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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S12008-S12009 on Nov. 30, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 254
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 254, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.
S. 332
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 332, a bill to establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.
S. 354
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 354, a bill to provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.
S. 436
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 436, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes.
S. 456
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 456, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop guidelines to be used on a voluntary basis to develop plans to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.
S. 461
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as cosponsors of S. 461, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
S. 510
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi) were added as cosponsors of S. 510, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply.
S. 619
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 619, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in the treatment of human and animal diseases.
S. 678
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 678, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
S. 781
At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Carper) 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. 795
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 795, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes.
S. 823
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. LeMieux) 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. 870
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use and to modify the credit period for certain facilities producing electricity from open-loop biomass.
S. 987
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 987, a bill to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, and for other purposes.
S. 1008
At the request of Mr. Thune, his name and the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 1008, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit requirements of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members of the Armed Forces subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay.
S. 1067
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1067, a bill to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, and for other purposes.
S. 1217
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1217, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve and protect rehabilitative services and case management services provided under Medicaid to improve the health and welfare of the nation's most vulnerable seniors and children.
S. 1317
At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 1317, a bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists.
S. 1353
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1353, a bill to amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
S. 1458
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1458, a bill to encourage the development and implementation of a comprehensive, global strategy for the preservation and reunification of families and the provision of permanent parental care for orphans.
S. 1535
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1535, a bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes.
S. 1756
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) were added as cosponsors of S. 1756, a bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the appropriate standard of proof.
S. 1799
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Missouri
(Mrs. McCaskill) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) were added as cosponsors of S. 1799, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to establish fair and transparent practices related to the marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S. 1859
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1859, a bill to reinstate Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments.
S. 1927
At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from California
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1927, a bill to establish a moratorium on credit card interest rate increases, and for other purposes.
S. 2097
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2097, a bill to authorize the rededication of the District of Columbia War Memorial as a National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial to honor the sacrifices made by American veterans of World War I.
S. 2740
At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2740, a bill to establish a comprehensive literacy program.
S. 2757
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2757, a bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family members of persons who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and for other purposes.
S. 2779
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2779, a bill to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes.
S. 2781
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2781, a bill to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and to change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.
S. 2787
At the request of Ms. Collins, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2787, a bill to repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
S. CON. RES. 39
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 39, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency virus, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for the development of housing as a response to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic.
S. RES. 71
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 71, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
S. RES. 337
At the request of Mr. Byrd, the names of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 337, a resolution designating December 6, 2009, as ``National Miners Day''.
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