[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3125-S3126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 11

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 11, a bill to reform the Federal election campaign laws applicable 
to Congress.


                                 S. 39

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee] and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 39, a bill to amend the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin 
Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 224

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Faircloth] was added as a cosponsor of S. 224, a bill to 
amend title 10, United States Code, to permit covered beneficiaries 
under the military health care system who are also entitled to Medicare 
to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 238

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. 
Inouye] was added as a cosponsor of S. 238, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare reimbursement for certain 
ambulance services, and to improve the efficiency of the emergency 
medical system, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 248

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Nevada [Mr. Bryan], the Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray], the 
Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], and the Senator from Hawaii 
[Mr. Inouye] were added as cosponsors of S. 248, a bill to establish a 
Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of 
Appeals.


                                 S. 263

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
[Mr. Thomas] was added as a cosponsor of S. 263, a bill to prohibit the 
import, export, sale, purchase, possession, transportation, 
acquisition, and receipt of bear viscera or products that contain or 
claim to contain bear viscera, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
[Mr. Inouye] was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve preventive benefits under 
the Medicare Program.


                                 S. 342

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 342, a bill to extend 
certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic 
and Trade Offices.


                                 S. 356

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Mr. Breaux] was added as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Public Health Service Act, the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the title XVIII and 
XIX of the Social Security Act to assure access to emergency medical 
services under group

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health plans, health insurance coverage, and the Medicare and Medicaid 
Programs.


                                 S. 369

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] was added as a cosponsor of S. 369, a bill to 
amend section 1128B of the Social Security Act to repeal the criminal 
penalty for fraudulent disposition of assets in order to obtain 
Medicaid benefits added by section 217 of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico [Mr. Bingaman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 370, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for increased 
Medicare reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse 
specialists to increase the delivery of health services in health 
professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 371

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico [Mr. Bingaman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 371, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for increased 
Medicare reimbursement for physician assistants, to increase the 
delivery of health services in health professional shortage areas, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Florida 
[Mr. Mack], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson], the Senator 
from Delaware [Mr. Biden], and the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. 
Kerry] were added as cosponsors of S. 375, a bill to amend title II of 
the Social Security Act to restore the link between the maximum amount 
of earnings by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount 
permitted in determining excess earnings under the earnings test.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers] was added as a cosponsor of S. 381, a bill to 
establish a demonstration project to study and provide coverage of 
routine patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who 
are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program.


                                 S. 389

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
[Mr. Inhofe] and the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Thomas] were added as 
cosponsors of S. 389, a bill to improve congressional deliberation on 
proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 474

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
[Mr. Lieberman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 474, a bill to amend 
sections 1081 and 1084 of title 18, United States Code.


                                 s. 502

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 502, a bill to amend 
title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide posteligibility 
treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans 
Affairs pension or compensation program.


                                 s. 503

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson], the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith], and the 
Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] were added as cosponsors of S. 503, a 
bill to prevent the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus, 
commonly known as HIV, and for other purposes.


                                 s. 528

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun], the Senator from Georgia [Mr. Cleland], 
the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Warner], the Senator from Maine [Ms. 
Collins], and the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Torricelli] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 528, a bill to require the display of the POW/MIA 
flag on various occasions and in various locations.


                                 s. 535

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maine [Ms. 
Snowe] was added as a cosponsor of S. 535, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for 
research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.


                                 s. 536

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Leahy] was added as a cosponsor of S. 536, a bill to amend the 
National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to establish a program to 
support and encourage local communities that first demonstrate a 
comprehensive, long-term commitment to reduce substance abuse among 
youth, and for other purposes.


                       senate joint resolution 9

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the names of the Senator from Texas [Mr. 
Gramm] and the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 9, a joint resolution proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require two-
thirds majorities for increasing taxes.


                       senate joint resolution 18

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
[Mr. Cleland] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 18, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to 
affect elections.


                       senate joint resolution 25

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Lott] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint 
Resolution 25, a joint resolution disapproving the rule of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to occupational 
exposure to methylene chloride.


                          senate resolution 58

  At the request of Mr. Roth, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 58, a 
resolution to state the sense of the Senate that the Treaty of Mutual 
Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America and Japan 
is essential for furthering the security interests of the United 
States, Japan, and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, and that 
the people of Okinawa deserve recognition for their contributions 
toward ensuring the treaty's implementation.


                          senate resolution 69

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Jeffords], and the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] were 
added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 69, a resolution expressing 
the sense of the Senate regarding the March 30, 1997, terrorist grenade 
attack in Cambodia.

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