[Pages S2488-S2490]
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                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 22

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 22, a bill to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of 
educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the 
Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 93

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 93, a bill to authorize NTIA 
to borrow against anticipated receipts of the Digital Television and 
Public Safety Fund to initiate migration to a national IP-enabled 
emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen 
activated emergency communications.


                                 S. 117

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 117, a bill 
to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and 
services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on 
Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the 
Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 206

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator

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from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders) and the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 206, a bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination 
provisions.


                                 S. 214

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) were added as cosponsors of S. 
214, a bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to 
preserve the independence of United States attorneys.


                                 S. 225

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 225, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to expand the number of individuals qualifying for 
retroactive benefits from traumatic injury protection coverage under 
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to 
prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt 
collection companies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 367

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 367, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods 
made with sweatshop labor, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of S. 388, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in 
accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed 
firearms in the State.


                                 S. 394

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 394, a bill to amend 
the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to ensure the 
humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 442

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 442, a bill to provide for loan 
repayment for prosecutors and public defenders.


                                 S. 450

  At the request of Mr. Ensign, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 450, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare outpatient 
rehabilitation therapy caps.


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill 
to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian 
Regional Development Act of 1965.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to establish 
an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative 
Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, the names of the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to improve Medicare 
beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold 
used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an 
inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 558

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 558, a bill to provide 
parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and 
benefits for medical and surgical services.


                                 S. 563

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 563, a bill to extend the 
deadline by which State identification documents shall comply with 
certain minimum standards and for other purposes.


                                 S. 571

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of S. 571, a bill to withdraw 
normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of 
title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's 
Republic of China.


                                 S. 576

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 576, a bill to provide 
for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process 
rights.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole) were added as cosponsors of S. 
579, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 
make grants for the development and operation of research centers 
regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of 
breast cancer.


                                 S. 616

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 616, a bill to promote 
health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal 
recreational activities or legal transportation activities.


                                 S. 617

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 617, a bill to make the 
National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a 
discount to certain veterans.


                                 S. 634

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 634, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for 
education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup 
care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs 
under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 652

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 652, a bill to extend certain 
trade preferences to certain least-developed countries, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 671

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the names of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 671, a bill to exempt children of certain 
Filipino World War II veterans from the numerical limitations on 
immigrant visas.


                                 S. 699

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 699, a bill to prevent the 
fraudulent use of social security account numbers by allowing the 
sharing of social security data among agencies of the United States for 
identity theft prevention and immigration enforcement purposes, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 713

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 713, a bill to ensure 
dignity in care for members of the Armed Forces recovering from 
injuries.


                             S. CON. RES. 3

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) was added as a cosponsor of S. Con. Res. 3, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the 
United States that,

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not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working 
land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not 
less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States 
and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and 
fiber.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 272

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 272 intended to be 
proposed to S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by 
implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight 
the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 280

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 280 proposed to 
S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by implementing 
unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on 
terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 281

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 281 
proposed to S. 4, a bill to make the United States more secure by 
implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight 
the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland security, and 
for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 282

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 282 
intended to be proposed to S. 4, a bill to make the United States more 
secure by implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission to fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve 
homeland security, and for other purposes.

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