[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 141 (Monday, October 20, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10861-S10862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 61

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] was added as a cosponsor of S. 61, a bill to 
amend title 46, United States Code, to extend eligibility for veterans' 
burial benefits, funeral benefits, and related benefits for veterans of 
certain service in the United States merchant marine during World War 
II.


                                 S. 263

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey [Mr. Lautenberg] and the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed] 
were added as cosponsors 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. 375

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, his name 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. 412

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Dodd] was added as a cosponsor of S. 412, a bill to 
provide for a national standard to prohibit the operation of motor 
vehicles by intoxicated individuals.


                                 S. 567

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
[Mr. Dodd] was added as a cosponsor of S. 567, a bill to permit 
revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social 
Security coverage.


                                 S. 813

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from New York 
[Mr. D'Amato] was added as a cosponsor of S. 813, a bill to amend 
chapter 91 of title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal 
penalties for theft and willful vandalism at national cemeteries.

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                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire [Mr. Smith] was added as a cosponsor of S. 852, a bill to 
establish nationally uniform requirements regarding the titling and 
registration of salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles.


                                 S. 995

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Reed] was added as a cosponsor of S. 995, a bill to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct 
relating to exotic animals.


                                S. 1096

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1096, a bill to restructure the Internal Revenue Service, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1129

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1129, a bill to 
provide grants to States for supervised visitation centers.


                                S. 1135

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1135, a bill 
to provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and 
professional associations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1189

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1189, a bill to increase the 
criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, their 
family members, and other public servants, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1194

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Kansas [Mr. 
Brownback] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1194, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the right of Medicare 
beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other 
health care professionals for the provision of health services for 
which no payment is sought under the Medicare Program.


                                S. 1195

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from New York 
[Mr. Moynihan] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1195, a bill to promote 
the adoption of children in foster care, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1215

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
[Mr. Shelby] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1215, a bill to prohibit 
spending Federal education funds on national testing.


                                S. 1222

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Lott], the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Gregg], the 
Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Akaka], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. 
Lautenberg], and the Senator from California [Mrs. Feinstein] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1222, a bill to catalyze restoration of 
estuary habitat through more efficient financing of projects and 
enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1256

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from Virginia 
[Mr. Warner], the Senator from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison] and the Senator 
from Mississippi [Mr. Lott] were added as cosponsors of S. 1256, a bill 
to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured 
parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the U.S. Constitution, 
have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other 
Government officials, or entities acting under color of State law; to 
prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal 
jurisdiction in actions in which no State law claim is alleged; to 
permit certification of unsettled State law questions that are 
essential to Federal claims arising under the Constitution; to allow 
for efficient adjudication of constitutional claims brought by injured 
parties in the U.S. district courts and the Court of Federal Claims; to 
clarify when Government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain 
Federal claims arising under the Constitution; and for other purposes.


                                S. 1285

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Indiana [Mr. 
Coats] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1285, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that married couples may file 
a combined return under which each spouse is taxed using the rates 
applicable to unmarried individuals.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 48

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 48, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the 
Congress regarding proliferation of missile technology from Russia to 
Iran.


                         Senate Resolution 116

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
[Mr. Lieberman] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 116, a 
resolution designating November 15, 1997, and November 15, 1998, as 
``America Recycles Day.''

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