[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 65 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4914-S4915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Lieberman] was added as a cosponsor of S. 135, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction 
for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 172

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] and the Senator from California [Mrs. 
Feinstein] were added as cosponsors of S. 172, a bill to reduce acid 
deposition under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 331

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
[Mr. Warner] was added as a cosponsor of S. 331, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care coverage 
for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to 
Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration 
to provide such individuals with meaningful opportunities to work, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to 
designate the legal public holiday of ``Washington's Birthday'' as 
``Presidents' Day'' in honor of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and 
Franklin Roosevelt and in recognition of the importance of the 
institution of the Presidency and the contributions that Presidents 
have made to the development of our Nation and the principles of 
freedom and democracy.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
[Mr. Hagel] was added as a cosponsor of S. 459, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on private 
activity bonds.


                                 S. 484

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

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[Mr. Allard] was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to provide for 
the granting of refugee status in the United States to nationals of 
certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or 
American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist 
in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.


                                 S. 496

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
[Mr. Wellstone] was added as a cosponsor of S. 496, a bill to provide 
for the establishment of an assistance program for health insurance 
consumers.


                                 S. 537

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Texas [Mrs. 
Hutchison] was added as a cosponsor of S. 537, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the exemption amounts used to 
calculate the individual alternative minimum tax for inflation since 
1993.


                                 S. 660

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Iowa [Mr. 
Grassley] was added as a cosponsor of S. 660, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under part B 
of the medicare program of medical nutrition therapy services furnished 
by registered dietitians and nutrition professionals.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Kohl] was added as a cosponsor of S. 676, a bill to 
locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, a citizen of the United 
States, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action.


                                 S. 680

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Jeffords] was added as a cosponsor of S. 680, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research 
credit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 712

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
[Mr. Durbin] was added as a cosponsor of S. 712, a bill to amend title 
39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to 
funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety through the voluntary 
purchase of certain specially issued United States postage stamps.


                                 S. 717

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Leahy] was added as a cosponsor of S. 717, 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. 763

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran], the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Conrad], 
the Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns], and the Senator from Georgia [Mr. 
Cleland] were added as cosponsors of S. 763, a bill to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic 
annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 781, a bill to 
amend section 2511 of title 18, United States Code, to revise the 
consent exception to the prohibition on the interception of oral, wire, 
or electronic communications that is applicable to telephone 
communications.


                                 S. 783

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
California [Mrs. Boxer] was added as a cosponsor of S. 783, a bill to 
limit access to body armor by violent felons and to facilitate the 
donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law 
enforcement agencies.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from 
Washington [Mrs. Murray], the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Akaka], and the 
Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] were added as cosponsors of S. 792, 
a bill to amend title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide States with the 
option to allow legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and blind or 
disabled medically needy individuals to be eligible for medical 
assistance under the medicaid program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 850

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
[Mrs. Lincoln] was added as a cosponsor of S. 850, a bill to make 
schools safer by waiving the local matching requirement under the 
Community Policing program for the placement of law enforcement 
officers in local schools.


                                 S. 868

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 868, a bill to 
make forestry insurance plans available to owners and operators of 
private forest land, to encourage the use of prescribed burning and 
fuel treatment methods on private forest land, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 892

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
[Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor of S. 892, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F 
exemption for active financing income.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Thurmond] was added as a cosponsor of S. 918, a bill to 
authorize the Small Business Administration to provide financial and 
business development assistance to military reservists' small business, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 965

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Chafee] was added as a cosponsor of S. 965, a bill to 
restore a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations 
Population Fund.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 22

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
[Ms. Landrieu] was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 
22, a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with 
respect to promoting coverage of individuals under long-term care 
insurance.

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