[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12022-S12023]
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 North Dakota 
[Mr. Dorgan] 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 
Missouri [Mr. Bond] and the Senator from Maryland [Ms. Mikulski] 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. 428

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Ms. Landrieu] was added as a cosponsor of S. 428, a bill to amend 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to improve the safety of 
handguns.


                                 S. 751

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Bond] was added as a cosponsor of S. 751, a bill to protect and 
enhance sportsmen's opportunities and conservation of wildlife, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 875

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Feinstein] was added as a cosponsor of S. 875, a bill 
to promote online commerce and communications, to protect consumers and 
service providers from the misuse of computer facilities by others 
sending bulk unsolicited electronic mail over such facilities, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from New 
York [Mr. Moynihan] and the Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 951, a bill to reestablish the Office of 
Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency.


                                S. 1044

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Ashcroft] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1044, a bill to amend the 
provisions of titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to provide greater 
copyright protection by amending criminal copyright infringment 
provisions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Ms. Landrieu] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1169, a bill to establish 
professional development partnerships to improve the quality of 
America's teachers and the academic achievement of students in the 
classroom, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1188

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Kerrey] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1188, a bill to amend 
chapters 83 and 85 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the 
jurisdiction of the District Court for the District of Columbia, and 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1195

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


                                S. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from 
Virginia [Mr. Warner] the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Lugar] and the 
Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] were added as cosponsors of S. 
1204, a bill to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for 
injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United 
States 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 where no State law claim is alleged; to 
permit certification of unsettled State law questions that are 
essential to resolving Federal claims arising under the Constitution; 
and to clarify when government action is sufficently final to ripen 
certain Federal claims arising under the Constitution.


                                S. 1221

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire [Mr. Gregg] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1221, a bill to 
amend title 46 of the United States Code to prevent foreign ownership 
and control of United States flag vessels employed in the fisheries in 
the navigable waters and exclusive economic zone of the United States, 
to prevent the issuance of fishery endorsements to certain vessels, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1228

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Jeffords] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1228, a bill to provide 
for a 10-

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year circulating commemorative coin program to commemorate each of the 
50 States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
[Mr. Craig] and the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1251, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to increase the amount of private activity bonds which may be 
issued in each State, and to index such amount for inflation.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
[Mr. Craig] the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] and the Senator 
from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] were added as cosponsors of S. 1252, 
a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the 
amount of low-income housing credits which may be allocated in each 
State, and to index such amount for inflation.


                                S. 1256

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1256, a bill to simplify and 
expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose rights 
and privileges, secured by the United States 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 United States 
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. 1264

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from California 
[Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1264, a bill to amend the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to 
provide for improved public health and food safety through enhanced 
enforcement.


                                S. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey [Mr. Torricelli] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1287, a bill to 
assist in the conservation of Asian elephants by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nationss 
within the range of Asian elephants and projects of persons with 
demonstrated expertise in the conservation of Asian elephants.


                                S. 1297

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
[Mr. Sessions] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1297, a bill to 
redesignate Washington National Airport as ``Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport''.


                                S. 1311

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1311, a bill 
to impose certain sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items 
contributing to Iran's efforts to acquire, develop, or produce 
ballistic missiles.


                                S. 1320

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] and the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Bryan] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1320, a bill to provide a scientific basis 
for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assess the nature of the 
association between illnesses and exposure to toxic agents and 
environmental or other wartime hazards as a result of service in the 
Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War for purposes of determining a 
service connection relating to such illnesses, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1321

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee] and the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Reed] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1321, a bill to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program 
to be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive 
conservation and management plan, to reauthorize appropriations to 
carry out the program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1334

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Washington 
[Mr. Gorton] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1334, a bill to amend title 
10, United States Code, to establish a demonstration project to 
evaluate the feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
program to ensure the availablity of adequate health care for Medicare-
eligible beneficiaries under the military health care system.


                                S. 1335

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
[Ms. Mikulski] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1335, a bill to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to ensure that coverage of bone mass 
measurements is provided under the health benefits program for Federal 
employees.


                                S. 1343

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] and the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1343, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax rate on tobacco 
products and deposit the resulting revenues into a Public Health and 
Education Resource Trust Fund, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1351

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Bond] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1351, a bill to amend the 
Sikes Act to establish a mechanism by which outdoor recreation programs 
on military installations will be accessible to disabled veterans, 
military dependents with disabilities, and other persons with 
disabilities.


                                S. 1371

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Montana [Mr. 
Burns] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1371, a bill to establish felony 
violations for the failure to pay legal child support obligations, and 
for other purposes.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 59

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Maine 
[Ms. Snowe] and the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin] were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 59, a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the human rights 
situation in the Republic of Turkey in light of that country's desire 
to host the next summit meeting of the heads of state or government of 
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).


                         Senate Resolution 116

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


                         Senate Resolution 145

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
[Mr. Murkowski] and the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens] were added as 
cosponsors of Senate Resolution 145, A resolution designating the month 
of November 1997 as ``National American Indian Heritage Month''.

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