[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 78 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6379-S6381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 10

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 10, a bill to provide 
health protection and needed assistance for older Americans, including 
access to health insurance for 55 to 65 year olds, assistance for 
individuals with long-term care needs, and social services for older 
Americans.


                                 S. 13

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
13, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
additional tax incentives for education.


                                 S. 42

  At the request of Mr. Helms, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) 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. 51

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) was added as a cosponsor of S. 51, a bill to reauthorize the 
Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 97

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 97, a bill to require 
the installation and use by schools and libraries of a technology for 
filtering or blocking material on the Internet on computers with 
Internet access to be eligible to receive or retain universal service 
assistance.


                                 S. 216

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) 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. 288

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
288, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from 
income certain amounts received under the National Health Service Corps 
Scholarship Program and F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health 
Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program.


                                 S. 317

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 317, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion for gain from the 
sale of farmland which is similar to the exclusion from gain on the 
sale of a principal residence.


                                 S. 331

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Ashcroft) 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. 343

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) was added as a cosponsor 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. 344

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 344, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a safe harbor for 
determining that certain individuals are not employees.


                                 S. 429

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Sarbanes) was added as a cosponsor of S. 429, a bill to designate 
the legal public holiday of ``Washington's Birthday'' as ``Presidents' 
Day'' in

[[Page S6380]]

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. 434

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) was added as a cosponsor of S. 434, supra.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison) 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. 471

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
471, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the 
60-month limit on student loan interest deductions.


                                 S. 472

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), and the Senator 
from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) were added as cosponsors 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. 510

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the names of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) and the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Smith) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 510, a bill to preserve the sovereignty of the United 
States over public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, 
and to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-
Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands.


                                 S. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Gramm) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln) were added as 
cosponsors 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 Virginia 
(Mr. Robb) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 514, a bill to improve the National Writing Project.


                                 S. 546

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 546, 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. 566

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Bayh) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad) 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. 593

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Gramm) was added as a cosponsor of S. 593, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase maximum taxable income for 
the 15 percent rate bracket, to provide a partial exclusion from gross 
income for dividends and interest received by individuals, to provide a 
long-term capital gains deduction for individuals, to increase the 
traditional IRA contribution limit, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 607

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) was added as a cosponsor of S. 607, a bill to 
reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992.


                                 S. 620

  At the request of Mr. Sarbanes, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 620, a bill to grant a 
Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 627

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 627, a bill to 
terminate the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.


                                 S. 631

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of S. 631, a bill to amend the 
Social Security Act to eliminate the time limitation on benefits for 
immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program, to provide 
continued entitlement for such drugs for certain individuals after 
medicare benefits end, and to extend certain medicare secondary payer 
requirements.


                                 S. 635

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name 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. 642

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mr. Gorton) was added as a cosponsor of S. 642, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Farm and Ranch 
Risk Management Accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 657

  At the request of Mr. Frist, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
657, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the 
availability of medical savings accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 660

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) 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. 661

  At the request of Mr. Abraham, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond) 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 Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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. 664

  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name 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.
  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 664, supra.


                                 S. 712

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Fitzgerald) 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. 729

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma

[[Page S6381]]

(Mr. Inhofe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 729, a bill to ensure that 
Congress and the public have the right to participate in the 
declaration of national monuments on federal land.


                                 S. 749

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 749, a bill to establish 
a program to provide financial assistance to States and local entities 
to support early learning programs for prekindergarten children, and 
for other purposes.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Washington (Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 784, a bill to 
establish a demonstration project to study and provide coverage of 
routine patient care costs for medicare beneficiaries with cancer who 
are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor 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. 820

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe) 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 Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) 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. 879

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor 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. 918

  At the request of Mr. Kerry, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), and the 
Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) 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 names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Wellstone) 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. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Inouye) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 980, a bill to promote access to health care 
services in rural areas.


                                S. 1017

  At the request of Mr. Mack, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
(Mr. Cochran) 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. 1124

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from Texas 
(Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. DeWine), and the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Bond) were added as cosponsors of S. 1124, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the 2-percent 
floor on miscellaneous itemized deductions for qualified professional 
development expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.


                                S. 1129

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. Kyl) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1129, a bill to facilitate the 
acquisition of inholdings in Federal land management units and the 
disposal of surplus public land, and for other purposes.


                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 19

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum) 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 22

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Smith) 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.


                          Senate Resolution 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), 
and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) 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 North 
Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) 
were added as cosponsors of Senate Resolution 59, a resolution 
designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as ``National Literacy 
Day''.


                           Amendment No. 394

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 394 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.
  At the request of Mr. Levin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 394 proposed to 
S. 1059, supra.
  At the request of Mr. Robb, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 394 proposed to S. 1059, supra.

                          ____________________