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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Senate section on pages S6650-S6652 on June 16, 2009.
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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 148
At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 148, a bill to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act.
S. 211
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services and volunteer services, and for other purposes.
S. 244
At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 244, a bill to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early identification of developmental and health delays, including potential mental health concerns, and for other purposes.
S. 482
At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 482, a bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.
S. 497
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 497, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.
S. 534
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain non-institutionalized full-
benefit dual eligible individuals.
S. 604
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter) was added as a cosponsor 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. 653
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 653, 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. 662
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 663
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 663, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.
S. 686
At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 686, a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to advise Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on policy issues associated with the profession of social work, to authorize the Secretary to make grants to support recruitment for, and retention, research, and reinvestment in, the profession, and for other purposes.
S. 750
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 750, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans.
S. 756
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 756, a bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging research and education.
S. 795
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) 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. 812
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Ms. Cantwell) 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. 823
At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Texas
(Mrs. Hutchison) were added as cosponsors 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. 846
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 908
At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from North Dakota
(Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 908, a bill to amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran.
S. 962
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 962, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.
S. 984
At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 984, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.
S. 987
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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. 1023
At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1023, a bill to establish a non-profit corporation to communicate United States entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the United States.
S. 1026
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1026, a bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed service voters, and for other purposes.
S. 1052
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1052, a bill to amend the small, rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
S. 1073
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1073, a bill to provide for credit rating reforms, and for other purposes.
S. 1111
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1111, a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with States to resolve outstanding claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program relating to the Special Disability Workload project.
S. 1121
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1121, a bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the repair, renovation, and construction of elementary and secondary schools, including early learning facilities at the elementary schools.
S. 1131
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1131, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to coordinated, primary care medical services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by a team of qualified and experienced health care professionals.
S. 1135
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Missouri
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill to establish a voluntary program in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to encourage consumers to trade-in older vehicles for more fuel efficient vehicles, and for other purposes.
S. 1144
At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1144, a bill to improve transit services, including in rural States.
S. 1150
At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1150, a bill to improve end-of-life care.
S. 1153
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) were added as cosponsors of S. 1153, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-
provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.
S. 1155
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1155, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for health.
S. 1157
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1157, 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. 1168
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1168, a bill to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program.
S. 1230
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1230, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain home purchases.
S. 1235
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1235, a bill to amend the Public Health Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
S. 1242
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arizona
(Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1242, a bill to prohibit the Federal Government from holding ownership interests, and for other purposes.
S. 1244
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New York
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1244, a bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers, to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps, and to provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding.
S. 1254
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1254, a bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S. 1259
At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) were added as cosponsors of S. 1259, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response.
S. 1265
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of S. 1265, a bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to provide members of the Armed Forces and their family members equal access to voter registration assistance, and for other purposes.
S.J. RES. 17
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Ensign), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 17, a joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 11
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 23
At the request of Mr. Kerry, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, a concurrent resolution supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets.
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, supra.
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 23, supra.
S. CON. RES. 24
At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Reid) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 24, a concurrent resolution to direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of the United States Capitol, and for other purposes.
S. CON. RES. 25
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Vermont
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor 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. CON. RES. 26
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from New York
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 26, a concurrent resolution apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans.
S. RES. 153
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 153, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras.
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