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July 25, 2011 sees Congressional Record publish “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS”

Volume 157, No. 112 covering the 1st 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 S4869-S4870 on July 25, 2011.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 164

At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 164, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.

S. 202

At the request of Mr. Paul, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 202, a bill to require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.

S. 242

At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the roles and responsibilities of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

S. 371

At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 371, a bill to improve the efficiency, operation, and security of the national transportation system to move freight by leveraging investments and promoting partnerships that advance interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes.

S. 384

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 384, a bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research.

S. 401

At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota

(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 401, a bill to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law.

S. 497

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

(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes.

S. 543

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

(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 543, a bill to restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property.

S. 570

At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 570, a bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.

S. 609

At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Kentucky

(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from South Carolina

(Mr. Graham), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Arizona

(Mr. McCain), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) were added as cosponsors of S. 609, a bill to provide for the establishment of a committee to assess the effects of certain Federal regulatory mandates.

S. 658

At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Oregon

(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 658, a bill to provide for the preservation by the Department of Defense of documentary evidence of the Department of Defense on incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, and for other purposes.

S. 829

At the request of Mr. Cardin, the names of the Senator from Delaware

(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of S. 829, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.

S. 834

At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Maryland

(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) were added as cosponsors of S. 834, a bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

S. 968

At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Colorado

(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 968, a bill to prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes.

S. 979

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

(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 979, a bill to designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in the United States.

S. 1025

At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Louisiana

(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1025, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other purposes.

S. 1048

At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of S. 1048, a bill to expand sanctions imposed with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, and Syria, and for other purposes.

S. 1228

At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1228, a bill to prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or services.

S. 1294

At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1294, a bill to promote the oil independence of the United States, and for other purposes.

S. 1346

At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1346, a bill to restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.

S. 1369

At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Arkansas

(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1369, a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements.

S. 1370

At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from New York

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1370, a bill to reauthorize 21st century community learning centers, and for other purposes.

S. 1392

At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Alaska

(Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) were added as cosponsors of S. 1392, a bill to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, and for other purposes.

S. 1395

At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) were added as cosponsors of S. 1395, a bill to ensure that all Americans have access to waivers from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

S.J. RES. 17

At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Ohio

(Mr. Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 17, a joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

S.J. RES. 19

At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

S. RES. 80

At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from New Jersey

(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 80, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

S. RES. 175

At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 175, a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized borders.

S. RES. 199

At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 199, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week''.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 157, No. 112