[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S932-S933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 230

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 230, a bill to amend 
section 1951 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the 
Hobbs Act), and for other purposes.


                                 S. 314

  At the request of Mr. Thomas, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 314, a bill to require that 
the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and 
services necessary for the operations and management of certain 
Government agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 358, a bill to provide for compassionate payments with 
regard to individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as 
hemophilia, who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to 
contaminated blood products, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 375

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) and the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill to 
prohibit United States military assistance and arms transfers to 
foreign governments that are undemocratic, do not adequately protect 
human rights, are engaged in acts of armed aggression, or are not fully 
participating in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.


                                S. 1163

  At the request of Mr. Bryan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1163, a bill to 
amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the distribution of any 
negotiable check or other instrument with any solicitation to a 
consumer by a creditor to open an account under any consumer credit 
plan or to engage in any other credit transaction which is subject to 
that Act, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1194

  At the request of Mr. Lott, his name 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. 1251

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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.


                                S. 1252

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor 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. 1260

  At the request of Mr. Gramm, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1260, a bill to amend the 
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit 
the conduct of securities class actions under State law, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1283

  At the request of Mr. Bumpers, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1283, A bill to award 
Congressional gold medals to Jean Brown Trickey, Carlotta Walls LaNier, 
Melba Patillo Beals, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma 
Mothershed Wair, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, and Jefferson Thomas, 
commonly referred collectively as the ``Little Rock Nine'' on the 
occasion of the 40th anniversary of the integration of the Central High 
School in Little Rock, Arkansas.


                                S. 1365

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 
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. 1396

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) 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. 1422

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1422, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to promote 
competition in the market for delivery of multichannel video 
programming and for other purposes.


                                S. 1481

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), the 
Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), and the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) were added as cosponsors of S. 1481, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for 
immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to provide for 
continued entitlement for such drugs for certain individuals after 
medicare benefits end, and to extend certain medicare secondary payer 
requirements.


                                S. 1570

  At the request of Mr. Faircloth, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1570, a bill to 
limit the amount of attorneys' fees that may be paid on behalf of 
States and other plaintiffs under the tobacco settlement.


                                S. 1580

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1580, a bill to amend the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to place an 18-month moratorium on the 
prohibition of payment under the medicare program for home health 
services consisting of venipuncture solely for the purpose of obtaining 
a blood sample, and to require the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to study potential fraud and abuse under such program with 
respect to such services.


                                S. 1631

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1631, a bill to 
amend the General Education Provisions Act to allow parents access to 
certain information.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 30

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 30, a 
joint resolution designating March 1, 1998 as ``United States Navy 
Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day'', and for other purposes.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 40

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 40, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration 
of the flag of the United States.


                         Senate Resolution 114

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr.

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DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 114, a resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the transfer of Hong Kong to 
the People's Republic of China not alter the current or future status 
of Taiwan as a free and democratic country.


                         Senate Resolution 175

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bryan), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Daschle), the Senator from New York (Mr. D'Amato), 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Ford), the Senator from North Carolina 
(Mr. Helms), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 175, a resolution 
to designate the week of May 3, 1998 as ``National Correctional 
Officers and Employees Week.''

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