[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4370-S4372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 39

  At the request of Mr. Stevens, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 39, a bill to provide a national 
medal for public safety officers who act with extraordinary valor above 
the call of duty, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 44

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 44, a bill to amend the 
Gun-Free Schools act of 1994 to require a local educational agency that 
receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to expel a student determined to be in possession of an illegal drug, 
or illegal drug paraphernalia, on school property, in addition to 
expelling a student determined to be in possession of a gun, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 241

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 241, a bill to 
amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide that a quality grade 
label issued by the Secretary of Agriculture for beef and lamb may not 
be used for imported beef or imported lamb.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 242, a bill to amend the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act to require the labeling of imported meat and meat food 
products.


                                 S. 303

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 303, a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to enhance the ability of direct broadcast 
satellite and other multichannel video providers to compete effectively 
with cable television systems, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 401

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 401, a bill to provide 
for business development and trade promotion for native Americans, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 443

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 443, a bill to regulate the sale of firearms 
at gun shows.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 472, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain medicare 
beneficiaries with an exemption to the financial limitations imposed on 
physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services 
under part B of the medicare program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone), and the 
Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as cosponsors of S. 512, a 
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the 
expansion, intensification, and coordination of the activities of the 
Department of Health and Human Services with respect to research on 
autism.


                                 S. 514

  At the request of Mr. Cochran, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka), and the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 514, a bill 
to improve the National Writing Project.


                                 S. 517

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 517, a bill to assure 
access under group health plans and health insurance coverage to 
covered emergency medical services.


                                 S. 542

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 542, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for 
computer donations to schools and allow a tax credit for donated 
computers.


                                 S. 577

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 577, a bill to 
provide for injunctive relief in Federal district court to enforce 
State laws relating to the interstate transportation of intoxicating 
liquor.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to amend 
section 922 of chapter 44 of title 28, United States Code, to protect 
the right of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States.


                                 S. 600

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Boxer) were added as cosponsors of S. 600, a bill to combat the crime 
of international trafficking and to protect the rights of victims.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill 
     to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other 
     purposes.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] and the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 631, a bill to amend the Social Security Act 
to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for immunosuppressive 
drugs under the medicare program, to provide continued entitlement for 
such drugs for certain individuals after medicare benefits end, and to 
extend certain medicare secondary payer requirements.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
[Mr. Akaka], and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 638, a bill to provide for the establishment of a 
School Security Technology Center and to authorize grants for local 
school security programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from New York 
[Mr. Schumer], the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Murkowski], the Senator 
from Arkansas [Mrs. Lincoln], and the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. 
Dorgan] were added as cosponsors of S. 662, a bill to amend title XIX 
of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance for certain 
women screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer under a 
federally funded screening program.


                                 S. 697

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from California 
[Mrs. Feinstein] was added as a cosponsor of S. 697, a bill to ensure 
that a woman can designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as her 
primary care provider.


                                 S. 721

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Colorado

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[Mr. Allard] was added as a cosponsor of S. 721, a bill to allow media 
coverage of court proceedings.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois [Mr. Durbin] and the Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] were 
added as cosponsors of S. 784, a bill to establish a demonstration 
project to study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for 
medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved 
clinical trial program.


                                 S. 789

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Maine 
[Ms. Snowe] and the Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] were added as 
cosponsors of S. 789, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
authorize payment of special compensation to certain severely disabled 
uniformed services retirees.


                                 S. 791

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 791, a bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the 
women's business center program.


                                 S. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
[Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 805, a bill to amend title 
V of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment and 
operation of asthma treatment services for children, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
[Mr. Shelby] and the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] were added 
as cosponsors of S. 820, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to repeal the 4.3-cent motor fuel excise taxes on railroads and 
inland waterway transportation which remain in the general fund of the 
Treasury.


                                 S. 836

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Feinstein] was added as a cosponsor of S. 836, a bill 
to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
that group health plans and health insurance issuers provide women with 
adequate access to providers of obstetric and gynecological services.


                                 S. 860

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 860, a bill to 
require country of origin labeling of perishable agricultural 
commodities imported into the United States and to establish penalties 
for violations of the labeling requirements.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Lieberman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 878, 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.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 2

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Illinois [Mr. 
Fitzgerald] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 2, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States to require two-thirds majorities for increasing taxes.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 3

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Ohio [Mr. 
Voinovich] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 3, a 
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States to protect the rights of crime victims.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 26

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
[Mr. Coverdell] and the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] were 
added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 26, a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the current 
Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a 
first or second home should not be further restricted.


                          Senate Resolution 22

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Florida 
[Mr. Graham] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 22, a 
resolution commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice 
made by the men and women who have lost their lives serving as law 
enforcement officers.


                          Senate Resolution 29

  At the request of Mr. Robb, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Bond], the Senator from Kansas [Mr. Brownback], the Senator from 
Montana [Mr. Burns], the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Chafee], the 
Senator from Idaho [Mr. Crapo], the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. 
Domenici], the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Enzi], the Senator from 
Illinois [Mr. Fitzgerald], the Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton], 
the Senator from Texas [Mr. Gramm], the Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch], 
the Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. 
McCain], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], the Senator from 
Kansas [Mr. Roberts], the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby], the 
Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Smith], the Senator from Oregon [Mr. 
Smith], the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Thomas], and the Senator from 
South Carolina [Mr. Thurmond] were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 29, a resolution to designate the week of May 2, 1999, as 
``National Correctional Officers and Employees Week.''


                          Senate Resolution 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Virginia [Mr. Robb] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 34, a 
resolution designating the week beginning April 30, 1999, as ``National 
Youth Fitness Week.''


                          Senate Resolution 59

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana [Ms. Landrieu] and the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Sarbanes] 
were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 59, a resolution 
designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as ``National Literacy 
Day.''


                          Senate Resolution 71

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
[Mr. Ashcroft] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 71, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate rejecting a tax increase 
on investment income of certain associations.


                          Senate Resolution 72

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Nevada [Mr. Reid], the Senator from Virginia [Mr. Robb], the Senator 
from Minnesota [Mr. Grams], the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Sarbanes], 
the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Breaux], the Senator from New Jersey 
[Mr. Lautenberg], the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Campbell], the Senator 
from California [Mrs. Boxer], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. 
Cochran], the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Edwards], the Senator 
from Kentucky [Mr. Bunning], the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. 
Helms], the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Roth], the Senator from North 
Dakota [Mr. Dorgan], the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter], the 
Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden], the Senator from Georgia [Mr. 
Coverdell], the Senator from Washington [Mrs. Murray], the Senator from 
Alabama [Mr. Sessions], the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], the 
Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. 
Kerry], the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Ashcroft], the Senator from 
Nevada [Mr. Bryan], the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Abraham], the 
Senator from Georgia [Mr. Cleland], the Senator from South Carolina 
[Mr. Thurmond], the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Akaka], the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Dodd], the Senator from California [Mrs. Feinstein], 
the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Kohl], the Senator from Nebraska [Mr. 
Kerrey], the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Bond], the Senator from Florida 
[Mr. Graham], the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy], the Senator from 
Alaska [Mr. Murkowski], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain], the 
Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Domenici], the Senator from South Carolina 
[Mr. Hollings], the Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist], the Senator 
from Indiana [Mr.

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Lugar], the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], the Senator from 
Illinois [Mr. Fitzgerald], the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Johnson], 
and the Senator from Maryland [Ms. Mikulski] were added as cosponsors 
of Senate Resolution 72, a resolution designating the month of May in 
1999 and 2000 as ``National ALS Awareness Month.''


                          Senate Resolution 84

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Thurmond] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 
84, a resolution to designate the month of May, 1999, as ``National 
Alpha 1 Awareness Month.''

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