`[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 160 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10487-S10488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 714

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to amend the 
Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research 
facilities are obtained legally.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 784, a bill to amend the Nuclear 
Waste Policy Act of 1982 to require commercial nuclear power plant 
operators to transfer spent nuclear fuel from the spent nuclear fuel 
pools of the operators into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at independent 
spent fuel storage installations of the operators that are licensed by 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to convey to the Secretary of Energy 
title to all such transferred spent nuclear fuel, to provide for the 
transfer to the Secretary of the independent spent fuel storage 
installation operating responsibility of each plant together with the 
license granted by the Commission for the installation, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1232

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1232, a bill to direct 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the 
risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-
based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1936

  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1936, a bill to provide for a plebiscite on the future status of 
Puerto Rico.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2059, a bill to 
amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the 
eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.


                                S. 2458

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2458, a bill to promote and enhance the operation of local building 
code enforcement administration across the country by establishing a 
competitive Federal matching grant program.


                                S. 2920

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2920, a bill to reauthorize 
and improve the financing and entrepreneurial development programs of 
the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3037

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3037, a bill to amend the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 to improve the educational 
awards provided for national service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3102

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3102, a bill to establish 
the Small Business Information Security Task Force, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3155, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3252

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3252, a bill to amend the 
Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, 
enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3462

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3462, 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

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others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such 
railroad, and by heirs and survivors of such persons.


                                S. 3468

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3468, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals 
to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals 
by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health 
education programs.


                                S. 3484

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3484, a bill to provide 
for a delay in the phase out of the hospice budget neutrality 
adjustment factor under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.


                                S. 3487

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3487, a bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to 
expand and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3517

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3517, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide parity under group 
health plans and group health insurance coverage for the provision of 
benefits for prosthetic devices and components and benefits for other 
medical and surgical services.


                                S. 3525

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator 
from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 3525, a 
bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled 
Banner'', and for other purposes.


                                S. 3527

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3527, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain 
medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by 
providing two-fiscal year budget authority.


                                S. 3539

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3539, a bill to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of the United States 
of America.


                                S. 3552

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3552, a bill to 
conserve the United States fish and aquatic communities through 
partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the 
quality of life for the people of the United States and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 3610

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3610, a bill to 
improve the accuracy of fur product labeling, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3643

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 3643, a bill to enhance the capacity of the United States to 
undertake global development activities, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3656

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), 
the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 3656, a bill to preserve access 
to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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