S6108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 11, 2012 

SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND 

SENATE RESOLUTIONS 

The following concurrent resolutions 

and Senate resolutions were read, and 

referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 

By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Ms. COLLINS): 

S. Res. 548. A resolution designating the 

week beginning September 9, 2012, as ‘‘National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week’’; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and 

Ms. COLLINS): 

S. Res. 549. A resolution designating September 2012 as ‘‘Campus Fire Safety Month’’; 

considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself and Mr. INHOFE): 

S. Res. 550. A resolution designating September 13, 2012, as ‘‘National Celiac Disease 

Awareness Day’’; considered and agreed to. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 339

At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the 

names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 

HARKIN) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) 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. 434

At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, the 

name of the Senator from Colorado 

(Mr. BENNET) 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. 634

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to ensure that the 

courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims 

brought by United States citizens and 

others against any railroad organized 

as a separate legal entity, arising from 

the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration 

camps on trains owned or operated by 

such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons. 

S. 645

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 645, a bill to amend the National 

Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check 

system. 

S. 722

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 722, a bill to strengthen and 

protect Medicare hospice programs. 

S. 847

At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN) 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. 1069

At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the 

name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1069, a bill to suspend 

temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes. 

S. 1171

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. LEAHY) 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. 1391

At the request of Mr. TESTER, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) 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. 1577

At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the 

name of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 1577, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and 

make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1798

At the request of Mr. UDALL of New 

Mexico, the name of the Senator from 

South Dakota (Mr. JOHNSON) was added 

as a cosponsor of S. 1798, a bill to direct 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that members of the Armed 

Forces who may have been exposed to 

toxic chemicals and fumes caused by 

open burn pits while deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq receive information 

regarding such exposure, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1832

At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name 

of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. 

LANDRIEU) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 1832, a bill to restore States’ sovereign rights to enforce State and local 

sales and use tax laws, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 1880

At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the 

name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 

ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 1880, a bill to repeal the health care 

law’s job-killing health insurance tax. 

S. 1935

At the request of Mrs. HAGAN, the 

names of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. CARPER) and the Senator from 

Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) 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. 1966

At the request of Ms. AYOTTE, the 

names of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from 

Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 1966, a bill to direct 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

reform the process for enrolling, activating, issuing, and renewing Transportation Worker Identification Credentials so that applicants are not required to visit a designated enrollment 

center more than once. 

S. 1989

At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the 

name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 

AKAKA) 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. 2078

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 

BEGICH) 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. 2347

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 2347, a bill to amend title XVIII of 

the Social Security Act to ensure the 

continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services. 

S. 2620

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

names of the Senator from Louisiana 

(Ms. LANDRIEU) and the Senator from 

Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as cosponsors 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. 3083

At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the 

name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 

HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3083, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to require certain 

nonresident aliens to provide valid immigration documents to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit. 

S. 3199

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

names of the Senator from Mississippi 

(Mr. COCHRAN) and the Senator from 

Vermont (Mr. LEAHY) were added as cosponsors of S. 3199, a bill to amend the 


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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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