[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3455-S3457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 28

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
[Mr. Craig] was added as a cosponsor of S. 28, a bill to amend title 
17, United States Code, with respect to certain exemptions from 
copyright, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 194

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Washington 
[Mr. Gorton] was added as a cosponsor of S. 194, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the section 170(e)(5) 
rules pertaining to gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private 
foundations and for other purposes.


                                 S. 224

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] 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. 278

  At the request of Mr. Gramm, the name of the Senator from Montana 
[Mr. Burns] was added as a cosponsor of S. 278, a bill to guarantee the 
right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and 
their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from New 
York [Mr. D'Amato] and the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Daschle] were 
added as cosponsors 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.

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                                 S. 371

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New York 
[Mr. D'Amato] 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 name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor 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. 419

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Washington 
[Mrs. Murray] was added as a cosponsor of S. 419, a bill to provide 
surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth 
defects, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 479

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Missouri [Mr. Bond] and the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Faircloth] 
were added as cosponsors of S. 479, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide estate tax relief, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 489

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] was added as a cosponsor of S. 489, a bill to 
improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers.


                                 S. 493

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] was added as a cosponsor of S. 493, a bill to 
amend section 1029 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
cellular telephone cloning paraphernalia.


                                 S. 497

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Texas 
[Mrs. Hutchison] was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend 
the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal 
the provisions of the Acts that require employees to pay union dues or 
fees as a condition of employment.


                                 S. 529

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], the Senator from Nebraska [Mr. Hagel], and 
the Senator from Kansas [Mr. Brownback] were added as cosponsors of S. 
529, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
certain farm rental income from net earnings from self-employment if 
the taxpayer enters into a lease agreement relating to such income.


                                 S. 532

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 532, a bill to authorize 
funds to further the strong Federal interest in the improvement of 
highways and transportation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
[Mr. Biden] and the Senator from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] were 
added as cosponsors 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 names of the Senator from Indiana 
[Mr. Lugar] and the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Sessions] were added as 
cosponsors 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.


                                 S. 543

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] and the Senator from Arizona [Mr. Kyl] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 543, a bill to provide certain protections to 
volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities in 
lawsuits based on the activities of volunteers.


                                 S. 544

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from 
Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] and the Senator from Arizona [Mr. Kyl] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 544, a bill to provide certain protections to 
volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities in 
lawsuits based on the activities of volunteers.


                                 S. 562

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Florida 
[Mr. Mack], the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Bond], the Senator from 
Delaware [Mr. Roth], the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Chafee], and 
the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Thurmond] were added as cosponsors 
of S. 562, a bill to amend section 255 of the National Housing Act to 
prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive costs for obtaining a 
home equity conversion mortgage.


                                 S. 570

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Ashcroft] and the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig] were added as 
cosponsors of S. 570, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to exempt certain small businesses from the mandatory electronic fund 
transfer system.


                                 S. 575

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Ms. Landrieu] was added as a cosponsor of S. 575, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for health 
insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
[Mr. Inhofe] was added as a cosponsor of S. 575, supra.


                                 S. 583

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
[Mr. Coverdell] was added as a cosponsor of S. 583, a bill to change 
the date on which individual Federal income tax returns must be filed 
to the Nation's Tax Freedom Day, the day on which the country's 
citizens no longer work to pay taxes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 606

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
[Mr. DeWine] and the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Helms] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 606, a bill to prohibit discrimination in 
contracting on federally funded projects on the basis of certain labor 
policies of potential contractors.


                                 S. 620

  At the request of Mr. Gregg, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 620, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide greater equity in savings 
opportunities for families with children, and for other purposes.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 6

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Ms. Landrieu] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 6, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States to protect the rights of crime victims.


                          Senate Resolution 51

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Hawaii [Mr. Akaka], the Senator from Montana [Mr. Baucus], the Senator 
from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. 
Kennedy], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Murkowski], the Senator from 
Oregon [Mr. Smith], and the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Torricelli] 
were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 51, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the outstanding achievements 
of NetDay.


                          Senate Resolution 64

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from Delaware 
[Mr. Biden], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers], the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig], the 
Senator from Ohio [Mr. DeWine], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Glenn], the 
Senator from Indiana [Mr. Lugar], the Senator

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from New York [Mr. Moynihan], the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. 
Thurmond], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Resolution 64, a resolution to designate the week 
of May 4, 1997, as ``National Correctional Officers and Employees 
Week.''

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