[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1] [Senate] [Pages 739-740] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 55 At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 55, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax. S. 617 At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans. S. 1003 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to emergency medical services and the quality and efficiency of care furnished in emergency departments of hospitals and critical access hospitals by establishing a bipartisan commission to examine factors that affect the effective delivery of such services, by providing for additional payments for certain physician services furnished in such emergency departments, and by establishing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Working Group, and for other purposes. S. 1172 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1172, a bill to reduce hunger in the United States. S. 1200 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1200, a bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the Act. S. 1335 At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. S. 1361 At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1361, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements and to modify the depreciation rules relating to such leasehold improvements for purposes of computing earnings and profits. S. 1668 At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to assist in providing affordable housing to those affected by the 2005 hurricanes. S. 1733 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1733, a bill to authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes. S. 1921 At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1921, a bill to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other purposes. S. 2136 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2136, a bill to address the treatment of primary mortgages in bankruptcy, and for other purposes. S. 2170 At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2170, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction. S. 2181 At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2181, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare program. S. 2215 At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2215, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Protective Security Advisor Program Office. S. 2252 At the request of Mr. Coleman, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2252, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students from $50 per month to $200 per month, and for other purposes. S. 2292 At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) were added as cosponsors of S. 2292, a bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes. S. 2337 At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2337, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional [[Page 740]] consumer protections for long-term care insurance. S. 2367 At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2367, a bill to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. S. 2426 At the request of Mr. Menendez, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2426, a bill to provide for congressional oversight of United States agreements with the Government of Iraq. At the request of Mrs. Boxer, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2426, supra. S. 2433 At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2433, a bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. S. 2469 At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2469, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of regulatory forbearance by default. S. 2498 At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2498, a bill to authorize the minting of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to occur in 2010. S. 2534 At the request of Mr. Bayh, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2534, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson Post Office Building''. S. 2544 At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 2544, a bill to provide for a program of temporary extended unemployment compensation. S.J. RES. 27 At the request of Mrs. Dole, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 27, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto. AMENDMENT NO. 3857 At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 3857 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 3858 At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3858 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 3862 At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3862 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 3863 At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 3863 intended to be proposed to S. 2248, an original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. ____________________