[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6071-S6072]
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 Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Abraham) was added as a cosponsor 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. 309

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) was added as a cosponsor of S. 309, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a member of the 
uniformed services shall be treated as using a principal residence 
while away from home on qualified official extended duty in determining 
the exclusion of gain from the sale of such residence.


                                 S. 341

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 341, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount 
allowable for qualified adoption expenses, to permanently extend the 
credit for adoption expenses, and to adjust the limitations on such 
credit for inflation, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 343

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), and the Senator from 
Utah (Mr. Bennett) were added as cosponsors of S. 343, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 100 percent 
of the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.


                                 S. 414

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 414, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension 
of the credit for producing electricity from wind, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 434

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Campbell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the method of payment of 
taxes on distilled spirits.


                                 S. 445

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 445, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
demonstration project to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs 
with medicare reimbursement for medicare healthcare services provided 
to certain medicare-eligible veterans.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) 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. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) 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. 661

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Mr. Grams) was added as a cosponsor of S. 661, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in 
circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion 
decisions.


                                 S. 662

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor 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. 680

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) 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. 757

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) 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. 774

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for meal and 
entertainment expenses of small businesses.


                                 S. 796

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) 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. 805

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Reid) 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. 868

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Cleland) 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. 880

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski) 
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 and other activities are required under the risk 
management plan program.


                                 S. 902

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 902, a bill to 
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option 
to provide medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with 
HIV.


                                 S. 918

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Dodd) 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. 922

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond), and the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) were added as cosponsors of S. 922, 
a bill to prohibit the use of the ``Made in the USA'' label on products 
of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to deny such 
products duty-free and quota-free treatment.


                                 S. 965

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr.

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Reid) was added as a cosponsor of S. 965, a bill to restore a United 
States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund.


                                S. 1016

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Robb) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1016, a bill to provide collective bargaining 
for rights for public safety officers employed by States or their 
political subdivisions.


                                S. 1017

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Mr. Levin), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Bayh), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 1020

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1020, a bill to 
amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater 
fairness in the arbitration process relating to motor vehicle franchise 
contracts.


                                S. 1056

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Moynihan) and the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1056, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to improve tax equity for the Highway Trust Fund and to reduce the 
number of separate taxes deposited into the Highway Trust Fund, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1067

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1067, a bill 
to promote the adoption of children with special needs.


                                S. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Allard) 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.


                                S. 1074

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1074, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to waive 
the 24-month waiting period for medicare coverage of individuals with 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and to provide medicare coverage 
of drugs and biologicals used for the treatment of ALS or for the 
alleviation of symptoms relating to ALS.


                       Senate Joint Resolution 21

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor 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 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. DeWine) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) were added as 
cosponsors 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 
Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Breaux), and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Warner) 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 81

  At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Frist) was added as a cosponsor 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 84

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Alabama 
(Mr. Sessions) was added as a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 84, a 
resolution to designate the month of May, 1999, as ``National Alpha 1 
Awareness Month.''


                          Senate Resolution 99

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) 
were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 99, a resolution 
designating November 20, 1999, as ``National Survivors for Prevention 
of Suicide Day.''


                           Amendment No. 393

  At the request of Mr. Levin the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 393 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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