Volume 157, No. 62 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 S2778-S2779 on May 9, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 146
At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 146, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans.
S. 296
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.
S. 390
At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Nebraska
(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 390, a bill to ensure that the right of an individual to display the Service Flag on residential property not be abridged.
S. 394
At the request of Mr. Kohl, the names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 394, a bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-
producing and exporting cartels illegal.
S. 426
At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 426, a bill to strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships that meet the comprehensive needs of children and youth.
S. 465
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 465, a bill to prevent mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors in the United States, to promote efforts to increase public awareness of the enormous impact that mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud have on seniors, to educate the public, seniors, and their families, and their caregivers about how to identify and combat fraudulent activity, and for other purposes.
S. 481
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Kohl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 481, a bill to enhance and further research into the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, to improve access to treatment of eating disorders, and for other purposes.
S. 486
At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 486, a bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to enhance protections for members of the uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other purposes.
S. 489
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Michigan
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, and for other purposes.
S. 496
At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.
S. 501
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 501, a bill to establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide incentives for home health agencies to utilize home monitoring and communications technologies.
S. 506
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from Colorado
(Mr. Udall) was added as a cosponsor of S. 506, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students.
S. 534
At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, 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. 542
At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for members of the reserve components, a member or former member of a reserve component who is eligible for retired pay but for age, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents.
S. 576
At the request of Mr. Harkin, the names of the Senator from Alaska
(Mr. Begich), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) and the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand) were added as cosponsors of S. 576, a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve standards for physical education.
S. 625
At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of S. 625, a bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to incorporate regional transportation planning organizations into statewide transportation planning, and for other purposes.
S. 634
At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.
S. 641
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 641, a bill to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis within six years by improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005.
S. 668
At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as cosponsors of S. 668, a bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
S. 720
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 720, a bill to repeal the CLASS program.
S. 730
At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from Hawaii
(Mr. Akaka) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 730, a bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
S. 738
At the request of Ms. Stabenow, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 738, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and related dementia diagnosis and services in order to improve care and outcomes for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias by improving detection, diagnosis, and care planning.
S. 740
At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North Dakota
(Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to revise and extend provisions under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.
S. 781
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arkansas
(Mr. Boozman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
S. 807
At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Hagan) were added as cosponsors of S. 807, a bill to authorize the Department of Labor's voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more small businesses.
S. 838
At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Alaska
(Ms. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 838, a bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.
S. 853
At the request of Mrs. Hagan, the name of the Senator from Washington
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 853, a bill to provide for financial literacy education.
S. 868
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 868, a bill to restore the longstanding partnership between the States and the Federal Government in managing the Medicaid program.
S. 877
At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 877, a bill to prevent taxpayer-
funded elective abortions by applying the longstanding policy of the Hyde amendment to the new health care law.
S. 878
At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, a bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.
S. 883
At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 883, a bill to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution.
S. 896
At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 896, a bill to amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public service.
S. RES. 80
At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich) 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. 150
At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the name of the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Coats) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 150, a resolution calling for the protection of religious minority rights and freedoms in the Arab world.
S. RES. 172
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. Brown) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 172, a resolution recognizing the importance of cancer research and the contributions made by scientists and clinicians across the United States who are dedicated to finding a cure for cancer, and designating May 2011, as
``National Cancer Research Month''.
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