[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5169-S5171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 14

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 14, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the use of education individual 
retirement accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 37, 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. 387

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Bryan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 387, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income 
for distributions from qualified State tuition programs which are used 
to pay education expenses.


                                 S. 409

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 409, a bill to authorize qualified organizations to 
provide technical assistance and capacity building services to 
microenterprise development organizations and programs and to 
disadvantaged entrepreneurs using funds from the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 424, a bill to preserve and protect the free choice 
of individuals and

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employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain 
from such activities.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) 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. 542

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) 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. 566

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Kerrey), and the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) were added as cosponsors of S. 566, a bill 
to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to exempt agricultural 
commodities, livestock, and value-added products from unilateral 
economic sanctions, to prepare for future bilateral and multilateral 
trade negotiations affecting United States agriculture, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 573

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Wellstone) was added as a cosponsor of S. 573, a bill to provide 
individuals with access to health information of which they are a 
subject, ensure personal privacy with respect to health-care-related 
information, impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use 
of protected health information, to provide for the strong enforcement 
of these rights, and to protect States' rights.


                                 S. 577

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name 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. 637

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 637, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to regulate the transfer of firearms over the 
Internet, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from New 
York (Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 659, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to require pension plans to provide adequate notice to 
individuals whose future benefit accruals are being significantly 
reduced, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 660

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 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. 664

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Kerrey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax to 
individuals who rehabilitate historic homes or who are the first 
purchasers of rehabilitated historic homes for use as a principal 
residence.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) 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. 679

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 679, a bill to authorize 
appropriations to the Department of State for construction and security 
of United States diplomatic facilities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 757, a bill to provide a framework for 
consideration by the legislative and executive branches of unilateral 
economic sanctions in order to ensure coordination of United States 
policy with respect to trade, security, and human rights.


                                 S. 781

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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 
Nebraska (Mr. Kerrey) 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. 796

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Warner) was added as a cosponsor of S. 796, a bill to provide for 
full parity with respect to health insurance coverage for certain 
severe biologically-based mental illnesses and to prohibit limits on 
the number of mental illness-related hospital days and outpatient 
visits that are covered for all mental illnesses.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Bennett) was added as a cosponsor 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. 866

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 866, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise existing 
regulations concerning the conditions of participation for hospitals 
and ambulatory surgical centers under the medicare program relating to 
certified registered nurse anesthetists' services to make the 
regulations consistent with State supervision requirements.


                                 S. 926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), and 
the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 926, a bill to provide the people of Cuba with access to food and 
medicines from the United States, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 931

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 931, a bill to 
provide for the protection of the flag of the United States, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 955

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 955, a bill to allow the 
National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the 
Wilderness Battlefied in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by 
purchase or exchange as well as by donation.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to promote 
access to health care services in rural areas.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 21

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack), the Senator from 
Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Kerrey), the 
Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Bingaman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator 
from Connecticut

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(Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. 
Johnson), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Helms) were added as cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 21, a joint 
resolution to designate September 29, 1999, as ``Veterans of Foreign 
Wars of the United States Day.''


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 19

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 19, a concurrent resolution concerning anti-Semitic 
statements made by members of the Duma of the Russian Federation.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 26

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor 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 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) 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 92

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 92, a 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for prostate 
cancer research should be increased substantially.


                          Senate Resolution 96

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli), and 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) were added as cosponsors 
of Senate Resolution 96, a resolution expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding a peaceful process of self-determination in East 
Timor, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 319

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 319 
intended to be proposed to S. 254, a bill to reduce violent juvenile 
crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation of juvenile criminals, 
punish and deter violent gang crime, and for other purposes.

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