[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 82 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6877-S6878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 14

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
[Mr. McCain] was added as a cosponsor of S. 14, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the use of education individual 
retirement accounts, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 87

  At the request of Mr. Bunning, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
[Mr. McConnell] was added as a cosponsor of S. 87, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross 
income for foster care payments shall also apply to payments by 
qualifying placement agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 216

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from New York 
[Mr. Schumer] 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. 281

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
[Mr. Jeffords] was added as a cosponsor of S. 281, a bill to amend the 
Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify that forced or indentured labor includes 
forced or indentured child labor.


                                 S. 285

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut [Mr. Dodd] and the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Helms] 
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. 296

  At the request of Mr. Frist, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Daschle] 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. 343

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. 
Inouye] 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. 424

  At the request of Mr. Coverdell, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado [Mr. Allard] was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to 
preserve and protect the free choice of individuals and employees to 
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
activities.


                                 S. 459

  At the request of Mr. Breaux, the names of the Senator from Nevada 
[Mr. Bryan] and the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Lautenberg] 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. 484

  At the request of Mr. Campbell, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
[Mr. Fitzgerald] was added as a cosponsor of S. 484, a bill to provide 
for the granting of refugee status in the United States to nationals of 
certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or 
American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist 
in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.


                                 S. 566

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the names of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Smith) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) 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. 600

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) 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. 632

  At the request of Mr. DeWine, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. 
Grassley) 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. 654

  At the request of Mr. Wellstone, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 654, a bill 
to strengthen the rights of workers to associate, organize and strike, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Moynihan, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Chafee) 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. 670

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 670, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exclusion from gross 
income for foster care payments shall also apply to payments by 
qualifying placement agencies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 864

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the names of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Byrd) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 864, a bill to designate April 22 as Earth 
Day.


                                 S. 866

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Edwards) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) were 
added as cosponsors 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. 872

  At the request of Mr. Voinovich, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) was added as a cosponsor of S. 872, a bill to 
impose certain limits on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid 
waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal 
solid waste, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 897

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Daschle) was added as a cosponsor of S. 897, a bill to 
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matching grants for the construction, renovation and repair of school 
facilities in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 980

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Montana 
[Mr. Burns] was added as a cosponsor of S. 980, a bill to promote 
access to health care services in rural areas.


                                S. 1010

  At the request of Mr. Jeffords, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Cochran] 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. 1053

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina [Mr. Helms] 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. 1070

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Indiana [Mr. 
Lugar] 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. 1084

  At the request of Mr. McCain, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota [Mr. Johnson] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1084, a bill to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect consumers from the 
unauthorized switching of their long-distance service.


                                S. 1150

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Mississippi 
[Mr. Cochran] was added as a cosponsor 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. 1166

  At the request of Mr. Nickles, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
[Mr. Murkowski] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1166, a bill to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that natural gas gathering 
lines are 7-year property for purposes of depreciation.


                                S. 1194

  At the request of Mr. Hutchinson, the name of the Senator from 
Colorado [Mr. Allard] was added as a cosponsor of S. 1194, a bill to 
prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects on 
the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.


                          Senate Resolution 59

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack], and 
the Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett] were added as cosponsors of Senate 
Resolution 59, a bill designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, 
as ``National Literacy Day.''

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