[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6711-S6713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 37

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) 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. 216

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack) 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. 296

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 296, a bill to provide for 
continuation of the Federal research investment in a fiscally 
sustainable way, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 337

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) 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. 345

  At the request of Mr. Allard, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 345, a bill 
to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits 
interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
States in which animal fighting is lawful.


                                 S. 348

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) 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. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) 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. 512

  At the request of Mr. Gorton, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Roth) 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. 541

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 541, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make certain changes 
related to payments for graduate medical education under the medicare 
program.


                                 S. 590

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Jeffords) was added as a cosponsor of S. 590, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the percentage depletion 
allowance for certain hardrock mines, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 600

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 600, a bill to combat the 
crime of international trafficking and to protect the rights of 
victims.


                                 S. 625

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo was added as a cosponsor of S. 625, a bill to amend title 
11, United States Code, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 632

  At the request of Mr. DeWine the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 632, a bill to provide 
assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of 
regional poison control centers.


                                 S. 642

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) was added as a cosponsor

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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. 659

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor 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. 662

  At the request of Mr. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) 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. Chafee, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Mr. Bryan) 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. 740

  At the request of Mr. Craig, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Thurmond) was added as a cosponsor of S. 740, a bill to 
amend the Federal Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing 
process by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory 
authority to better coordinate participation by other agencies and 
entities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 751

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Robb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 751, a bill to combat nursing 
home fraud and abuse, increase protections for victims of telemarketing 
fraud, enhance safeguards for pension plans and health care benefit 
programs, and enhance penalties for crimes against seniors, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 777

  At the request of Mr. Fitzgerald, the names of the Senator from 
Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens), the Senator 
from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), 
and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 777, a bill to require the Department of Agriculture to establish an 
electronic filing and retrieval system to enable the public to file all 
required paperwork electronically with the Department and to have 
access to public information on farm programs, quarterly trade, 
economic, and production reports, and other similar information.


                                 S. 784

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the names of the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Abraham) and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 880

  At the request of Mr. Inhofe, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Roberts) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Johnson) 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. 897

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the names of the Senator from Alaska 
(Mr. Murkowski) and the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton) were added 
as cosponsors of S.897, a bill to provide matching grants for the 
construction, renovation and repair of school facilities in areas 
affected by Federal Activities, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 951

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 951, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a permanent tax 
incentive for research and development, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1003

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1003, a bill to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide increased tax 
incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel and electric vehicle, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Mack) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1010, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a medical innovation tax 
credit for clinical testing research expenses attributable to academic 
medical centers and other qualified hospital research organizations.


                                S. 1023

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1023, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to stabilize indirect graduate medical education 
payments.


                                S. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the names of the Senator from Georgia 
(Mr. Coverdell) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Ashcroft) were added 
as cosponsors 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. 1066

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1066, a bill to amend the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 to encourage the use of and research into agricultural best 
practices to improve the environment, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1067

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


                                S. 1074

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Brownback) and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) 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.


                                S. 1106

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1106, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health 
insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for 
qualified individual for bone mass measurement (bone density testing) 
to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis.


                                S. 1110

  At the request of Mr. Lott, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
DeWine) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1110, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of Biomedical 
Imaging and Engineering.


                                S. 1128

  At the request of Mr. Lott, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1128, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping 
transfers, to provide for a carryover basis at death, and to establish 
a partial capital gains exclusion for inherited assets.


                                 S 1148

  At the request of Mr. Daschle, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1148, a bill to provide for the Yankton Sioux 
Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the 
Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan project, and for other purpose.

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                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1150, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to more accurately codify the depreciable life of 
semiconductor manufacturing equipment.


                                S. 1177

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1177, a bill to 
amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the harvesting of crops 
on land subject to conservation reserve contracts for recovery of 
biomass used in energy production.


                                S. 1187

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Hagel) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1187, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and for other purposes.


                          Senate Resolution 34

  At the request of Mr. Torricelli, the names of the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Roth) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) 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 Maine 
(Ms. Snowe), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Smith), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Thurmond), and 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Bryan) were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 59, a resolution designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 
2000, as ``National Literacy Day.''

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