Volume 157, No. 158 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 S6872-S6874 on Oct. 20, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 20
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 20, a bill to protect American job creation by striking the job-killing Federal employer mandate.
S. 164
At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Kirk) were added as cosponsors of S. 164, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
S. 211
At the request of Mr. Isakson, the names of the Senator from Maryland
(Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 211, a bill to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government.
S. 227
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 227, 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. 331
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Wyoming
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to ensure that military voters have the right to bring a civil action under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to safeguard their right to vote.
S. 384
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor 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. 576
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
S. 598
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage.
S. 687
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 687, 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. 720
At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. McConnell), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were added as cosponsors of S. 720, a bill to repeal the CLASS program.
S. 968
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 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. 998
At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, a bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60.
S. 1025
At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) 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. 1106
At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to authorize Department of Defense support for programs on pro bono legal assistance for members of the Armed Forces.
S. 1392
At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1440
At the request of Mr. Alexander, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as cosponsors of S. 1440, a bill to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy--related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity.
At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1440, supra.
S. 1460
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1460, a bill to grant the congressional gold medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.
S. 1467
At the request of Mr. Blunt, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1467, a bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services.
S. 1468
At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1468, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self--
management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self--management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program.
S. 1479
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1479, a bill to preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities.
S. 1527
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1527, a bill to authorize the award of a Congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines of World War II.
S. 1576
At the request of Ms. Landrieu, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1576, a bill to measure the progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other purposes.
S. 1610
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1610, a bill to provide additional time for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities, and for other purposes.
S. 1651
At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1651, a bill to provide for greater transparency and honesty in the Federal budget process.
S. 1653
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1653, a bill to make minor modifications to the procedures relating to the issuance of visas.
S. 1668
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1668, a bill to provide that the Postal Service may not close any post office which results in more than 10 miles distance (as measured on roads with year--round access) between any 2 post offices.
S. 1671
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Mr. Heller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1671, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a temporary dividends received deduction for dividends received from a controlled foreign corporation.
S. 1684
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1684, a bill to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self--Determination Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
S. 1702
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1702, a bill to provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled
``National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines'' have no force or effect with respect to existing stationary compression and spark ignition reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by certain persons and entities for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a water pump.
S. 1718
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the application of Medicare secondary payer rules for certain claims.
S. 1723
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1723, a bill to provide for teacher and first responder stabilization.
S. 1726
At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from New Hampshire
(Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of S. 1726, a bill to repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities.
At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1726, supra.
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 1726, supra.
AMENDMENT NO. 750
At the request of Mr. Webb, the names of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 750 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 753
At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 753 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 771
At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 771 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 815
At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 815 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 817
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the names of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), the Senator from Rhode Island
(Mr. Reed), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 817 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 839
At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 839 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 841
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Montana
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 841 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 855
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 855 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 857
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 857 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 859
At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 859 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 869
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from Iowa
(Mr. Harkin) and the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 869 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 875
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from New Hampshire
(Mrs. Shaheen) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 875 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 885
At the request of Mr. Begich, the names of the Senator from Alabama
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 885 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 886
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 886 intended to be proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 890
At the request of Mr. Burr, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 890 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
AMENDMENT NO. 893
At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the names of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) and the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 893 proposed to H.R. 2112, a bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes.
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