an individual to live in his or her 

home and community; 

Whereas the majority of direct support 

professionals are employed in home and community-based settings, and the percentage of 

direct support professionals employed in 

such settings is projected to increase during 

this decade; 

Whereas there is a documented critical and 

growing shortage of direct support professionals in every community throughout the 

United States; and 

Whereas many direct support professionals 

are forced to leave jobs due to inadequate 

wages and benefits, creating high turnover 

and vacancy rates, which, research demonstrates, adversely affects the quality of 

supports provided to individuals with disabilities: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) designates the week beginning September 9, 2012, as ‘‘National Direct Support 

Professionals Recognition Week’’; 

(2) recognizes the dedication and vital 

role of direct support professionals, direct 

care workers, personal assistants, personal 

attendants, in-home support workers, and 

paraprofessionals (referred to in this resolution as ‘‘direct support professionals’’) in enhancing the lives of individuals of all ages 

with disabilities; 

(3) appreciates the contribution of direct 

support professionals in serving needs that 

are beyond the capacity of millions of families in the United States; 

(4) commends direct support professionals as integral participants in the longterm support and services system of the 

United States; and 

(5) finds that the successful implementation of the public policies of the United 


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support professionals. 

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SENATE RESOLUTION 549—DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2012 AS 

‘‘CAMPUS FIRE SAFETY MONTH’’ 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and 

Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and, 

agreed to: 

S. RES. 549 

Whereas, each year, States across the 

United States formally designate the month 

of September as ‘‘Campus Fire Safety 

Month’’; 

Whereas, since January 2000, at least 152 

people, including students, parents, and children, have died in campus-related fires; 

Whereas 85 percent of those deaths occurred in off-campus residences; 

Whereas a majority of college students in 

the United States live in an off-campus residence; 

Whereas many fatal fires have occurred in 

a building in which the occupants had compromised or disabled the fire safety system; 

Whereas automatic fire alarm systems provide the early warning of a fire that is necessary for occupants of a building and the 

fire department to take appropriate action; 

Whereas automatic fire sprinkler systems 

are a highly effective method of controlling 

or extinguishing a fire in the early stages, 

thus protecting the lives of building occupants; 

Whereas many college students live in an 

off-campus residence, fraternity or sorority 

housing, or a residence hall that is not adequately protected by automatic fire sprinkler systems and automatic fire alarm systems; 

Whereas fire safety education is an effective method of reducing the occurrence of 

fires and the resulting loss of life and property damage; 

Whereas college students do not routinely 

receive effective fire safety education while 

in college; 

Whereas educating young people in the 

United States about the importance of fire 

safety is vital to help ensure that young people engage in fire-safe behavior during college and after college; and 

Whereas developing a generation of adults 

who practice fire safety may significantly 

reduce future loss of life from fires: Now, 

therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) designates September 2012 as ‘‘Campus 

Fire Safety Month’’; and 

(2) encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities 

across the United States— 

(A) to provide educational programs to all 

college students in September and throughout the school year; 

(B) to evaluate the level of fire safety 

being provided in both on-campus and offcampus student housing; and 

(C) to ensure fire-safe living environments 

through fire safety education, the installation of fire suppression and detection systems, and the development and enforcement 

of applicable codes relating to fire safety. 

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SENATE RESOLUTION 550—DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 13, 2012, AS 

‘‘NATIONAL CELIAC DISEASE 

AWARENESS DAY’’ 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. INHOFE) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to: 

S. RES. 550 

Whereas according to the National Center 

for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, celiac disease 

affects approximately 1 in every 141 people in 

the United States; 

Whereas the majority of people with celiac 

disease have yet to be diagnosed; 

Whereas celiac disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder that is classified as both an 

autoimmune condition and a genetic condition; 

Whereas celiac disease causes damage to 

the lining of the small intestine, which results in overall malnutrition; 

Whereas when a person with celiac disease 

consumes foods that contain certain protein 

fractions, that person suffers a cell-mediated 

immune response that damages the villi of 

the small intestine, interfering with the absorption of nutrients in food and the effectiveness of medications; 

Whereas such problematic protein fractions are found in wheat, barley, rye, and 

oats, which are used to produce many foods, 

medications, and vitamins; 

Whereas because celiac disease is a genetic 

disease, there is an increased incidence of celiac disease in families with a known history 

of celiac disease; 

Whereas celiac disease is underdiagnosed 

because the symptoms can be attributed to 

other conditions and are easily overlooked 

by doctors and patients; 

Whereas as recently as 2000, the average 

person with celiac disease waited 11 years for 

a correct diagnosis; 

Whereas 1⁄2 of all people with celiac disease 

do not show symptoms of the disease; 

Whereas celiac disease is diagnosed by 

tests that measure the blood for abnormally 

high levels of the antibodies of 

immunoglobulin A, antitissue 

transglutaminase, and IgA antiendomysium 

antibodies; 

Whereas celiac disease can be treated only 

by implementing a diet free of wheat, barley, 

rye, and oats, often called a ‘‘gluten-free 

diet’’; 

Whereas a delay in the diagnosis of celiac 

disease can result in damage to the small intestine, which leads to an increased risk for 

malnutrition, anemia, lymphoma, adenocarcinoma, osteoporosis, miscarriage, congenital malformation, short stature, and disorders of the skin and other organs; 

Whereas celiac disease is linked to many 

autoimmune disorders, including thyroid 

disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, type 

1 diabetes, liver disease, collagen vascular 

disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjo ̈gren’s 

syndrome; 

Whereas the connection between celiac disease and diet was first established by Dr. 

Samuel Gee, who wrote, ‘‘if the patient can 

be cured at all, it must be by means of diet’’; 

Whereas Dr. Samuel Gee was born on September 13, 1839; and 

Whereas the Senate is an institution that 

can raise awareness in the general public and 

the medical community of celiac disease: 

Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the Senate— 

(1) designates September 13, 2012, as ‘‘National Celiac Disease Awareness Day’’; 

(2) recognizes that all people of the United 

States should become more informed and 

aware of celiac disease; 

(3) calls upon the people of the United 

States to observe National Celiac Disease 

Awareness Day with appropriate ceremonies 

and activities; and 

(4) respectfully requests the Secretary of 

the Senate to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Celiac Sprue Association, the 

American Celiac Society, and the Celiac Disease Foundation. 

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 2781. Mr. HELLER submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by him 

to the bill S. 3457, to require the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans job 

corps, and for other purposes, which was ordered to lie on the table. 

SA 2782. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2783. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2784. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by her 

to the bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered 

to lie on the table. 

SA 2785. Mr. BEGICH (for himself, Mr. 

WYDEN, and Mr. MERKLEY) submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by him 

to the bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered 

to lie on the table. 

SA 2786. Mr. MCCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered to lie 

on the table. 

SA 2787. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. 

LIEBERMAN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 

3457, supra; which was ordered to lie on the 

table. 

SA 2788. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. 

LEAHY) submitted an amendment intended to 

be proposed by her to the bill S. 3457, supra; 

which was ordered to lie on the table. 

SA 2789. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by her 

to the bill S. 3457, supra; which was ordered 

to lie on the table. 

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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 2781. Mr. HELLER submitted an 

amendment intended to be proposed by 

him to the bill S. 3457, to require the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs corps, and for other 

purposes; which was ordered to lie on 

the table; as follows: 

On page 18, between lines 5 and 6, insert 

the following: 

SEC. 7. TREATMENT OF BUSINESSES AFTER 

DEATHS OF SERVICEMEMBER-OWNERS FOR PURPOSES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONTRACTING GOALS AND PREFERENCES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8127 of title 38, 

United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (i) through 

(l) as subsections (j) through (m), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection (i): 

‘‘(i) TREATMENT OF BUSINESSES AFTER

DEATH OF SERVICEMEMBER-OWNER.—(1) If a 

member of the Armed Forces owns at least 51 

percent of a small business concern and such 

member is killed in line of duty in the active 

military, naval, or air service, the surviving 

spouse or dependent of such member who acquires such ownership rights in such small 

business concern shall, for the period described in paragraph (2), be treated as if the 

surviving spouse or dependent were a veteran 

with a service-connected disability for purposes of determining the status of the small 

business concern as a small business concern 

owned and controlled by veterans for purposes of contracting goals and preferences 

under this section. 

‘‘(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) 

is the period beginning on the date on which 


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