[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5498-S5500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                  S. 3

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates by 
10 percent.


                                 S. 15

  At the request of Mrs. Hutchison, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 15, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that married couples may file 
a combined return under which each spouse is taxed using the rates 
applicable to unmarried individuals.


                                 S. 30

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 30, a bill to provide 
contercyclical income loss protection to offset extreme losses 
resulting from severe economic and weather-related events, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 38

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 38, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift taxes 
over a 10-year period.


                                 S. 56

  At the request of Mr. Kyl, the name of the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to repeal the 
Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping 
transfers.


                                 S. 135

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 147

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mr. Hutchinson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 147, a bill to provide 
for a reduction in regulatory costs by maintaining Federal average fuel 
economy standards applicable to automobiles in effect at current levels 
until changed by law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 216

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 216, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the use of 
foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 285, a bill to amend title II of the Social 
Security Act to restore the link between the maximum amount of earnings 
by blind individuals permitted without demonstrating ability to engage 
in substantial gainful activity and the exempt amount permitted in 
determining excess earnings under the earnings test.


                                 S. 311

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms.

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Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 311, a bill to authorize the 
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in 
the District of Columbia or its environs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 331

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) 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. 333

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 333, a bill to amend the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the 
farmland protection program.


                                 S. 335

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Thompson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 335, a bill to amend 
chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the 
nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to games of chance, 
administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such 
matter, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 337

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Kentucky (Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 337, a bill to 
preserve the balance of rights between employers, employees, and labor 
organizations which is fundamental to our system of collective 
bargaining while preserving the rights of workers to organize, or 
otherwise engage in concerted activities protected under the National 
Labor Relations Act.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 348, a bill to 
authorize and facilitate a program to enhance training, research and 
development, energy conservation and efficiency, and consumer education 
in the oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat consumers and the 
public, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 387

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) 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. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) 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. 487

  At the request of Mr. Grams, the name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 487, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional retirement savings 
opportunities for small employers, including self-employed individuals.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) was added as a cosponsor 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. 622

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 622, a bill to enhance 
Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 664

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 707

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 707, a bill to amend the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a national family caregiver 
support program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 741

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 741, a bill to provide for 
pension reform, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 757

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Nickles) was added as a cosponsor 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. 758

  At the request of Mr. Ashcroft, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to establish 
legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and 
efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos 
exposure, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 763

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor 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. 789

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) and the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 817

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 817, a bill to 
improve academic and social outcomes for students and reduce both 
juvenile crime and the risk that youth will become victims of crime by 
providing productive activities during after school hours.


                                 S. 876

  At the request of Mr. Hollings, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) was added as a cosponsor of S. 876, a bill to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to require that the broadcast of violent 
video programming be limited to hours when children are not reasonably 
likely to comprise a substantial portion of the audience.


                                 S. 878

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) 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.


                                 S. 880

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Kerrey) and the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Cleland) were added as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill 
to amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list of 
substances with respect to which reporting

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and other activities are required under the risk management plan 
program


                                 S. 895

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 895, a bill to 
provide for the establishment of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) 
that will allow individuals and families with limited means an 
opportunity to accumulate assets, to access education, to own their own 
homes and businesses, and ultimately to achieve economic self-
sufficiency, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as 
cosponsors 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. 926

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Harkin) was added as a cosponsor 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. 941

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Breaux) was added as a cosponsor of S. 941, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to provide for a public response to the 
public health crisis of pain, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 955

  At the request of Mr. Warner, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) 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 Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by 
law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.


                                 S. 960

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 960, a bill to 
amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish pension counseling 
programs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) 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 Washington 
(Mr. Gorton) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Gramm) 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 9

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Torricelli) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) were added 
as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, A concurrent 
resolution calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on 
the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied 
area of Cyprus.


                          Senate Resolution 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Domenici) the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Craig) the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) the 
Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) 
and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of 
Senate Resolution 34, A resolution designating the week beginning April 
30, 1999, as ``National Youth Fitness Week.''


                          Senate Resolution 81

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the names of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) were 
added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 81, A resolution designating 
the year of 1999 as ``The Year of Safe Drinking Water'' and 
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act.


                          Senate Resolution 92

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes) the Senator 
from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. 
Torricelli) were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 92, A 
resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that funding for prostate 
cancer research should be increased substantially.


                           Amendment No. 357

  At the request of Mr. Robb his name was withdrawn as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 357 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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