`[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 121 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6108-S6109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         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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