[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12614-S12616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 61

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, her name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Nevada [Mr. 
Reid] was added as a cosponsor of S. 61, supra.


                                 S. 318

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire [Mr. Gregg] was added as a cosponsor of S. 318, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to require automatic cancellation and 
notice of cancellation rights with respect to private mortgage 
insurance which is required by a creditor as a condition for entering 
into a residential mortgage transaction, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 364

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Texas 
[Mrs. Hutchison] was added as a cosponsor of S. 364, a bill to provide 
legal standards and procedures for suppliers of raw materials and 
component parts for medical devices.


                                 S. 412

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] 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. 839

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 839, a bill to improve teacher mastery and use of educational 
technology.


                                 S. 852

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Oregon [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. 887

  At the request of Ms. Moseley-Braun, the name of the Senator from New 
York [Mr. Moynihan] was added as a cosponsor of S. 887, a bill to 
establish in the National Service the National Underground Railroad 
Network to Freedom program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 943

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 943, a bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the 
application of the Act popularly known as the ``Death on the High Seas 
Act'' to aviation accidents.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from New 
York [Mr. D'Amato] was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill to 
reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the 
Environmental Protection Agency.


                                S. 1052

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1052, a bill to amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to prohibit 
the provision of duty-free treatment for live plants and fresh cut 
flowers described in chapter 6 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States.


                                S. 1169

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
[Ms. Mikulski] and the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Sarbanes] were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1204

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
[Mr. Coats] was added as a cosponsor 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

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under the Constitution; and to clarify when government action is 
sufficently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising under the 
Constitution.


                                S. 1208

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1208, a bill to protect women's reproductive health and 
constitutional right to choice, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1220

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
[Ms. Moseley-Braun] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1220, a bill to 
provide a process for declassifying on an expedited basis certain 
documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras.


                                S. 1222

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
[Mr. Coverdell] was added as a cosponsor 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. 1251

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Hollings] was added as a cosponsor 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.
  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee], the Senator from Maine [Ms. Collins], and the 
Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith] were added as cosponsors of S. 
1251, supra.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. DeWine], and the 
Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith] 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. 1287

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
[Mr. Abraham] 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 nations 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 North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] 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 New Mexico 
[Mr. Domenici] 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. 1318

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
[Mr. Sessions] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1318, a bill to establish 
an adoption awareness program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1320

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois [Mr. Durbin], the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Conrad], the 
Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Johnson], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. 
McCain], the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold], the Senator from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Kohl], the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Bingaman], the 
Senator from New York [Mr. Moynihan], and the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] 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 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] and the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. 
Kerry] 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 Hawaii [Mr. 
Akaka] 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 Nevada [Mr. 
Reid] 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. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
[Mr. Murkowski] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1360, a bill to amend 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
to clarify and improve the requirements for the development of an 
automated entry-exit control system, to enhance land border control and 
enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1365

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from 
Kentucky [Mr. Ford] and the Senator from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun] 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1365, a bill to amend title II of the 
Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security 
benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving 
spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be 
equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the 
combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds 
$1,200, adjusted for inflation.


                                S. 1391

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. 
Enzi] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1391, a bill to authorize the 
President to permit the sale and export of food, medicines, and medical 
equipment to Cuba.


                                S. 1396

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Daschle] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1396, a bill to 
amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to expand the School Breakfast 
Program in elementary schools.


                                S. 1418

  At the request of Mr. Akaka, the name of the Senator from Florida 
[Mr. Graham] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1418, a bill to promote the 
research, identification, assessment, exploration, and development of 
methane hydrate resources, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1472

  At the request of Ms. Moseley-Braun, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey [Mr. Torricelli] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1472, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for 
public elementary and secondary school construction, and for other 
purposes.

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, his name was added as a cosponsor 
of S. 1472, supra.


                                S. 1520

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the names of the Senator from 
Georgia [Mr. Coverdell], the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith], 
and the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Abraham] were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1520, a bill to terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 39

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 39, a

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concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
German Government should expand and simplify its reparations system, 
provide reparations to Holocaust survivors in Eastern and Central 
Europe, and set up a fund to help cover the medical expenses of 
Holocaust survivors.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 52

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 52, a concurrent resolution relating to 
maintaining the current standard behind the ``Made in USA'' label, in 
order to protect consumers and jobs in the United States.
  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun], the Senator from Nebraska [Mr. Kerrey], 
and the Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns] were added as cosponsors of 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 52, supra.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 65

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
[Mr. Torricelli] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 65, a concurrent resolution calling for a United States 
effort to end restriction on the freedoms and human rights of the 
enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.


                         Senate Resolution 119

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
Senate Resolution 119, a resolution to express the sense of the Senate 
that the Secretary of Agriculture should establish a temporary 
emergency minimum milk price that is equitable to all producers 
nationwide and that provides price relief to economically distressed 
milk producers.

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