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Sept. 20, 2010: Congressional Record publishes “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS”

Volume 156, No. 126 covering the 2nd Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) 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 S7205-S7207 on Sept. 20, 2010.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 833

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 833, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide Medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.

S. 850

At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-

Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.

S. 1153

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1153, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion from gross income for employer-

provided health coverage for employees' spouses and dependent children to coverage provided to other eligible designated beneficiaries of employees.

S. 1183

At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1183, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes.

S. 1197

At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1197, a bill to establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in elementary and secondary schools.

S. 1349

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Florida

(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1349, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the deduction for use of a portion of a residence as a home office by providing an optional standard home office deduction.

S. 1481

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

(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1481, a bill to amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities.

S. 1695

At the request of Mr. Burris, the names of the Senator from Missouri

(Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1695, a bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.

S. 2747

At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2747, a bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide consistent and reliable authority for, and for the funding of, the land and water conservation fund to maximize the effectiveness of the fund for future generations, and for other purposes.

S. 2814

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Maine

(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2814, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more timely access to home health services for Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program.

S. 2899

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2899, a bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the development of solar energy.

S. 3039

At the request of Mr. Udall of New Mexico, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3039, a bill to prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities, and for other purposes.

S. 3184

At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3184, a bill to provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, and for other purposes.

S. 3189

At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3189, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for additional transportation assistance grants.

S. 3315

At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Vermont

(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3315, 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. 3430

At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Hawaii

(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 3430, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and to promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector.

S. 3622

At the request of Mr. Johanns, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3622, a bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a proposed rule to amend the spill prevention, control, and countermeasure rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry, and for other purposes.

S. 3657

At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3657, a bill to establish as a standing order of the Senate that a Senator publicly disclose a notice of intent to objecting to any measure or matter.

S. 3716

At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3716, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax incentive for the installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property.

S. 3735

At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3735, a bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.

S. 3747

At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Wyoming

(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3747, a bill to provide for a reduction and limitation on the total number of Federal employees, and for other purposes.

S. 3748

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

(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3748, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention of members of the reserve components on active duty for a period of 45 days following an extended deployment in contingency operations of homeland defense missions to support their reintegration into civilian life, and for other purposes.

S. 3772

At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) were added as cosponsors of S. 3772, a bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

S. CON. RES. 39

At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 39, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that stable and affordable housing is an essential component of an effective strategy for the prevention, treatment, and care of human immunodeficiency virus, and that the United States should make a commitment to providing adequate funding for the development of housing as a response to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome pandemic.

S. CON. RES. 63

At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Idaho

(Mr. Risch), the Senator from Florida (Mr. LeMieux) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 63, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

S. RES. 586

At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 586, a resolution supporting democracy, human rights, and civil liberties in Egypt.

AMENDMENT NO. 4618

At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the names of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 4618 intended to be proposed to S. 3454, an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 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.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 156, No. 126