[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5965-S5971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Nickles) was added as a cosponsor of S. 42, a bill to amend title 
X of the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects 
to offer adoption services.


                                 S. 171

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) was added as a cosponsor of S. 171, a bill 
to amend the Clean Air Act to limit the concentration of sulfur in 
gasoline used in motor vehicles.


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Kerrey) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) 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. 327

  At the request of Mr. Hagel, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Conrad) was added as a cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to 
exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. 
economic sanctions.


                                 S. 455

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) was added as a cosponsor of S. 455, a bill to amend 
the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirements 
for the admission of nonimmigrant nurses who will practice in health 
professional shortage areas.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 459, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to increase the State ceiling on private activity bonds.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) 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. 495

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Mack) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 495, a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the 
highway sanctions.


                                 S. 506

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 506, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend the provisions which allow nonrefundable personal 
credits to be fully allowed against regular tax liability.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor 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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 514, a bill to improve the National Writing Project.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Bingaman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 635, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to more accurately codify the depreciable 
life of printed wiring board and printed wiring assembly equipment.


                                 S. 676

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) 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. 684

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 684, a bill to 
amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for family fishermen, 
and to make chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, permanent.


                                 S. 693

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Lott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 693, a bill to assist in the 
enhancement of the security of Taiwan, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 718

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 718, a bill to amend 
chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to extend the civil 
service retirement provisions of such chapter which are applicable to 
law enforcement officers, to inspectors of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, inspectors and canine enforcement officers of 
the United States Customs Service, and revenue officers of the Internal 
Revenue Service.


                                 S. 800

  At the request of Mr. Burns, the names of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 800, a bill to promote and enhance public safety 
through the use of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency assistance number, 
further deployment of wireless 9-1-1 service, support of States in 
upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related functions, encouragement of 
construction and operation of seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable 
networks for personal wireless services, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) 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. 870

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Stevens) was added as a cosponsor of S. 870, a bill to amend the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to increase the 
efficiency and accountability of Offices of Inspector General within 
Federal departments, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 879

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 879, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation 
of certain leasehold improvements.


                                 S. 881

  At the request of Mr. Bennett, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. McConnell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 881, a bill to ensure 
confidentiality with respect to medical records and health care-related 
information, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 908

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 908, a bill to establish a comprehensive program to 
ensure the safety of food products intended for human

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consumption that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1017

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1017, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the State ceiling on the low-
income housing credit.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1023, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate 
medical education payments.


                                S. 1024

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1024, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to 
Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate 
share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those 
disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.


                                S. 1025

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1025, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the proper payment of 
approved nursing and allied health education programs under the 
medicare program.


                                S. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1053, a bill to amend the Clean 
Air Act to incorporate certain provisions of the transportation 
conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 1999.


                                S. 1057

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1057, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify certain provisions applicable 
to real estate investment trusts.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1070, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Labor to wait for completion of a National Academy of 
Sciences study before promulgating a standard, regulation or guideline 
on ergonomics.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 21

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the names of the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Lott), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Thompson), the 
Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. 
Sessions), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist), the Senator from 
West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) 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 Resolution 59

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin), and 
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Bayh) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 59, a bill designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, 
as ``National Literacy Day.''


                         Senate Resolution 103

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 103, 
a resolution concerning the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square 
massacre of June 4, 1989, in the People's Republic of China.


                           Amendment No. 377

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Allard), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Fitzgerald) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 377 proposed to S. 1059, an 
original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 383

  At the request of Mr. Thurmond, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 383 proposed to S. 1059, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes.

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