[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9] [Senate] [Pages 12831-12833] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS S. 493 At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of ABLE accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes. S. 632 At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly. S. 653 At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors 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. 781 At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) 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. 1158 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1158, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct activities to rapidly advance treatments for spinal muscular atrophy, neuromuscular disease, and other pediatric diseases, and for other purposes. S. 1237 At the request of Mrs. Murray, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1237, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs to include male homeless veterans with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, and for other purposes. S. 1376 At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1376, a bill to restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to allow their admission into the United States. S. 1567 At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1567, a bill to provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. S. 2129 At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2129, a bill to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to provide for the establishment of a National Women's History Museum. S. 3034 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. 3034, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to strike medals in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. S. 3043 At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3043, a bill to award planning grants and implementation grants to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to complete comprehensive planning to carry out activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 instruction and curriculum and to provide evaluation grants to measure efficacy of K-12 engineering education. S. 3184 At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. 3184, a bill to provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of [[Page 12832]] trafficking in children in eligible countries through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, and for other purposes. S. 3190 At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3190, a bill to reaffirm that the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997 does not limit a contracting officer's discretion regarding whether to make a contract available for award pursuant to any of the restricted competition programs authorized by the Small Business Act. S. 3199 At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3199, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss. S. 3238 At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3238, a bill to provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and to the memorials established at the 3 sites that were attacked on that day. S. 3246 At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3246, a bill to exclude from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family. S. 3339 At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3339, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers. S. 3425 At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3425, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral health services to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and fitness standards, and for other purposes. S. 3493 At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3493, a bill to reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to increase public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers. S. 3510 At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3510, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property. S. 3518 At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3518, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments in United States Courts where those judgments undermine the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and to provide a cause of action for declaratory judgment relief against a party who has brought a successful foreign defamation action whose judgment undermines the first amendment. S. 3519 At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of S. 3519, a bill to stabilize the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program. S. 3552 At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3552, a bill to require an Air Force study on the threats to, and sustainability of, the air test and training range infrastructure. S.J. RES. 30 At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S.J. Res. 30, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures. S. RES. 555 At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 555, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. S. RES. 565 At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 565, a resolution supporting and recognizing the achievements of the family planning services programs operating under title X of the Public Health Service Act. S. RES. 573 At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 573, a resolution urging the development of a comprehensive strategy to ensure stability in Somalia, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4410 At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4410 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4412 At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4412 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4413 At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4413 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4439 At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4439 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend [[Page 12833]] the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes. AMENDMENT NO. 4443 At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4443 intended to be proposed to H.R. 5297, an act to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes. ____________________