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July 30, 2009 sees Congressional Record publish “ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS”

Volume 155, No. 117 covering the 1st 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 S8557-S8558 on July 30, 2009.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

S. 252

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

(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 252, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals, to improve the provision of health care veterans, and for other purposes.

S. 254

At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Illinois

(Mr. Burris) was added as a cosponsor of S. 254, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program.

S. 423

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

(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 423, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize advance appropriations for certain medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing two-fiscal year budget authority, and for other purposes.

S. 446

At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Delaware

(Mr. Kaufman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 446, a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

S. 493

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

(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of ABLE accounts for the care of family members with disabilities, and for other purposes.

S. 581

At the request of Mr. Bennet, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 581, a bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the exclusion of combat pay from income for purposes of determining eligibility for child nutrition programs and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children.

S. 601

At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 601, a bill to establish the Weather Mitigation Research Office, and for other purposes.

S. 663

At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns) was added as a cosponsor of S. 663, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the United States merchant marine (including the Army Transport Service and the Naval Transport Service) during World War II.

S. 694

At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 694, a bill to provide assistance to Best Buddies to support the expansion and development of mentoring programs, and for other purposes.

At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 694, supra.

S. 714

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

(Mr. Franken) was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.

S. 765

At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the name of the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to not impose a penalty for failure to disclose reportable transactions when there is reasonable cause for such failure, to modify such penalty, and for other purposes.

S. 812

At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nebraska

(Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 812, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

S. 941

At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 941, a bill to reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearm laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes.

S. 994

At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Nelson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 994, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase awareness of the risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer.

S. 1065

At the request of Mr. Brownback, the name of the Senator from Idaho

(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1065, a bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes.

S. 1066

At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambulance services under the Medicare program.

S. 1071

At the request of Mr. Chambliss, the name of the Senator from Utah

(Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1071, a bill to protect the national security of the United States by limiting the immigration rights of individuals detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

S. 1171

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

(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1171, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals under the Medicare Program.

S. 1222

At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1222, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the benefits for businesses operating in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, or renewal communities, and for other purposes.

S. 1301

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

(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1301, a bill to direct the Attorney General to make an annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, and for other purposes.

S. 1321

At the request of Mr. Udall of Colorado, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1321, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for property labeled under the Environmental Protection Agency Water Sense program.

S. 1379

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

(Mr. Merkley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1379, a bill to encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and to create sustainable communities.

S. 1401

At the request of Mr. Martinez, the names of the Senator from Wyoming

(Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from Utah

(Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Wyoming

(Mr. Barrasso) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added as cosponsors of S. 1401, a bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship in golf.

S. 1422

At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii

(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1422, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.

S. 1535

At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1535, a bill to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft, and for other purposes.

S. CON. RES. 36

At the request of Mrs. Lincoln, the names of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as cosponsors of S. Con. Res. 36, a concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Purple Heart Recognition Day''.

S. RES. 71

At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 71, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

AMENDMENT NO. 1907

At the request of Mr. Johanns, his name was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1907 proposed to H.R. 3357, a bill to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 155, No. 117