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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 32

At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 32, a bill to prohibit the 

transfer or possession of large capacity 

ammunition feeding devices, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 35

At the request of Mr. LAUTENBERG, 

the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 35, a bill to establish 

background check procedures for gun 

shows. 

S. 202

At the request of Mr. PAUL, the 

names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE), the Senator from 

Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON) and the Senator 

from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) 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. 503

At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the 

name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 

ISAKSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

503, a bill to declare English as the official language of the United States, to 

establish a uniform English language 

rule for naturalization, and to avoid 

misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United 

States, pursuant to Congress’ powers to 

provide for the general welfare of the 

United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution. 

S. 565

At the request of Mr. KERRY, the 

name of the Senator from Rhode Island 

(Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 565, a bill to establish an 

employment-based immigrant visa for 

alien entrepreneurs who have received 

significant capital from investors to 

establish a business in the United 

States. 

S. 641

At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the 

name of the Senator from New York 

(Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill to provide 

100,000,000 people with first-time access 

to safe drinking water and sanitation 

on a sustainable basis within six years 

by improving the capacity of the 

United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water 

for the Poor Act of 2005. 

S. 645

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Ms. KLOBUCHAR) 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. 697

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 

COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

697, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit 

against income tax for amounts paid 

by a spouse of a member of the Armed 

Services for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of 

such member to another State. 

S. 778

At the request of Mr. MORAN, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 

(Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 778, a bill to amend title XVIII 

of the Social Security Act with respect 

to physician supervision of therapeutic 

hospital outpatient services. 

S. 829

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Washington 

(Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 829, a bill to amend title XVIII 

of the Social Security Act to repeal the 

Medicare outpatient rehabilitation 

therapy caps. 

S. 845

At the request of Mr. ENZI, the names 

of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 

CHAMBLISS) and the Senator from New 

Mexico (Mr. UDALL) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to amend the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the logical flow of return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals 

to better enable each party to submit 

timely, accurate returns and reduce 

the need for extended and amended returns, to provide for modified due dates 

by regulation, and to conform the 

automatic corporate extension period 

to longstanding regulatory rule. 

S. 932

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Maryland 

(Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 932, a bill to amend the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 

refundable credit for individuals who 

are bona fide volunteer members of 

volunteer firefighting and emergency 

medical service organizations. 

S. 998

At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, a bill to amend title 

IV of the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in 

the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, 

to compute the actuarial value of 

monthly benefits in the form of a life 

annuity commencing at age 60. 

S. 1108

At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the 

name of the Senator from New Jersey 

(Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1108, a bill to provide local 

communities with tools to make solar 

permitting more efficient, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 1171

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

names of the Senator from Maryland 

(Mr. CARDIN), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN), the Senator 

from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) and the 

Senator from Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) 

were added as cosponsors 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. 1278

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 

MORAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

1278, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise 

tax on indoor tanning services. 

S. 1301

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the 

names of the Senator from New Mexico 

(Mr. BINGAMAN) and the Senator from 

Maine (Ms. COLLINS) were added as cosponsors of S. 1301, a bill to authorize 

appropriations for fiscal years 2012 

through 2015 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance 

measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. 

S. 1463

At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1463, a bill to amend the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect 

breastfeeding by new mothers and to 

provide for reasonable break time for 

nursing mothers. 

S. 1512

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

names of the Senator from Montana 

(Mr. TESTER) and the Senator from 

North Dakota (Mr. HOEVEN) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 1512, a bill to amend 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

the Small Business Act to expand the 

availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 1718

At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 

MURKOWSKI) 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. 1723

At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the 

name of the Senator from New Jersey 

(Mr. LAUTENBERG) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1723, a bill to provide for 

teacher and first responder stabilization. 

S. 1872

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

names of the Senator from Georgia 

(Mr. ISAKSON), the Senator from New 

Mexico (Mr. UDALL), the Senator from 

Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) and the 

Senator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) 

were added as cosponsors of S. 1872, a 


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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. 1882

At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the 

name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 

WEBB) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

1882, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that 

valid generic drugs may enter the market. 

S. 1910

At the request of Mr. LIEBERMAN, the 

name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 

WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

1910, a bill to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees. 

S. 1983

At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the 

name of the Senator from Rhode Island 

(Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1983, a bill to amend the 

Immigration and Nationality Act to 

eliminate the per-country numerical 

limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country 

numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. 

S. 2160

At the request of Mr. MORAN, the 

names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 

PORTMAN) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. INHOFE) were added as cosponsors of S. 2160, a bill to improve 

the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes. 

S. 2234

At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

the name of the Senator from Texas 

(Mrs. HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2234, a bill to prevent 

human trafficking in government contracting. 

S. 2246

At the request of Mr. BOOZMAN, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 2246, a bill to direct the Secretary 

of Labor to provide off-base transition 

training, and for other purposes. 

S. 2346

At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the 

name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 

CRAPO) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

2346, a bill to amend the Farm Security 

and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 

modify the definition of the term 

‘‘biobased product’’. 

S. 2364

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. PRYOR) was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 2364, a bill to extend the availability of low-interest refinancing 

under the local development business 

loan program of the Small Business 

Administration. 

S. 2374

At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the 

name of the Senator from New York 

(Mr. SCHUMER) 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 

names of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. CARPER) and the Senator from 

Kansas (Mr. MORAN) 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. 3192

At the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, the 

name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 

MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3192, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act by establishing an F–4 nonimmigrant visa for 

aliens pursuing an advanced degree in 

mathematics, engineering, technology, 

or the physical sciences in the United 

States, to authorize such aliens to become permanent residents if they obtain employment in the United States 

related to their field of study, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3235

At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3235, a bill to amend title 38, 

United States Code, to require, as a 

condition on the receipt by a State of 

certain funds for veterans employment 

and training, that the State ensures 

that training received by a veteran 

while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State 

certifications or licenses, and for other 

purposes. 

S. 3243

At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added 

as a cosponsor of S. 3243, a bill to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to increase the amount of the lowincome housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged in 2011 by 

Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee. 

S. 3378

At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, 

the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 3378, a bill to establish 

scientific standards and protocols 

across forensic disciplines, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 3391

At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the 

name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 

PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 3391, a bill to amend section 353 of 

the Public Health Service Act with respect to suspension, revocation, and 

limitation of laboratory certification. 

S. 3394

At the request of Mr. JOHNSON of 

South Dakota, the name of the Senator 

from Arkansas (Mr. PRYOR) was added 

as a cosponsor 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. 3442

At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. LIEBERMAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3442, a bill to provide tax 

incentives for small businesses, improve programs of the Small Business 

Administration, and for other purposes. 

S. 3452

At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

(Mr. BLUMENTHAL) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3452, a bill to amend the 

Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit 

transactions. 

S. 3457

At the request of Mr. NELSON of Florida, the names of the Senator from 

Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the 

Senator from Michigan (Ms. STABENOW), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 

MERKLEY) and the Senator from New 

York (Mr. SCHUMER) were added as cosponsors of S. 3457, a bill to require the 

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

purposes. 

S. 3463

At the request of Mr. FRANKEN, the 

names of the Senator from Vermont 

(Mr. SANDERS) and the Senator from 

New Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 3463, a bill to amend 

title XVIII of the Social Security Act 

to reduce the incidence of diabetes 

among Medicare beneficiaries. 

S. 3472

At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the 

names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KERRY) and the Senator from 

Washington (Mrs. MURRAY) were added 

as cosponsors of S. 3472, a bill to amend 

the Family Educational Rights and 

Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements to such Act. 

S. 3486

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the 

name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 

HATCH) was added as a cosponsor of S. 

3486, a bill to implement the provisions 

of the Hague Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty. 

S. 3498

At the request of Mr. CASEY, the 

names of the Senator from Delaware 

(Mr. COONS), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ) and the Senator 

from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) 

were added as cosponsors of S. 3498, a 

bill to provide humanitarian assistance 

and support a democratic transition in 

Syria, and for other purposes. 

S. 3516

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

name of the Senator from Minnesota 


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(Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3516, a bill to encourage 

spectrum licenses to make unused 

spectrum available for use by rural and 

smaller carriers in order to expand 

wireless coverage. 

S.J. RES. 39

At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the 

name of the Senator from Michigan 

(Mr. LEVIN) was added as a cosponsor of 

S.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of 

the equal rights amendment. 

S. CON. RES. 48

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the 

name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 

HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of 

S. Con. Res. 48, a concurrent resolution 

recognizing 375 years of service of the 

National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the 

Armed Forces. 

S. CON. RES. 50

At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the 

names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 

CORNYN) and the Senator from Oregon 

(Mr. WYDEN) were added as cosponsors 

of S. Con. Res. 50, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress 

regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance 

model under which the Internet has 

thrived. 

S. RES. 88

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 

ROBERTS), the Senator from Wyoming 

(Mr. ENZI) and the Senator from South 

Dakota (Mr. THUNE) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 88, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that 

businesses of the United States should 

retain the option to organize as those 

businesses choose, including as flowthrough entities, and not be forced to 

reorganize as C corporations. 

S. RES. 448

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 

names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 

NELSON), the Senator from Michigan 

(Mr. LEVIN), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. LIEBERMAN), the Senator 

from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the Senator 

from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and 

the Senator from Maryland (Ms. MIKULSKI) were added as cosponsors of S. 

Res. 448, a resolution recognizing the 

100th anniversary of Hadassah, the 

Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. 

S. RES. 543

At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the 

names of the Senator from New Jersey 

(Mr. MENENDEZ), the Senator from 

Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY), the Senator 

from Kansas (Mr. MORAN), the Senator 

from Oregon (Mr. WYDEN), the Senator 

from Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) 

and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 

HUTCHISON) were added as cosponsors of 

S. Res. 543, a resolution to express the 

sense of the Senate on international 

parental child abduction. 

S. RES. 546

At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the 

name of the Senator from Arkansas 

(Mr. BOOZMAN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 546, a resolution designating the week of September 10, 2012, 

as ‘‘National Adult Education and 

Family Literacy Week’’. 

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 2780. Mr. CASEY 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. 

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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 2780. Mr. CASEY 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: 

At the end, add the following: 

SEC. ll. CREDIT FOR STATE LICENSURE AND 

CERTIFICATION COSTS OF MILITARY 

SPOUSES ARISING BY REASON OF A 

PERMANENT CHANGE IN THE DUTY 

STATION OF THE MEMBER OF THE 

ARMED FORCES TO ANOTHER 

STATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of 

subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 

after section 30D the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 30E. STATE LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION COSTS OF MILITARY 

SPOUSE ARISING FROM TRANSFER 

OF MEMBER OF ARMED FORCES TO 

ANOTHER STATE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible 

individual, there shall be allowed as a credit 

against the tax imposed by this chapter for 

the taxable year an amount equal to the 

qualified relicensing costs of such individual 

which are paid or incurred by the taxpayer 

during the taxable year. 

‘‘(b) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—The credit allowed 

by this section with respect to each change 

of duty station shall not exceed $500. 

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual— 

‘‘(A) who is married to a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States at the 

time that the member moves to another 

State under a permanent change of station 

order, and 

‘‘(B) who moves to such other State with 

such member. 

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED RELICENSING COSTS.—The 

term ‘qualified relicensing costs’ costs— 

‘‘(A) which are for a license or certification 

required by the State referred to in paragraph (1) to engage in the profession that 

such individual engaged in while within the 

State from which the individual moved, and 

‘‘(B) which are paid or incurred during the 

period beginning on the date that the orders 

referred to in paragraph (1)(A) are issued and 

ending on the date which is 1 year after the 

reporting date specified in such orders.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

sections for such subpart A is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 30D 

the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 30E. State licensure and certification 

costs of military spouse arising 

from transfer of member of 

Armed Forces to another 

State.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

made by this section shall apply to taxable 

years beginning after December 31, 2011. 

NOTICES OF HEARINGS 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I 

would like to announce for the information of the Senate an the public 

that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources. The hearing 

will be held on Wednesday, September 

12, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD–366 of 

the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 

Washington, DC. 

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 3469, the Nuclear 

Waste Administration Act of 2012. 

Because of the limited time available 

for the hearing, witnesses may testify 

by invitation only. However, those 

wishing to submit written testimony 

for the hearing record should send it to 

the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources, United States Senate, 

Washington, DC 20510–6150, or by email 

to AbigaillCampbell@energy.senate.gov. 

For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224–7571 or 

Abigail Campbell at (202) 224–4905. 

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I would 

like to announce that the Committee 

on Indian Affairs will meet during the 

session of the Senate on September 13, 

2012, in room SD–628 of the Dirksen 

Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to 

conduct a business meeting to consider 

S. 675, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2011; S. 

1345, the Spokane Tribe of Indians of 

the Spokane Reservation Grand Coulee 

Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act; and S. 1684, the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2011 to be 

followed immediately to conduct a 

hearing entitled ‘‘Addressing the Costly Administrative Burdens and Negative Impacts of the Carcieri and 

Patchak Decisions’’. 

Those wishing additional information 

may contact the Indian Affairs Committee (202) 224–2251. 

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I would 

like to announce that the Committee 

on Indian Affairs will meet during the 

session of the Senate on September 14, 

2012, in room SD–628 of the Dirksen 

Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to 

conduct a hearing on the President’s 

Nomination of Kevin K. Washburn to 

be Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 

U.S. Department of the Interior’’. 

Those wishing additional information 

may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at (202) 224–2251. 

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PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR 

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that Courtney 

Zinter and Jessica Cullen be granted 

floor privileges for the duration of today’s proceedings. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. 


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