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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Senate section on pages S8461-S8462 on Dec. 8, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 306
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 306, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
S. 494
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 494, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a national screening program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States the option to increase screening in the United States population for the prevention, early detection, and timely treatment of colorectal cancer.
S. 506
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
S. 626
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 626, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the shipping investment withdrawal rules in section 955 and to provide an incentive to reinvest foreign shipping earnings in the United States.
S. 752
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of S. 752, a bill to establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.
S. 955
At the request of Mr. Leahy, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 955, a bill to provide grants for the renovation, modernization or construction of law enforcement facilities.
S. 985
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 985, a bill to amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
S. 996
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 996, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the new markets tax credit through 2016, and for other purposes.
S. 1174
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1174, a bill to provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment.
S. 1175
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 1175, a bill to provide, develop, and support 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring the skills necessary to think critically and solve problems, be an effective communicator, collaborate with others, and learn to create and innovate.
S. 1440
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1440, a bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.
S. 1591
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1591, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.
S. 1629
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1629, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
S. 1680
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1680, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
S. 1749
At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1749, a bill to establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.
S. 1866
At the request of Mr. Rubio, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 1866, a bill to provide incentives for economic growth, and for other purposes.
S. 1872
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1872, a 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. 1884
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1884, a bill to provide States with incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer epinephrine at schools.
S. 1896
At the request of Ms. Ayotte, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1896, a bill to eliminate the automatic inflation increases for discretionary programs built into the baseline projections and require budget estimates to be compared with the prior year's level.
S. 1925
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Minnesota
(Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
S. 1954
At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1954, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for expedited security screenings for members of the Armed Forces.
S. 1959
At the request of Mr. Burr, the names of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) were added as cosponsors of S. 1959, a bill to require a report on the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign terrorist organization and for other purposes.
S. 1961
At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 1961, a bill to provide level funding for the Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
AMENDMENT NO. 1209
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1209 proposed to S. 1867, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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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