[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 43 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3295-S3297]
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 Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) 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. 89

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 89, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination against individuals and their family members on 
the basis of genetic information, or a request for genetic services.


                                 S. 356

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of S. 356, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Public Health Service Act, the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the title XVIII and 
XIX of the Social Security Act to assure access to emergency medical 
services under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and the 
medicare and medicaid programs.


                                 S. 428

  At the request of Mr. Kohl, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) 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. 497

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 497, a bill to amend the 
National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act

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to repeal the provisions of the Acts that require employees to pay 
union dues or fees as a condition of employment.


                                 S. 981

  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 981, a bill to provide for 
analysis of major rules.


                                S. 1251

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) 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 name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) 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. 1334

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors 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 availability of 
adequate health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries under the 
military health care system.


                                S. 1360

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1389

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Faircloth) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Helms) were added as cosponsors of S. 1389, a bill to amend title 39, 
United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding 
for prostate cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain 
specially issued United States postage stamps.


                                S. 1429

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1429, a bill to enhance rail competition and 
to ensure reasonable rail rates in any case in which there is an 
absence of effective competition.


                                S. 1525

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1525, a bill to provide 
financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of Federal, 
State, and local public safety officers who are killed or permanently 
and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in 
the line of duty.


                                S. 1529

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Moseley-Braun), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Bumpers), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. 
Durbin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator 
from Virginia (Mr. Robb) were added as cosponsors of S. 1529, a bill to 
enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1580

  At the request of Mr. Shelby, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) 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. 1604

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1604, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on 
payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by 
section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.


                                S. 1647

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb), the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. 
Wellstone) were added as cosponsors of S. 1647, a bill to reauthorize 
and make reforms to programs authorized by the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965.


                                S. 1677

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) 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. 1692

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Moseley-Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1692, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide software trade 
secrets protection.


                                S. 1723

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor 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 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) 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.


                                S. 1737

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Burns) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1737, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide a uniform application of the confidentiality privilege 
to taxpayer communications with federally authorized practitioners.


                                S. 1774

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1774, a bill to amend the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make guaranteed farm ownership loans and guaranteed 
farm operating loans of up to $600,000, and to increase the maximum 
loan amounts with inflation.


                                S. 1862

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1862, a bill to provide assistance for poison 
prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control 
centers.


                                S. 1873

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1873, a bill to state the policy of the 
United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense system 
capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited 
ballistic missile attack.


                                S. 1900

  At the request of Mr. D'Amato, the names of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Coverdell), the 
Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), the Senator from

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Michigan (Mr. Abraham), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the 
Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), and the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1900, a bill to establish a 
commission to examine issues pertaining to the disposition of 
Holocaust-era assets in the United States before, during, and after 
World War II, and to make recommendations to the President on further 
action, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1901

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Ms. Moseley-Braun) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1901, a bill to 
amend the Freedom of Information Act to provide electronic access to 
certain Internal Revenue Service information on the Internet, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1924

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1924, a bill to restore the standards used for 
determining whether technical workers are not employees as in effect 
before the Tax Reform Act of 1986.


                         Senate Resolution 188

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 188, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Israeli 
membership in a United Nations regional group.
  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) was added as a cosponsor of Senate 
Resolution 188, supra.


                         Senate Resolution 201

  At the request of Mr. Kempthorne, the name of the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Cleland) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 
201, a resolution to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers.


                           Amendment No. 2017

  At the request of Mr. Glenn, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2017 proposed 
to H.R. 2646, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement 
accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the 
maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other 
purposes.

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