`[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6271-S6272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 202

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Begich) and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 426

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 426, a bill to strengthen 
student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young people for 
college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships that 
meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth.


                                 S. 563

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 563, a bill to 
provide for equal access to COBRA continuation coverage.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) 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. 827

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 827, a bill to allow a 
State to combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement 
with the Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of 
students.


                                S. 1438

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, the name of the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1438, a 
bill to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory 
action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 7.7 
percent.


                                S. 1512

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1910

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1910, a bill to provide 
benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.


                                S. 2283

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2283, a bill to amend the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 
include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster 
or emergency declaration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2371

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2371, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to 
their employees.


                                S. 2885

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2885, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the 
Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who are killed or wounded 
in a terrorist attack perpetrated within the United States.


                                S. 3049

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3049, a bill to amend title 
39, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran 
for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs.


                                S. 3269

  At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3269, a bill to provide that 
no United States assistance may be provided to Pakistan until Dr. 
Shakil Afridi is freed.


                                S. 3391

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Franken) 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. 3397

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3397, a bill to prohibit 
waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the 
program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy 
families, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3405

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3405, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to treat small businesses bequeathed to spouses and 
dependents by members of the Armed Forces killed in line of duty as 
small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans for purposes 
of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3459

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 3459, a bill to amend the Department of Energy High-
End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 to improve the high-end 
computing research and development program of the Department of Energy, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 3520

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) 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. 3522

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from 
North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 3522, a bill to provide for 
the expansion of affordable refinancing of mortgages held by the 
Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation.


                                S. 3525

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the 
Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) were added as cosponsors of S. 3525, 
a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, 
fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 44

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Michigan

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(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as 
cosponsors of S.J. Res. 44, a joint resolution granting the consent of 
Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance 
Memorandum of Understanding.


                              S.J. RES. 48

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, the names of the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) 
were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 48, a joint resolution 
disapproving the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service 
relating to the health insurance premium tax credit.


                              S.J. RES. 50

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Coats), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) were 
added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 50, a joint resolution providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the 
Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health 
and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under 
section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect 
to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.


                              S. RES. 401

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 401, a 
resolution expressing appreciation for Foreign Service and Civil 
Service professionals who represent the United States around the globe.


                              S. RES. 448

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added as 
cosponsors of S. Res. 448, a resolution recognizing the 100th 
anniversary of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, 
Inc.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2785

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2785 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2786

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2786 
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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2789

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 
2789 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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