[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2574-S2575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 358

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) and the Senator from New York (Mr. D'Amato) 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. 775

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, his name was added as a cosponsor 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

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computation of capital gain net income for purposes of the earned 
income credit.


                                S. 1344

  At the request of Mr. Brownback, the names of the Senator from 
Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1344, a bill to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to target assistance to support the economic and 
political independence of the countries of South Caucasus and Central 
Asia.


                                S. 1406

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1406, a bill to amend section 
2301 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the furnishing of 
burial flags on behalf of certain deceased members and former members 
of the Selected Reserve.


                                S. 1481

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) 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. 1621

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1621, a bill to provide that 
certain Federal property shall be made available to States for State 
use before being made available to other entities, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1677

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1677, a bill to reauthorize 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and the Partnerships for 
Wildlife Act.


                                S. 1710

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1710, a bill to 
provide for the correction of retirement coverage errors under chapters 
83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code.


                                S. 1722

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell), the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), and 
the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) were added as cosponsors of S. 
1722, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and 
extend certain programs with respect to women's health research and 
prevention activities at the National Institutes of Health and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Santorum) were added as cosponsors of S. 1723, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to assist the United States to remain 
competitive by increasing the access of the United States firms and 
institutions of higher education to skilled personnel and by expanding 
educational and training opportunities for American students and 
workers.


                                S. 1724

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1724, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the information 
reporting requirement relating to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime 
Learning Credits imposed on educational institutions and certain other 
trades and businesses.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 77

  At the request of Mr. Sessions, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 
77, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that 
the Federal government should acknowledge the importance of at-home 
parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a 
second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their 
children.


                         Senate Resolution 176

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Abraham), and the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 176, a resolution proclaiming the week of October 18 through 
October 24, 1998, as ``National Character Counts Week.''


                         Senate Resolution 189

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 189, a 
resolution honoring the 150th anniversary of the United States Women's 
Rights Movement that was initiated by the 1848 Women's Rights 
Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, and calling for a national 
celebration of women's rights in 1998.


                           Amendment No. 1481

  At the request of Mr. DeWine the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Hollings) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1481 intended to be proposed to S. 
1173, a bill to authorize funds for construction of highways, for 
highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, and for other 
purposes.


                           Amendment No. 2081

  At the request of Mr. Craig the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2081 
intended to be proposed to Treaty No. 105-36, Protocols to the North 
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and the 
Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels 
on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of 
America and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty.


                           Amendment No. 2082

  At the request of Mr. Craig the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2082 
intended to be proposed to Treaty No. 105-36, Protocols to the North 
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and the 
Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels 
on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of 
America and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty.


                           Amendment No. 2083

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2083 proposed 
to S. 1768, an original bill making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas 
peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
and for other purposes.

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