[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6] [Senate] [Pages 7615-7617] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 717 At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, a bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. S. 796 At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes. S. 803 At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) 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. 1003 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) 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. 1070 At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, 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. 1415 At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1415, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to improve screening and treatment of cancers, provide for survivorship services, and for other purposes. S. 1661 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate United States travel policies and improve marketing and other activities designed to increase travel in the United States from abroad. S. 2059 At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) were added as cosponsors of S. 2059, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews. S. 2067 At the request of Mr. Martinez, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2067, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to recreational vessels. S. 2279 At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2279, a bill to combat international violence against women and girls. S. 2314 At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2314, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit, and for other purposes. S. 2372 At the request of Mr. Smith, the names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Martinez) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign) were added as cosponsors of S. 2372, a bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear. S. 2408 At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 2408, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. S. 2533 At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2533, a bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. S. 2561 At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2561, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War. S. 2585 At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2585, a bill to provide for the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. S. 2598 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2598, a bill to increase the supply and lower the cost of petroleum by temporarily suspending the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. S. 2618 At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2618, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb- girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies. S. 2672 At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2672, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities. S. 2702 At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2702, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under the Medicare part B Program. S. 2723 At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2723, a bill to expand the dental workforce and improve dental access, prevention, and data reporting, and for other purposes. S. 2772 At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. [[Page 7616]] 2772, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the investigation of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. S. 2778 At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2778, a bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to expand certain bonus and special pay authorities for members of the Armed Forces in order to enhance the recruitment and retention of psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and other mental health professionals in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. S. 2782 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2782, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit on crude oil and transfer the proceeds of the tax to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. S. 2818 At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 2818, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide for enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating. S. 2863 At the request of Mr. Vitter, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) were added as cosponsors of S. 2863, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures. S. 2874 At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2874, a bill to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces and, because of hazards incident to such service, was killed, died as a result of wounds, accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is permanently disabled, and for other purposes. S. 2880 At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Sununu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2880, a bill to provide that funds made available for reconstruction assistance for Iraq may be made available only to the extent that the Government of Iraq matches such assistance on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and for other purposes. S. 2931 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2931, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. S. 2938 At the request of Mr. Thune, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2938, a bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans in order to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. S. 2942 At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 2942, a bill to authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center. S.J. RES. 28 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 28, a joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. S. RES. 483 At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 483, a resolution recognizing the first weekend of May 2008 as ``Ten Commandments Weekend''. S. RES. 543 At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 543, a resolution designating the week beginning May 11, 2008, as ``National Nursing Home Week''. AMENDMENT NO. 4580 At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4580 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4586 At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4586 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4589 At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4589 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4615 At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4615 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4616 At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4616 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4618 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4618 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. [[Page 7617]] AMENDMENT NO. 4621 At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4621 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2881, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and for other purposes. ____________________