[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5368-S5370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 98

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama [Mr. Sessions] was added as a cosponsor of S. 98, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a family tax credit.


                                 S. 100

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. 
Inouye] was added as a cosponsor of S. 100, a bill to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to provide protection for airline employees who 
provide certain air safety information, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 127

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
[Mr. DeWine], the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], and the Senator 
from Nebraska [Mr. Kerrey] were added as cosponsors of S. 127, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 220

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Utah 
[Mr. Hatch] was added as a cosponsor of S. 220, a bill to require the 
United States Trade Representative to determine whether the European 
Union has failed to implement satisfactorily its obligations under 
certain trade agreements relating to United States meat and pork 
exporting facilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 224

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
[Mr. Frist] 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.

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                                 S. 249

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] and the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 249, a bill to require that health plans 
provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph 
node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer, coverage for 
reconstructive surgery following mastectomies, and coverage for 
secondary consultations.


                                 S. 278

  At the request of Mr. Gramm, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Thurmond] 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. 293

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
[Mr. Frist] was added as a cosponsor of S. 293, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the credit for clinical 
testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
[Mr. Frist] was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to authorize 
funds for construction of highways, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 370

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] 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 South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] 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 Nevada 
[Mr. Reid] 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. 377

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Washington 
[Mr. Gorton] was added as a cosponsor of S. 377, a bill to promote 
electronic commerce by facilitating the use of strong encryption, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 381

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania [Mr. Santorum] 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. 385

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 385, a bill to 
provide reimbursement under the medicare program for telehealth 
services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Maine [Ms. 
Snowe] was added as a cosponsor of S. 387, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide equity to exports of software.


                                 S. 398

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
[Mr. Inouye] was added as a cosponsor of S. 398, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to require the use of child restraint systems 
approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 404

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Utah [Mr. 
Bennett] was added as a cosponsor of S. 404, a bill to modify the 
budget process to provide for separate budget treatment of the 
dedicated tax revenues deposited in the Highway Trust Fund.


                                 S. 427

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Mr. Breaux] was added as a cosponsor of S. 427, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for lobbying 
expenses in connection with State legislation.


                                 S. 460

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
[Mr. Frist] and the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Sessions] were added as 
cosponsors of S. 460, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to increase the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed 
individuals, to provide clarification for the deductibility of expenses 
incurred by a taxpayer in connection with the business use of the home, 
to clarify the standards used for determining that certain individuals 
are not employees, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
[Mr. Campbell] was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to provide 
for referenda in which the residents of Puerto Rico may express 
democratically their preferences regarding the political status of the 
territory, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 474

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


                                 S. 492

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey [Mr. Torricelli] was added as a cosponsor of S. 492, a bill to 
amend certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, in order to 
ensure equality between Federal firefighters and other employees in the 
civil service and other public sector firefighters, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 493

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
[Mr. Dorgan] 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. 505

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 505, a bill to amend the 
provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the 
duration of copyright, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 509

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Ashcroft] was added as a cosponsor of S. 509, a bill to provide 
for the return of certain program and activity funds rejected by States 
to the Treasury to reduce the Federal deficit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 511

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Boxer] and the Senator from Louisiana [Ms. Landrieu] 
were added as cosponsors of S. 511, a bill to require that the health 
and safety of a child be considered in any foster care or adoption 
placement, to eliminate barriers to the termination of parental rights 
in appropriate cases, to promote the adoption of children with special 
needs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 524

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 524, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the requirement 
of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services under 
the Medicare Program.


                                 S. 535

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] 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

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research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.


                                 S. 537

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania [Mr. Santorum] was added as a cosponsor of S. 537, a bill 
to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to revise and 
extend the mammography quality standards program.


                                 S. 598

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire [Mr. Gregg] was added as a cosponsor of S. 598, a bill to 
amend section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, to provide for the 
public disclosure of court appointed attorneys' fees upon approval of 
such fees by the court.


                                 S. 607

  At the request of Mr. Coats, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia [Mr. Byrd] was added as a cosponsor of S. 607, a bill to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the implementation of 
systems for rating the specific content of specific television 
programs.


                                 S. 623

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from California 
[Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 623, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized 
military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for 
purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.


                                 S. 649

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Nevada [Mr. 
Reid] was added as a cosponsor of S. 649, a bill to amend title XVIII 
of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of bone mass 
measurements for certain individuals under part B of the Medicare 
Program.


                                 S. 693

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Texas 
[Mrs. Hutchison] was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the value of 
qualified historic property shall not be included in determining the 
taxable estate of a decedent.


                                 S. 709

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
[Mr. Enzi] was added as a cosponsor of S. 709, a bill to protect 
private property rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment to the 
Constitution by requiring Federal agencies to prepare private property 
taking impact analyses and by allowing expanded access to Federal 
courts.


                                 S. 716

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Daschle] was added as a cosponsor of S. 716, a bill to 
establish a Joint United States-Canada Commission on Cattle and Beef to 
identify, and recommend means of resolving, national, regional, and 
provincial trade-distorting differences between the countries with 
respect to the production, processing, and sale of cattle and beef, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma [Mr. Inhofe] and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] 
were added as cosponsors of S. 718, a bill to amend the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 763

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 763, a bill to amend 
the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to require a local educational agency 
that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to expel a student determined to be in possession of an illegal 
drug, or illegal drug paraphernalia, on school property, in addition to 
expelling a student determined to be in possession of a gun.


                                 S. 765

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the name of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. 
DeWine] was added as a cosponsor of S. 765, a bill to amend the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further improve the 
safety and health of working environments, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 766

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
[Mr. Cleland] and the Senator from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 766, a bill to require equitable coverage of 
prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and contraceptive 
services under health plans.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] and the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 775, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to exclude gain or loss from the sale of livestock from 
the computation of capital gain net income for purposes of the earned 
income credit.


                                 S. 779

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 779, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the number of 
physicians that complete a fellowship in geriatric medicine and 
geriatric psychiatry, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 785

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Oregon [Mr. 
Wyden] was added as a cosponsor of S. 785, a bill to convey certain 
land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.


                                 S. 819

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
[Mr. Robb] was added as a cosponsor of S. 819, a bill to designate the 
United States courthouse at 200 South Washington Street in Alexandria, 
Virginia, as the ``Martin V.B. Bostetter, Jr. United States 
Courthouse''.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 6

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Nevada [Mr. 
Bryan] 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 Concurrent Resolution 28

  At the request of Mr. Glenn, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 28, a concurrent resolution expressing the 
sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency should take immediate steps to abate emissions of 
mercury and release to Congress the study of mercury required under the 
Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.


                          Senate Resolution 92

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Feinstein], the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy], the 
Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. 
Inhofe], the Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray], the Senator from 
Hawaii [Mr. Inouye], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Bryan], the Senator 
from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun], the Senator from Maine [Ms. Snowe], 
the Senator from Maryland [Ms. Mikulski], the Senator from Texas [Mr. 
Gramm], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Graham], the Senator from North 
Dakota [Mr. Dorgan], the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter], the 
Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Johnson], and the Senator from Virginia 
[Mr. Robb] were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 92, a 
resolution designating July 2, 1997, and July 2, 1998, as ``National 
Literacy Day.''


                          Senate Resolution 94

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
[Mr. Lugar], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson], the Senator 
from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], and the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. 
Frist] were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 94, a resolution 
commending the American Medical Association on its 150th anniversary, 
its 150 years of caring for the United States, and its continuing 
effort to uphold the principles upon which Nathan Davis, M.D. and his 
colleagues founded the American Medical Association to ``promote the 
science and art of medicine and the betterment of public health.''

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