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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Senate section on pages S7699-S7702 on July 20, 2009.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 21
At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as cosponsors of S. 21, a bill to reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care.
S. 144
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 144, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F.
S. 307
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 307, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program and to exempt from the critical access hospital inpatient bed limitation the number of beds provided for certain veterans.
S. 316
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of S. 316, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the reduction in the rate of tax on qualified timber gain of corporations, and for other purposes.
S. 343
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 343, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician.
S. 557
At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 557, a bill to encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes.
S. 604
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 604, a bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
S. 624
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 624, a bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.
S. 647
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 647, a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities.
S. 662
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 662, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
S. 664
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to create a systemic risk monitor for the financial system of the United States, to oversee financial regulatory activities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
S. 781
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants.
S. 801
At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 801, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to waive charges for humanitarian care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to family members accompanying veterans severely injured after September 11, 2001, as they receive medical care from the Department and to provide assistance to family caregivers, and for other purposes.
S. 812
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.
S. 819
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Burris) and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) were added as cosponsors of S. 819, a bill to provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families.
S. 823
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 823, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other purposes.
S. 845
At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of S. 845, a bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.
S. 846
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 846, a bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
S. 850
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
S. 942
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 942, a bill to prevent the abuse of Government charge cards.
S. 951
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 951, a bill to authorize the President, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the historic and first lunar landing by humans in 1969, to award gold medals on behalf of the United States Congress to Neil A. Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon; Edwin E. ``Buzz'' Aldrin, Jr., the pilot of the lunar module and second person to walk on the moon; Michael Collins, the pilot of their Apollo 11 mission's command module; and, the first American to orbit the Earth, John Herschel Glenn, Jr.
S. 973
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 973, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.
S. 1065
At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1065, a bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.
S. 1072
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1072, a bill to amend chapter 1606 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the basis utilized for annual adjustments in amounts of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve.
S. 1089
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill to facilitate the export of United States agricultural commodities and products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States citizens and legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes.
S. 1106
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of medical and dental readiness services to certain members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve based on medical need, and for other purposes.
S. 1148
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a provision relating to the renewable fuel program.
S. 1183
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes.
S. 1221
At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.
S. 1237
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1237, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, and for other purposes.
S. 1304
At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1304, a bill to restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes.
S. 1318
At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. 1318, a bill to prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds.
S. 1402
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1402, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount allowed as a deduction for start-up expenditures.
S. 1415
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added as cosponsors of S. 1415, a bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have a genuine opportunity to register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, and for other purposes.
S. 1416
At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Idaho
(Mr. Risch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1416, a bill to require the redesignation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, to impose sanctions with respect to North Korea, to require reports on the status of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and counterproliferation efforts, and for other purposes.
S. 1425
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1425, a bill to increase the United States financial and programmatic contributions to promote economic opportunities for women in developing countries.
S. CON. RES. 25
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 25, a concurrent resolution recognizing the value and benefits that community health centers provide as health care homes for over 18,000,000 individuals, and the importance of enabling health centers and other safety net providers to continue to offer accessible, affordable, and continuous care to their current patients and to every American who lacks access to preventive and primary care services.
S. RES. 200
At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 200, a resolution designating September 12, 2009, as ``National Childhood Cancer Awareness Day''.
S. RES. 210
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 210, a resolution designating the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.
S. RES. 212
At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Coburn), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 212, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any savings under the Medicare program should be invested back into the Medicare program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.
AMENDMENT NO. 1484
At the request of Mr. Gregg, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1484 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1501
At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Feingold), the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1501 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1504
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1504 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1513
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1513 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1515
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1515 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1530
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1530 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1557
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1557 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1558
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1558 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1570
At the request of Mr. Franken, the names of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1570 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1575
At the request of Mr. Johanns, the names of the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1575 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1585
At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1585 intended to be proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 1618
At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1618 proposed to S. 1390, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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