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“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” published by the Congressional Record on April 18, 2012

Volume 158, No. 56 covering the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S2496-S2497 on April 18, 2012.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 714

At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Montana

(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes.

S. 847

At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 847, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed, and for other purposes.

S. 881

At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.

S. 941

At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to strengthen families' engagement in the education of their children.

S. 1039

At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1039, a bill to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.

S. 1316

At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1316, a bill to prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.

S. 1575

At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Nevada

(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1575, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems.

S. 1591

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 1591, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions during the Holocaust.

S. 1833

At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1833, a bill to provide additional time for compliance with, and coordinating of, the compliance schedules for certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.

S. 2051

At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Washington

(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2051, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.

S. 2076

At the request of Mr. Franken, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2076, a bill to improve security at State and local courthouses.

S. 2103

At the request of Mr. Lee, the name of the Senator from Mississippi

(Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2103, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

S. 2120

At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2120, a bill to require the lender or servicer of a home mortgage upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale.

S. 2165

At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of S. 2165, a bill to enhance strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, and for other purposes.

S. 2172

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2172, a bill to remove the limit on the anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.

S. 2205

At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 2205, a bill to prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that restricts the Second Amendment rights of United States citizens.

S. 2230

At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2230, a bill to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.

S. 2270

At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Illinois

(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2270, a bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve energy programs.

S. 2277

At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2277, a bill to respond to the extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions resulting from pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage by declaring a state of emergency and directing the Secretary of Agriculture to immediately implement hazardous fuels reduction projects in the manner provided in title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

S.J. RES. 38

At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 38, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment.

S. RES. 418

At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 418, a resolution commending the 80 brave men who became known as the ``Doolittle Tokyo Raiders'' for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States during the bombing of Tokyo and 5 other targets on the island of Honshu on April 18, 1942, during the Second World War.

AMENDMENT NO. 2003

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio

(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2003 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2004

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio

(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2004 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2005

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Ohio

(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2005 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2008

At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2008 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2011

At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Texas

(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2011 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2020

At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from Colorado

(Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2020 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

AMENDMENT NO. 2031

At the request of Mrs. McCaskill, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Udall), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2031 intended to be proposed to S. 1789, a bill to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 158, No. 56