[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12] [Senate] [Pages 16206-16208] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 439 At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) was added as a cosponsor of S. 439, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain retired members of the uniformed services who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for their disability and either retired pay by reason of their years of military service or Combat-Related Special Compensation. S. 535 At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes. S. 573 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women. S. 604 At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 604, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit increases in the certain costs of health care services under the health care programs of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. S. 638 At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of S. 638, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for collegiate housing and infrastructure grants. S. 785 At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit the extent to which States may tax the compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters. S. 803 At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 803, a bill to repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments. S. 999 At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 999, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. S. 1512 At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1512, a bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand Federal eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 18. S. 1638 At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1638, a bill to adjust the salaries of Federal justices and judges, and for other purposes. S. 1942 At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1942, a bill to amend part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for the renovation of schools. S. 2140 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of S. 2140, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Francis Collins, in recognition of his outstanding contributions and leadership in the fields of medicine and genetics. S. 2270 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to include health centers [[Page 16207]] in the list of entities eligible for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act. S. 2369 At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2369, a bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes. S. 2433 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, 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. At the request of Mr. Webb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2433, supra. S. 2668 At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2668, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove cell phones from listed property under section 280F. S. 2681 At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2681, a bill to require the issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers. S. 2720 At the request of Mr. Byrd, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2720, a bill to withhold Federal financial assistance from each country that denies or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the issuance of visas to nationals of such country. S. 2908 At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) were added as cosponsors of S. 2908, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the display of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards. S. 3070 At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3070, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other proposes. S. 3080 At the request of Mr. Martinez, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3080, a bill to ensure parity between the temporary duty imposed on ethanol and tax credits provided on ethanol. S. 3114 At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3114, a bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes. S. 3142 At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3142, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance public health activities related to stillbirth and sudden unexpected infant death. S. 3186 At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as cosponsors of S. 3186, a bill to provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. S. 3287 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3287, a bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions. S. 3291 At the request of Mr. Johnson, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3291, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain income and gains relating to fuels as qualifying income for publicly traded partnerships. S. 3310 At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3310, a bill to provide benefits under the Post- Development/Mobilization Respite Absence program for certain periods before the implementation of the program. S. 3311 At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S. 3311, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses. S.J. RES. 44 At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 44, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule set forth as requirements contained in the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the State Health Official Letter 08-003, dated May 7, 2008, from such Center. S. CON. RES. 93 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 93, a concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month''. S. RES. 502 At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 502, a resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Space Foundation. S. RES. 618 At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 618, a resolution recognizing the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and memorializing the citizens of the United States, Kenya, and Tanzania whose lives were claimed as a result of the al Qaeda led terrorist attacks. AMENDMENT NO. 4979 At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4979 intended to be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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. 5105 At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5105 intended to be proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 5108 At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5108 intended to be proposed to S. 3268, a bill to amend the Commodity Exchange [[Page 16208]] Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. Sununu, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 5108 intended to be proposed to S. 3268, supra. ____________________